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Conversation with the Rock – “Levitated Mass”
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. (The photo above is from “Levitated Mass” — Making a Corner in LA by by Kevin Takumi) An elevated rock appeared at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) several months ago. Over $10 million was …
Let ” Living” Catch Up With You
First of all, you have to stand still. Calm your mind, and look around. Understand with your heart. Feel with love and appreciate with all your might, so that ‘Living’ will be able to catch up with you.”
My Life Story (9): Fire – Calling the Spirit Back
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Forgiveness – Calling the spirit back When Margaret saw my pain and how I could not let go of the people involved in the motel fire, she prayed that I could place it in God’s hands. I …
Give Yourself A Cliff (continued)
At the end of the road, you can still keep going. Sometimes reaching that point makes you even stronger. In the fields of Africa, sometimes you will see herds of antelopes start to run as lions and cheetahs start to chase them. Adult antelopes will lead the younger antelopes as they move, speeding like an …
Kindness Does not Need to be Tested
When the famous Brazilian director Walter Salles was casting for the movie “Central Station” in 1998, he selected many students from art schools, but none of them demonstrated the level of talent that he needed for the main character. One day, Walter, who was at a loss for what to do, went to the city’s …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 74
Lao Tzu advises the ruler on the chaotic situation of the state that a master executioner is always present, impartial and never fails to dispense the appropriate punishment, including death.
A Mountain is Just a Mountain
In the end, you realize that everything is the Tao, and that you and things are not divided, that the material and Tao are one, being and nonbeing are one. Thus, whoever attains Tao, will last forever.
最终开悟后，参悟到事物的表象与本体为一，身心为一，无私无欲，无我即道，所以，见山只是山，见水只是水。最终觉悟到万物皆是道，物我不分，物道为一，有无为一，才是得道之人，才可以天长地久。
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 28
知其雄，守其雌，為天下谿。 為天下谿，常德不離，復歸於嬰兒。 知其白，守其黑，為天下式。 為天下式，常德不忒，復歸於無極。 知其榮，守其辱，為天下谷。 為天下谷，常德乃足，復歸於樸。 樸散則為器，聖人用之，則為官長，故大制不割。 Know a strength of a man, But keep the gentleness of a female, Be a mountain stream of the world. Being a mountain stream of the universe, A constant virtue never leaves, It will return to the softness of a baby. Know the white, But keep the …
Jokes and The Talking Dog
The jokes are from http://www.bluedonut.com/jokes.htm A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and …
Broaden Your Horizons
If you don’t have height, all you see is problems. If you don’t broaden your horizons, all you see is trifles. If you are an ant mentality, then small stones are obstacles. If you are an eagle mentality, then the high mountain will dare to try! People with high altitude are not free from difficulties. …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 48
為學日益，為道日損。 損之又損，以至於無為。 無為而無不為。 取天下常以無事，及其有事，不足以取天下。 The student of knowledge (aims at) learning day by day; The student of Tao (aims at) losing day by day. By continual losing One reaches doing nothing (laissez-faire). He who conquers the world often does so by doing nothing. When one is compelled to do something, The world is already beyond …
