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Showing posts with label Tao Te Ching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tao Te Ching. Show all posts
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Why does the fourth principle generate so much fear?

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Unitarian Univeralists covenant together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. This is the most fu...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019

To what extent is Unitarian Univeralism based on paradox?

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Paradox is the truth of life known as the Yin and the Yang. Those who think they know, don't know. Those who don't know, and kn...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Will you choose holiness in place of the ego?

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Wanting more, faster, better is no way to live. Grasping does not engender contentment. Love is not possible when manipulation is the ...
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Monday, January 7, 2019

How are resentment and grievance healed?

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Resentments and grievances abound. Some, self righteously exploit them and gloat. Others, rise above and move on. What about me? Wha...
Saturday, January 5, 2019

Are patience and persistence virtues?

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What is more powerful than water which wears away rock? What is more supple than water than can slide around any barrier. And yet we e...
Friday, January 4, 2019

How about if we share?

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Capitalism is the triumph of the ego when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The real world knows that there is one for all and...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Is it all good?

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The gentle and weak live long. The hard and stiff are brittle, fragile, and easily break. Going with the flo is life giving. Damning ...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

What will bring justice and joy to the people?

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What happens when the people are lied to and manipulated? People suffer for the benefit of the few who manipulate. What happens when t...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Do you fear punishment?

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If people live in fear of punishment for doing the wrong thing, few will do it. If a person does not fear punishment, the person is free...
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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Have you surrendered yet?

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Who knows why what happens happens? We mistakenly think that we are in control. "Shit happens" the bumper sticker said. ...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

Are you special?

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The desire to be special is the work of the ego and the undoing of the soul. Just be an ordinary self. That is not only good enough, in ...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Do you know what you don't know?

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Knowing what you don't know is a source of strength not ignorance. Ignoring what you do know is denial and foolishness. When one k...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Do we know what Love is?

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If Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tse were alive today and walking among us few would recognize them. Why? Because we are pre-occupied with our atta...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Are you special?

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The dichotomous ego perceives "us" and "them," "me" and "you." This separateness is an illusion ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

When was anger ever an argument?

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Anger can be a force for constructive action not destruction. A good soldier is not violent but intends to rectify injustice. A winner...
Monday, December 24, 2018

What is the UU: A Way Of Life's mission?

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To do the work of sanctifying the world we must be bold but not ruthless. To do the work of sanctifying the world we must share but not ...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

Does your leader lead from a place of humility?

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A good leader is the steward of hundreds of individual visions. A good leader knows the expectations and requirements of the followers. ...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Where is the nectar of the Divine?

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After birth we are conditioned to know and believe certain things we are taught. People who catch on to the conditioning are considered ...
Friday, December 21, 2018

What is the next best right thing?

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"Do the next best right thing." Simple. Nip the problem in the bud. A stitch in time saves nine. An ounce of prevention is ...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

How do sparks of inherent worth and dignity grow in power and might?

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It's the small things that count. The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Take things one day at a time, som...
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