Taoist Garden
one must bend
in the floating world
snow on the bamboo
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine,
or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.
In doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself.
Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and do not learn.
For the individual trained in the practice of Zen meditation,
this state of mind is what he works at constantly,
not only in sitting meditation, but in his daily activities.
Zen has roots within both Taoism and Buddhism. So as a Taoist I find Zen practice to be refreshing in its nature. Within Zen, the concept of the Zen Garden leaves me most at peace. As a Taoist I consider every moment of my life is within a vast Zen Garden. Watching the world moving within lines of motion and forms of empty space. For myself, every moment is spent in meditation and awareness as I see Gaia, mother earth, as a complete Zen Garden.
The West atomizes everything into distinct realms and subjects for purpose of the ego to control. Taoism instead drops the ego and teaches methods on how to integrate all aspects of life into a complete experience.
If one truly desires to learn Taoism,
then practice embracing the world itself as a Zen Garden.
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My day has been one filled with anger, frustration, and hurt feelings. And then I was led to your beautiful site (fate? divine guidance? luck?). While staring at the picture of bamboo growing in the sunshine I noticed a feeling of peace slip into my being and wanted to send you my gratitude ~*~
Random is for those who live disconnected to the universe.
As you expand your awareness, things become less random…
Awareness represents connection.. so it’s pretty simple, you increase your awareness and then seemingly random events slowly become navigable. This awareness is divine guidance itself… our inner luck.
Pain led to frustration leading to Anger, and anger then stoke up the fires to force you to build a bridge to here, over the fire. That led deeply to peace and re- connection back into your own nature
embrace the lesson truly
You discovered “true release” remember this experience so you can release before frustration builds up and be able to use the strength of your inner nature gracefully right away in the situations you need depth of peace the most. Because most times anger creates conflict to destroy the bridges in our life rather than build bridges.
Thank you for your wise response; I am placing your reply into my journal so I may see it is as a daily reminder.
I am honored to have been able to help.
Together we all explore life and see more than being alone. To discover the universe.
Yet alone we must take time to appreciate our unique individual paths, we trace out as our own personal zen garden.
Together both these answers complete us to be whole.
As such we find our life to be growing in a Taoist Garden
sincerely
Casey
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