Fragments of Being

topic posted Sun, March 2, 2008 - 8:52 AM by  tolteclogic

"Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. "

Blake

look all around tell me what you see
and how the world remains
perfect just as it is....
break yourself upon it
or bend with it like the wind
within the sea of change
that of the mind, that of heaven
and that of the sages
all change consist of three phases
investigate the principles
that consist of methods and
representations of transformation



But it is this journey together that makes
all of the difference going through the
changes not getting caught up in mis-
communications living this dream as it was
meant to be secure in our own example as
we do the things that must be done one day
this work won't depend on self limitation
or the whims of bitter circumstance there
is a door that is always open and through it
we all must venture into our greater tomorrows
as we live them here today - i know that
it is possible to turn this lead into
gold as i saw this in a dream last night
what the future holds - this body this day
this life stepping into a new day
doing what is most needed but rare
in this world... standing up in the light
pointing a way into the Way
as you have seen is not always
as it seems... it is said that a
great hermit might well live in the city
dare we forget our roots the place of our
birth or rebirth as the case may be
to remember who we are?
there comes a time in every persons
life when this choice must be made or
forever forgotten...
What is the happiness of harmonious action?
reaching effortlessness my means of effort
when the mobilization of the army is in accord
with the people's hearts, then the troops are
complete... it is beneficial to rectify the mind
to train the body like the ruler and his general
the path of producing happiness is the consummation
of harmonious action... firm as rock not procrastinating
the happiness of preserving rectitude in gaining
good fortune being the source of joy not lookking
up to others for one's own happiness overcoming
confusion by unity yang energy ever florishing
yin energy transmuting spontaniously having no greed
nor ambition happy with the knowledge of the
celestial order not letting external artificialities
injure internal reality able to act in accord
with the time yang enrgy is expansive like thunder
going out of the earth rising up into the sky
the life-giving potential continually increases
as the whole world blooms with golden flowers
from yellow sprouts of spiritual potential...
or at least something to that effect
correct awareness always present
reaching being by nonbeing
appropriating yin and yang taking over
creative evolution transcneding the ordinary
and entering the holy rising from lowliness
to the heights going from the shallow to the depths
to arrive at fulfillment through emptiness...


If there is nothing in the whole wide world to prove,
is it not enough to be responsive to everything
in an adaptive way?
resolving disintegration seeking blessings within
injury, and life within death unfathomable spiritual
transformation "When the character is good, all the
accumilated influences of mundane feelings disappear,
turning into true sense, without hypocricy or decite,
so that customs return to goodness... Once the real
is restored, the false evaporates of itself. The real
is thus within the false, and the false is not outside
the real." the celestial mechanism that is finally
revealed, being fulfilled but dwelling in emptiness
transforming the artificial into the reality
resting in the ultimate good unwavering
the mind of Tao that is ever present
when yin and yang are scattered it is always
because of using the human mentality and
abandoning the mind of Tao
not knowing where to stop at sufficency
the path of progess through obidience
if you go one way, obeying invading conditioning
yang is dispersed, while if you go the other way,
obeying primordial energy - yang is fostered - yet,
being strong and complacent unable to prevent mundanity
sitting idly by watching how things turn out
trouble arises creating obstructions
mundanity arises through heedlessness
suffering damage not knowing how to prevent
negative mundanity it is fortunate if one is
strong yet can mantain rectitude it is then possible
to avoid the fault of damaging the celestial by the mundane
in the middle of the body of stillness close to yang
true yin will appear causing all yin to follow yang
the phenomenon of admitting true yin within
allows for the presevation of yang...


"One's patterns of activity and passivity, absense and
presence, are indiscernable to others; one is like the
sun, which is bright when it rises, but also bright in
serect when it has set."



This path of no worry is at the penacle
of spiritual transformtion. 'It's nature
is harmonious and joyous. Being harmonious,
it can relax; being joyous it can trust.
Being rlaxed it can go gradually; trusting,
it can endure long. Able to relax and trust,
powerful practice unrelenting, it is thereby
possible to advance to the stage of
indestructable firmness and strength, to
again see the face of heaven, and not be injured
by false yin and false yang... having a way
of development and growth."

"What is correct is only a matter of what is right
and true; sentiment changes, while truth nas no
change."

"When practioners of the Tao reach the point where
yin and yang are balanced, strength and receptivity
are unified, and the spiritual embryo is formed,
then they can merge with the ordinary world, hiding
their illumination, to cultivate advance practice."

"But to mix with the ordinary world, concealing one's
own light, requires great impartiality and impersonality.
This is a matter of being selfless."

"When one is impartial and also lucidly aware, there is
no one in the world one cannot be the same as, and there
is nothing in the world that is arbitarily consideded to
be the same as something different."

sorry to be matter of fact but this joy of being
is never any less than who we already know ourselves
to be... so many think of spiritual development as
endless sacrafice when in fact within decrease
of our tempermental conditioning there is increase


"Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance. "

William Blake


Movement and stillness
knowledge and action
spirit and potential
substance and function
waxing and waning
expansion and contraction
correcting oneself
openness and calm
understanding the time
eternity and images of change
the accomplisments of sages


Where Do We Go From Here?

Climb the ladder of selves
employ the all seeing eye?
or give our power away
within some web of lies
unquestioned agreements
where do we go from here?
where awakening exist
do we remain locked away
safe in our comfort zones
so many ways of getting here
none more present than this
true sense is impersonal nature
yang must pump the bellows
employ yin to forge this metal
the sword of truth the tools
of wisdom solving confusion
posted by:
tolteclogic
Raleigh
  • Re: Fragments of Being

    Mon, March 3, 2008 - 4:30 AM

    Receptivity to the celestial
    brings about happiness
    defends against misery
    So it is important
    that we should prepare
    the weapons of wisdom
    preserving this process
    of integration
    silent operation of
    spiritual awareness
    understanding the small
    is the way to the great
    where gradual progress
    and harmonious action
    work together reversing
    the course of conditioning
    dissolving the influence
    of personal history
    to once again
    reesstablish the universe
    in profound attainment
    of self-realization
    creating enjoyment and
    happiness without
    losing virtue
    the richness of such music
    is sufficient to share
    with our ancestors

    "Joy is that whereby virtue is made harmonious,
    virtue is that whereby joy is made complete...
    When virtue and joy coincide, this is called true
    happiness."

    I Ching
    • Re: Fragments of Being

      Mon, March 3, 2008 - 5:28 AM

      Red tails circle
      the churning winds
      shadows glancing
      upon the earth
      then moving swiftly
      downward dive
      at breakneck speed
      to gently alite
      in nearby trees
      frogs croak in February's
      freezing cold winter
      has lost her bite while
      outdoor early morning light
      is springtimes song
      symphony of birds sing
      up and down the street
      our hidden loop rd
      in paradise
      welcoming the
      first blooms of spring
      as at evening's fall
      in this fading light
      crows return to roost
      in typical eratic flight
      pattern of pairs and threes
      zig zag the twilight skies
      • Re: Fragments of Being

        Thu, March 6, 2008 - 5:46 AM
        Return to tranquility
        utterly empty and silent
        having a place to go
        reversing false fire
        the real fire returns
        gradually gathering
        within nothingness
        the primordial is born

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