Thank you for this much-needed reminder, Johnny Stork
Originally shared by Johnny Stork, MSc
The Zen of Taoism
Along with Lao Tzu, the other influential Chinese philosopher of Taoism was Chuang-tzu. The message of the Tao is simple, yet not so in practice since the “practice” is “no practice”. Don’t force things, let Nature be as Nature will be. All is as it should be – the Yin and the Yang. Turbulent waters do not become still with a flat-iron. Turbulent waters becomes still be letting it alone.
‘‘The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror; it grasps nothing; it refuses nothing; it receives, but does not keep.’’ Detachment means to have neither regrets for the past nor fears for the future; to let life take its course without attempting to interfere with its movement and change, neither trying to prolong the stay of things pleasant nor to hasten the departure of things unpleasant. To do this is to move in time with life, to be in perfect accord with its changing music, and this is called Enlightenment. In short, it is to be detached from both past and future and to live in the eternal Now” (Chuang-tzu)