Energy can be directed either for good or for bad. If our bodies are full of negative chi, our potential for bad is far greater. That is why it is essential to practice meditation to cleanse our minds of negative chi. When we sit, we can root out the negative energies that collect and make [...]
To develop the mind, body, and spirit, one must balance the polarities. Let the yin and yang flow freely as it needs. If people understood this, inner peace and overall harmony would naturally take place. It is important to remember but more important to not dwell on it. All thoughts lead to confusion, delusion, and [...]
The mind is very powerful like the sun. The sun can be warm and nurturing or it can be oppressive and burning. The mind can create its own heaven or its own hell, its angels or its demons, or its own security or fear. Our minds can create what we choose to let them create. [...]
Those who seek happiness in the artificial will only find hollowness. The Tao represents the real. It is in the genuine and true that we can find harmony. The artificial can bring only fleeting pleasure, not lasting happiness. The artificial promises much but delivers little. In a world that glorifies the fake and the phony, [...]
Why are people sometimes ravaged with fear? What is fear? Fear is often nothing more than knowing you have no control over a situation. Would it not be better to understand this non-control and then relax your worry? If you control something, you should have no fear since you can manipulate the outcome. We could [...]
Religion, modern culture, and what is perceived as normal by a greedy, materialistic society is a delusion. To read scriptures and practice nothing is pointless. Chanting suttas is no more holy than sitting next to a stream and listening to its splashing and gurgling. Counting prayer beads is fine but know that it is no [...]
Is it your wish to become truly free and become one with the Tao? If so, there are two ways that you may take to reach your goal. The first one is the way of acceptance. Embrace everyone and everything. Freely demonstrate kindness and virtue in every direction, regardless of the circumstances. Embrace all things as [...]
There is ice and there is water. Ice can become water just as water can become ice given certain conditions. What this tells us is that there is always the opportunity for change. Even though we may feel frozen and rigid, with proper cultivation, we can learn to be free and flowing. When our [...]
Each person has the right to make their own decisions. One may choose unwisely, but the decision is theirs alone, to make. Then this person must live with the consequences. This is the nature of karma. Karma is not doled out by a benevolent or angry god. It is the harvest of what we [...]
A carrot does not become part of the soup by staying outside of the cooking pot. A potential follower of the Tao does not become one with the Tao by merely talking about the Tao. One must practice. It is quite easy to talk but often hard to do. The Tao is so easy [...]