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It is as it is, and it is all good...(Tao Te Ching part 5 ~ 2017) ~ transcribed & presented 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 o...

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...