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Sun, Jul 26, 2009 11:41:20 AM


α i must surrender. only by doing so can i open myself wide ω
posted: Sun, Jul 26, 2009 11:41:20 AM

 

-- wide enough for my old ideas and past wreckage to be cleared, wide enough for a Higher Power to enter. i guess what i am trying to say, is that for me, it all starts with surrender and the rest just happens? well not quite, if that was the case i would have been, well maybe not cured, but without a doubt something different. surrender is the gateway to the changes that have been and are continuing to be manifest within me,. those internal changes reflect in external situations and my life as a result gets better. note that i say surrender is on the gateway, once i am on thew path of surrender an exit can open up at any time and plop me straight back into h0olding on, self-will and the whole host of consequences that are my life when i am not surrendering to a HIGHER POWER.
the interesting part of what i am thinking today, is that i am seeing these particular readings, in a different light. this new awareness is coming from the new level of surrender that i am completing as i finish my Eleventh Step, and prepare to move in twelve.
so right now i think i will surrender to the fact i need to drive intro town, do a bit of work and then come home and relax. it has been quite a weekend.

∞ 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 1

1) If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would
be better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence
and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial
and kindly. If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard
our (scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves nor robbers.