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Thu, May 10, 2007 08:52:21 AM


δ my state of readiness grows in direct proportion to my awareness of my defects and the destruction they cause. δ
posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 08:52:21 AM

 

as i let go of my shortcomings and find their influence waning, i notice that a loving God replaces those defects with quality attributes.
so what am i waiting for, a thunderbolt or something? i really do not know what is keeping from moving forward in this step other than fear, doubt and uncertainty. yes i purposely replaced FUD with FDU that is who i am this morning and that is bit perverse and rebellious. after spending the last twenty-four hours getting a computer up to the running so that i can work, i am tired and frustrated. dealing with customer service made things no easier , so here i sit smoking a cigar and writing my blog after working for four hours already today, wondering whether i am really ready to have my shortcomings replaced by the "quality" attributes mentioned in the reading. some days i enjoy being judgmental and intolerant,you know that old black magic still weaves its spell, that old black magic that i know so well. ;)
so what has my experience been with this step. well for one it really was a good one for me, i learned a bit of balance between self-flagellation and humility the last time i worked through step six. i got to see what my life would be like without some of the defects i consider especially heinous. then of course there is this reading to remind me that i have a task at hand and it is not balking and stalling on my step work. what kind of commitment can i make today? well i can consider doing a bit of step work and see where it leads, we will see!

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

2) Therefore the sentence-makers have thus expressed themselves:--

'The Tao, when brightest seen, seems light to lack;
Who progress in it makes, seems drawing back;
Its even way is like a rugged track.
Its highest virtue from the vale doth rise;
Its greatest beauty seems to offend the eyes;
And he has most whose lot the least supplies.
Its firmest virtue seems but poor and low;
Its solid truth seems change to undergo;
Its largest square doth yet no corner show
A vessel great, it is the slowest made;
Loud is its sound, but never word it said;
A semblance great, the shadow of a shade.'