Shattering all illusions…(Tao Te Ching finale) ~ by Adele So this week, our journey with the Tao Te Ching comes to an end..or a beginning, I guess. We have looked deeply within the timely messages of Lao Tzu, and now it is time for us to take them away and weave them into our lives. Our last chapter to unravel together, was chapter 38… The Master doesn’t try to be powerful; thus he is truly powerful. The ordinary man keeps reaching for power; thus he never has enough. The Master does nothing, yet he leaves nothing undone. The ordinary man is always doing things, yet many more are left to be done. The kind man does something, yet something remains undone. The just man does something, and leaves many things to be done. The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses force. When the Tao is lost, there is goodness. When goodness is lost, there is morality. When morality is lost, there is rit

Your inherent goodness, is as common as the grass... (Tao Te Ching part 6) ~ by Adele. Capturing the essence of the Living Wisdom sessions could potentially take me days sometimes. You yogis bring sooo much to each session I could probably write 10 blog posts just from one night! My notes always starts off so neat, and then towards the end they are scribbles, as there is so much to capture. It’s so good. Thank you. I hope I manage to do it all justice, squishing it all together in cohesive summary to the best of my ability! Last week we took away chapter 22 to work with on our own….What did we make of it? The first part: If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die. If you want to be given everything, give everything up. Did it give us some permission to cut ourselves some sl

It is as it is, and it is all good...(Tao Te Ching part 5) ~ by Adele If you can, take a breath or two to drop into yourself. Down into an expansive space somewhere within, where the Tao resides. And then, with a feeling sense into your energy, see if you can delicately drop in the following exploration... If there were two ways to look at our relationship life, which one would resonate with you the most? “It is as it is” , offering a possible surrender into whatever is happening…or   “It’s all good” , meaning of course, that everything is ultimately good. That even the bad stuff, is all headed in the direction of the ultimate good.   And knowing that there is not a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer, ask yourself - your truest self…which one of those two ideas open you up? Which one starts to fizzle away your armour, and your resistance to life? Even though they consist of different feeling tones, they are of course going in the same direction. We hav