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Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 08:17:47 AM

being consistent in setting aside quiet time for conscious contact with god has never been a problem for me. i have been praying everyday since i was about ten days clean and meditating every morning for almost two years, my problem stems from my perception of not doing it right. it always seem that i cannot be quiet enough, nor make the quiet time long enough and i get frustrated and beat myself up for not doing it better.
so for me the reading this morning was not about starting something but rather about working on improving what i already have in place. i can whine about quality, get frustrated and quit or i can work with what i have already started and be content in my daily exercise. practicing setting aside enough time and letting go of an artificial standard of ‘goodness’. so just for today i will strive to improve my conscious contact through the process i already have in place.
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Tao Te Ching

☯ 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) It is the way of Heaven not to strive, and yet it skilfully overcomes;
not to speak, and yet it is skilful in (obtaining a reply; does not
call, and yet men come to it of themselves. Its demonstrations are
quiet, and yet its plans are skilful and effective. The meshes of
the net of Heaven are large; far apart, but letting nothing escape.