Monthly Archives: November 2013

Anvil and Wings Koan word is anvil mind the forge soul the wings love the sky we build walls and roofs hang the anvil on our neck put away our wings sky your love wing your soul then see then … Continue reading →

When you look but cannot see, you call it invisible. When you listen but cannot hear, you call it inaudible. When you touch but cannot feel, you call it formless. These things cannot be known and so are blended into … Continue reading →

  Favor and disgrace are things that startle; High rank is, like one’s body, a source of great trouble. What is meant by saying favor and disgrace are things that startle? Favor when it is bestowed on a subject serves … Continue reading →

The five colors make man’s eyes blind; The five notes make his ears deaf; The five tastes injure his palate; Riding and hunting Make his mind go wild with excitement; Goods hard to come by serve to hinder his progress. Hence … Continue reading →

Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes … Continue reading →

Carrying your spirit and your animal nature within, can you keep them as one? Can you nurture your life energy to achieve the softness of a newborn? Can you polish the mirror of your deepest reflections until you are without flaws? Can you care lovingly for … Continue reading →

Holding a cup and overfilling it Cannot be as good as stopping short Pounding a blade and sharpening it Cannot be kept for long Gold and jade fill up the room No one is able to protect them Wealth and … Continue reading →

Water The highest goodness resembles water Water greatly benefits myriad things without contention It stays in places that people dislike Therefore it is similar to the TaoDwelling with the right location Feeling with great depth Giving with great kindness Speaking … Continue reading →

Heaven is ancient Earth is long-lasting Why is this so? Because they have no claims to life By having no claims to life they cannot be claimed by death The Sage puts his own views behind so ends up ahead … Continue reading →

The Spirit of the Valley The Valley of the Spirit is immortal and nourishing. It is called the Mysterious Female, our Creative Power. This Creative Power is our passageway, Revealing the Creation of Heaven and Earth itself. Like a babbling … Continue reading →