Hi! I am having a problem with my webcam. I am not able to record anything for the bubble greeting or post. My husband is trying to help resolve this problem. It looks like my webcam is broken! groan! We may need to order a new one.
Im gonna post something here and share what I read from a book titled "A Path and a Practice" by William Martin. Here's what I read...
"No one sees anything special about this path. Yet it is because it appears ordinary that it remains wondrous. No one has been able to market it. No one has trivialized it. There are three virtues inherent in this path: compassion, simplicity and patience. Wherever there is compassion, fear does not abide. Wherever there is simplicity, generosity resides. Wherever there is patience, all things are accomplished. If we try to be fearless and do not have compassion, we become ruthless. If we try to be generous and do not have simplicity, we become controlling. If we try to accomplish things and do not have patience, we become failures. Compassion is the root of all these virtues. It is the very nature of the Tao. It is the energy that binds all things together."
Peace my friend! Blessed be!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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I wasn't aware of William Martin's book on Lao-Tzu's spiritual classic called Tao Te Ching. I fondly remember benefitting so much from reading Tao Te Ching (Taoism = the way of life). Anyway,I just went to a website for more information on the book you've read and wanted to include here an excerpt from that book which reminds me why we have ACIM.
"This path (Taoism) accepts that developing an ego is an essential element in human growth. But it also suggests that this development might be a stage of human development rather than its end product. Developing a cocoon is a natural and essential part of being a caterpillar. But the time comes when the cocoon softens, wears out, and opens up. What if this is the case for all our opinions, possessions, and even for our ego? What if, when the cocoon of ego opens, instead of the feared abyss we find a butterfly?"
This is what I see happening to a person having studied ACIM and practiced the path. The butterfly is an awakened soul. (Smile)
Thanks for sharing the quote.
Namaste,
Hilda
PS Here is a quote that I have sitting on one of my bookshelves:
"Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid." -- Tao Te Ching
It sounds like what LOVE does, huh?
Cheryl,
Thank you for your feedback on my comments on forgiveness. I share/teach so I can learn myself -- and I'm really happy to be able to share my insights with the readers here.
Also, thanks for recommending Byron Katie's book. I hope to read it someday soon. By the way, I just noticed that the other author of this book is Stephen Mitchell. That's interesting because he wrote a new English version of Tao Te Ching. I have a copy of it and really enjoyed reading it many years ago.
Hope all is well with you.
Peace,
Hilda
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