LAO TZU - APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS ON TAO OF LOVE

GOD - COSMOS – THE WHOLE, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU LIKE, IT IS A HOLLOW RECIPIENT
THE USE OF WHICH IS ENDLESS
UNFATHOMABLE ...

THE VALLEY SPIRIT NEVER DIES
IT IS CALLED THE MYSTICAL FEMALE
IT IS THE ROOT OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

LIFE IS INTERDEPENDENCE OF OPPOSITES.
HOW IS HEAVEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HELL? ACCEPT THEM BOTH,
THEN LIFE WILL BECOME A SYMPHONY OF THE OPPOSITES.

NO NEED TO MEDITATE SIMPLY LIVE YOUR LIFE AS IT COMES
ENJOY THE MOMENT AND DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE PAST.

THE WORLD WILL BE BEAUTIFUL WHEN PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT BEAUTY
BECAUSE THEN THERE WILL BE NO UGLINESS - THE ABSENCE OF THE SELF
THE ABSENCE OF PRIDE GIVES BIRTH TO BEAUTY.

THE WISE MAN DOES NOT RUN AWAY - DOES NOT REJECT ANYTHING
DOES NOT ABANDON ANYTHING. TO REJECT SOMETHING IS TO ANTAGONIZE EXISTENCE
THE ART OF EXISTING IS THE ART OF ABSORBING EVERYTHING!

AND IF YOU DON’T CLAIM ANYTHING BACK, YOU ARE
INCONTESTABLE AND NO ONE CAN COMPETE AGAINST YOU
DO NOT TRY TO BE VICTORIOUS, THEN NOBODY CAN DEFEAT YOU;

Suddenly you realize that life itself comes

looking for you, to share her secrets with you.

If you are empty everything will come to you!

DO NOT KNOCK AT THE DOOR
AND YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THE DOOR WAS ALWAYS OPEN
OBSERVE: AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN OPEN ALL THE LOCKS OF LIFE.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, YOU MUST DISAPPEAR,
YOU MUST LEAVE, LIMPIDLY LEAVING NOTHING BEHIND
AND THEN THE FLOWER OF LOVE CAN BLOSSOM.

LIVE TO WAKE UP TO THE ECSTASY WHICH BELONGS TO YOU
WHICH YOU CAN NATURALLY ACCESS. RELIGION IS
THE PURSUE OF THE SACRED IN EVERY THING.

MOVE AROUND IN THE WORLD – AS IF YOU WERE NOT THERE

REMAIN UNKNOWN, USELESS AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE

LIFE MUST BE POETRY, A SONG, A DANCE, LIKE A FLOWER ON THE ROADSIDE
BLOSSOMING FOR NO ONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT SPREADING ITS FRAGRANCE IN THE WIND
AND SENDING IT ANYWHERE.

LAO TZU IS NOT A MAN OF RELIGION
HE NEVER ENTERED A TEMPLE, BECAUSE
TO HIM THE WHOLE EXISTENCE IS A TEMPLE.

SINNERS OFTEN REACH THE DIVINE, AND SAINTS WENT ASTRAY

THE SINNER NEVER EXPECTS ANYTHING BUT HE IS FULL

OF GRATITUDE – HE IS HUMBLE AND FEELS THE GRACE OF GOD

The so-called saints always moaned in pain and gave up the joys of life
yet bliss did not come unto them! They live in celibacy, yet
flowers have not been raining down on them...

Lao Tzu lives God, does not talk about him. He enjoys him, celebrates him and dances him ...

A MYSTICAL MAN NEVER FEARS ANYTHING!

DO YOU KNOW, BY ANY CHANCE, THAT DEATH IS EVIL?

DO YOU KNOW BY ANY CHANCE THAT DEATH IS WORSE THAN LIFE?
IT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN LIFE - YOU FEAR DEATH WITHOUT HAVING MET HER.

HOLLOW IS THE KEY WORD FOR LAO TZU
HOLLOW MEANS SPACE; MEANS VASTNESS - INEXHAUSTIBILITY;
EVERYTHING COMES OUT OF NOTHING, IS BORN FROM ZERO AND FALLS BACK INTO NOTHING.
IF GOD WERE NOT HOLLOW HE COULD NOT BE INEXHAUSTIBLE.

