Great knowledge is broad and encompassing
Small knowledge is detailed and meticulous
Great talk is powerful and forceful
Small talk is endless and argumentative
In their sleeping hours their spirits are restless
In their waking hours their bodies are agitated
When they deal with others they get entangled
The entire day they plot and scheme
Some speak deliberately
Some set traps with words
Some are [...]
In the modern Western world, people are materially rich but spiritually poor. We
live in large homes but have very little space inside our hearts and minds.
Quantity is valued more than quality. Life is busy, over-stimulating and out of
balance. At its core, the Chi Revolution is about how we can recalim our inner
lives and achieve balance [...]
From sayings of Ancestor Lu, quoted in:
Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook (Shambhala Classics)
Translated & edited by Thomas Cleary
How is doing applied? To study its application, one must ask the autonomous mind. The autonomous mind is imbued with great understanding; it observes the changes of movement and stillness of yin and yang, looks to absolute [...]
When I was young, and even more foolish than I am today, I believed that one had to travel far and wide in order to seek truth, divine reality, or whatever you call it. I believed that truth would most likely be found in the world’s so-called sacred places. Yet the fact is that truth [...]
Spirituality For Apocalyptic Times
by Robert V. Thompson, Chicago Spirituality Examiner
Nearly 135 years ago, Mark Twain said, “October is a particularly
dangerous month to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January,
September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and
February.”
The tenuous nature of speculation in the stock market is perhaps a
metaphor for the tenuous nature of life [...]
Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
Forty-nine
Feng/English Translation
The sage has no mind of his own.
He is aware of the needs of others.
I am good to people who are good.
I am also good to people who are not good.
Because Virtue is goodness.
I have faith in people who are faithful.
I also have faith in people who are not [...]
