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Watch the turmoil of all beings, but contemplate their return... (Tao Te Ching part 4) ~ by Adele     “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength;  mastering yourself is true power.”   “We’re all pretty much doing the same stuff, us humans”, says Steve. “I mean, we all get up in the morning, don’t we? Of course, some different times than others, but we all get up…eventually. We have breakfasts, don’t we? Some have cornflakes…others toast, but we all eat at some point of the day. And we all most likely go out into the world and work, to earn a living don’t we? Some of us earn different amounts of money to others, and have different titles and such..but we’re all pretty much on the same page with what our day includes right? We’re all up to the same kind of shenanigans!” But in relation to Lao Tzu’s quote above, what sets us apart from this, what lifts us out of this gene...

Healing the Great Split...(The Tao Te Ching part 3) ~ by Adele Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, let's circumstances complete it. That is why every being spontaneously honours the Tao. In our third week of checking out the Tao Te Ching, we begin by reflecting back on what we’ve learnt so far… We’ve learnt that the theme of the Tao is ‘ effortless effort’ ….it just is, and everything is it. That it unfolds naturally, and we are already totally one with it. However, to become effortless, to relax into this ‘non-doing’, first takes quite a bit of ‘doing’. Hence the ‘effortless effort’! We’ve learnt that the Tao itself is undefinable and unnameable…although we can do our very best to describe how it feels. The combination of words ‘confusing-simple’, comes to my mind (which is so very Tao of me…!) As we ...

The Tao that can be spoken is not the Tao….  (Tao Te Ching part 2) ~ by Adele Last week, in our first session of exploring the  Tao Te Ching , we contemplated the meaning of ‘ Effortless Effort ’; the theme of Lao Tzu’s ancient text. This week, we play with contemplating the uncontemplateable….What is the ‘ Tao ’? Steve lets us know early on that our efforts to pinpoint the Tao might be futile, for the true Tao is unnameable and indescribable. Even Mr-Tao, Lao Tzu, can’t find the words himself! We can point to it, but ultimately  we have to find it within our own heart. The Tao is this place of naturalness we fall into when we let go…when choose to loosen the grip on the reigns and leave the world alone a little bit. Since we cannot taint this place with names or labels, we can choose instead to ask….how does this place  feel  for you? When you drop into that natural, expansive place within yourself... Spaciou...