Lao Tzu teaches: Look inside not outside;
The hollow inside, "THE EMPTINESS" is your being!
GOD IS THE HOLLOW INSIDE EVERYTHING

THE MEANING OF MEDITATION IS TO BECOME HOLLOW AND EMPTY,
WITHOUT ONE SINGLE THOUGHT FLYING ABOUT -
PURE SPACE, THEN ALL THE SUFFERINGS FADE,
also death disappears ...
AS DEATH EXISTS ONLY IN THOUGHTS!

LIVE LIKE A HOLLOW – AND THEN KARMA SHALL NOT TOUCH YOU

THE VALLEY SPIRIT NEVER DIES, IT IS THE SPIRIT OF EMPTINESS
THE NOTHING IS INDESTRUCTIBLE

ONCE YOU HAVE LET YOURSELF FALL IN THAT EMPTINESS,
YOU WILL LAUGH – AND WILL DISCOVER THAT
DEATH DOES NOT EXIST

A Buddha is feminine, a Lao Tzu is feminine and Jesus is feminine.
A feminine man lives in no hurry and enjoys every moment with no hurry.

WAITING IN SILENCE
THE FOG FADES LITTLE BY LITTLE
BEFORE YOUR EYES AND THE VISION BECOMES CLEAR
THAN CLEARNESS IS REACHED.

Lao Tzu says:
Stretch a bow to its limit and you will regret not to have stopped in time!
A BOW CAN BREAK, NEVER STRETCH A BOW TO ITS LIMIT
FOR DEATH IS ALWAYS THE LIMIT!

PERFECTION IS DEATH, LIFE LOVES IMPERFECTIONS SO STAY IMPERFECT
AND YOU WILL STAY ALIVE. THOSE WHO DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW
WILL BECOME IMMORTAL.

ALL THAT IS FIXED IS DEAD. NO ONE HAS EVER MANAGED
TO EXPERIMENT THE ABSURDITY OF THE MIND TO ITS FULLEST.

THERE IS NO NEED TO GIVE UP ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS CONSCIOUSNESS

DEEP BREATHING ABSORBS DEATH AND CREATES A BRIDGE. MAKE USE OF LIFE, BUT ALSO OF DEATH.

SANCTITY MEANS TO BE LIFE AND DEATH AT THE SAME TIME. IF YOU CAN PASS THROUGH DEATH

DANCING HAPPY, ENJOYING IT, NOTHING CAN DESTROY YOU ANY MORE. YOU HAVE REACHED THE

ETERNAL THE INDESTRUCTIBLE AND IMMORTAL!

THEN DEATH WILL NOT DESTROY YOU BUT WILL BE AT YOUR SERVICE
AND LEAD YOU TO IMMORTALITY

A wise man is open like heaven, he is pure openness;
he is free to mingle with anybody, like muddy water.

REAL LIFE IS A TORCH BURNING AT BOTH ENDS, IT IS A FLAME,
ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY DANGER, IT IS SURROUNDED BY DEATH.
IN THAT CONTEXT LIFE REACHES ITS CLIMAX.

ACCORDING TO LAO TZU, TO BE BALANCED IS TO BE VIRTUOUS. TO BE OFFBALANCE IS TO BE IN SIN. SO ALWAYS BE YOUNG AND FRESH, NEVER HEAVY, NEVER TIRED. BALANCE WILL CONFER ETERNAL LIFE ON YOU

It depends on you;

IF YOUR INTENSITY IS TOTAL, YOU CAN ARRIVE THERE SUDDENLY IF YOUR DESIRE IS TOTAL, IN ITS FIRE ALL THE LAYERS THAT COVER COMPREHENSION SHALL BURN AND SUDDENLY THE LIGHT WILL SHINE...

but it depends on you!

If you totally say yes to existence, this is the greatest meditation you can devote yourself to. Be brave and do not run away from anything! Go and do not worry! If life takes you off road, just follow it! The same energy that takes you off road will bring you back. At the end you will find out that all that you have done so far makes sense.

IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY HELL – EXPLORE HELL! IT MEANS

THAT IT IS PART OF YOUR DESTINY, THAT IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR GROWTH.

WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A LACERATING PROBLEM
YOU WOULD LIKE TO FLEE... BUT BY ACTING THAT WAY, YOU MISS OUT ON SOMETHING
THAT WOULD HAVE BECOME A PART OF THE FINAL HARMONY ...

Only through totality you can transcend,
you can transform. Live your life in all its dimensions!
Totally let yourself go and in the end you will find that all was useful.

Upon your death you can bless everybody; friends and enemies.
Yes, enemies too, because without them you could not have reached
this growth. They too were part in this mysterious phenomenon ...

... by the name of “Life”!

SANDY RODELLA

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