I think that over the past 40 years i have slowly changed for the better.  I have pushed against the "wall" and expanded my comfort zone.  I have recovered some courage.  i have become more "real"  I can see six things that have made that change easier.

( 1) Diannee... )

( Without going outside you may know the whole world. Without looking through the window you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go the less you know. Read more... )

( Only the body dies, they say; and only the ego burns in hell say others. Read more... )

( Divine/human wisdom is ancient, what is new, if it is wise, probably reflects the old. My ignorance is immense, my knowledge shallow and narrow. I pray for wisdom. Read more... )

Stop wanting stuff; it keeps you from seeing what's real.

When you want stuff, all you see are things.

Those two sentences
mean the same thing.
Figure them out,
and you've got it made. -- The Beatrice Tao.

1 - Daily Tao

"....I have three treasures which I hold and keep ( Read more... )

The sage has no mind of his own ( Read more... )

:...if you stay calm,
the world will sort itself out around you."
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From the Beatrice Tao. Chapter 45.

"...Sages desire not to desire
They do not value goods that are hard to acquire
They learn to unlearn..."

Das Tao Te King von Derek Lin

The sage has no mind of his own ( Read more... )