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ฮฑ my ever speaking mind ฯ‰

Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 05:12:00 AM

it seems lately that i cannot quiet my mind except for the brief period of meditation i practice in the morning. when people are talking to me or sharing in a meeting i seem to be running my thoughts off in tangents in all directions. and the thoughts are very rarely have anything to do with what is being said.
ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
so this morning's reading was good to remind me that i NEED to once again make a concerted effort to listen to what is being said.
my little meltdown last weekend was directly related to people not listening to me, and feeling disrespected because of that behavior. well what comes around goes around i guess. what i have been seeing in others is exactly what i was practicing myself. is it any wonder i got so violently angry and ready to relegate anyone who crossed my path into the after-life?
anyway, i still need to find the time to sit down and explain my point of view. i need to find the time to suggest to those people in my life that they have egg on their face, that may possibly want to wash it off. and most of all i need to find the opportunity to practice how to listen again. after all it is all about me anyway n'est-ce pas? and when i get it i will be able to live in this moment with a bit more peace, a bit more happiness and a whole lot more understanding!
∞ DT ∞

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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

4) Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.