Ascended Master Lao Tzu: BEing Dynamic Balance

Lao-Tzu literally “Old Master” was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer.
Author of the Tao Te Ching, founder of philosophical Taoism.
He is seen as a deity in religious Taoism and Chinese folk religions. 
Lived circa 6-4th century BCE.

Holding space - will add info soon ; )

Finding Balance: let the waves come, let them go

I allow balance to come to me:
Balance happens
when I do not attach to being perfectly balanced,
and I let go of fighting to stay balanced.

It is only fighting the waves that keeps me out of balance:
When I let go, I slosh back and forth for awhile;
but roaring waves rather quickly settle to ripples,
when I allow them to resolve naturally.

I allow balance to come to me,
when I let go of judging, of attaching to, of resisting
the waves of intensity, of dichotomies, of extremes that pull me off center;
I settle into a dynamic centeredness.

It is only fighting the waves that keeps me out of balance!
As I practice letting go,
I find myself comfortably floating,
swaying around center,

I allow balance to come to me.
It is only fighting the waves that keeps me out of balance.
This is a picture, a practice I received from Master Lao Tzu.
I have profited from his insight, for awhile now.



- want to read more like this?
Try Mountains are not better than valleys. Valleys are not better than mountains.

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Mountains are not better than valleys. Valleys are not better than mountains.

I have been getting schooled in some things the last couple weeks - the main message of which, I keep getting as:

Mountains are not better than valleys. Valleys are not better than mountains.

Which is the picture and words for the general concept:

dichotomies, or opposites - just Are in this reality,
and are not (on a spiritual level) to be set in competition (including judgment) with each other.
Mountains and valleys each just Are.

I may Prefer one thing to another at a particular time/space, but in and of itself on a spiritual level -

• left is not better than right
• fat is not better than thin
• old is not better than young
• rich is not better than poor
• death is not better than birth
• war is not better than peace
• you probably get the idea...

(Of course, spiritually, one becomes more or less beneficial for me the moment Gd says - 'go left', or 'sell all you have and follow me'. I am bringing this up to be clear, but this is an aside from what I am learning right now...)

In context, a couple weeks ago, Gd started me working with Jesus on a Big healing project -
basically integrating 2 large ‘bags of energy’ = basically 'lost parts' of myself.
(one bag can be called ‘shadow stuff’; one could say the other bag is a ‘male’ counterpart to myself).

This full integration will probably take about a year,
but the perception of change within (and outside me a bit) is palpable.

The enjoyable part has been that I feel increasing more whole – remarkably so – like Swiss cheese getting filled in. Or like I was filled with billiard balls and now all the spaces are getting filled with sand – it is bizarre!

The interesting part is learning to ride the wave of different emotions and ‘ways of being’ that are surfacing, that I haven’t had to ‘handle’ consciously as I am now – like male aggression!

The challenging part energetically is – there are many reasons why I separated these parts of myself (beliefs, experiences, limits, lies, judgments, etc).
So, predictably, as I reintegrate these ‘lost parts’, it is intense and stirs up many things that I need to allow Gd to wash away, if I am to keep going and not pop / die / go insane - whatever!

So Jesus has encouraged me to work with Lao Tse (yeah, the ~4–6th century BCE Chinese Philosopher, founder of Taoism, who the wrote Daodejing)

Lao Tse has been extraordinary in assisting me to let go of the many things that cause me to be ‘bent’ and reject my *self* – things like judgment, etc.
These issues caused me to separate myself from myself.
And now, these issues are in the way of re-integration…

Lao Tse has been assisting me SO Much with these changes.
And with helping me to open to receiving energy from Gd that helps me to release judgment etc, allow more balance, and continually let go.
I have been calling the energy equanimity, which is probably accurate, but doesn’t feel big enough.

I have found reading a definition of ‘Pu’ (a major concept in the Daodejing) feels like it may be a more well-rounded description of the energy I am receiving from Gd, and foundationally what I am learning from Lao Tse (I have some stuff below on Pu if you are interested)

Anyway my picture for this learning of non-judgment and balance is –
The mountain and the valley next to each other
– juxtaposed
– with no prejudice, no preconceptions, no better-ness between them…


Blessings on your unique path, Wendy


Pu

lit. "uncut wood"

translated "uncarved block", "unhewn log", or "simplicity".

represents a state of receptiveness, child-likeness.

Pu is a symbol for a state of pure potential and perception without prejudice.

In this state, Taoists believe everything is seen as it is, without preconceptions or illusion.

unburdened by knowledge or experiences.

no right or wrong, beautiful or ugly.

only pure experience, or awareness, free from learned labels and definitions.

It is this state of being that is the goal of following wu wei.


- want to read more like this?
Try Finding Balance: let the waves come, let them go

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