I Ching « Surfing the Tao

Free Will

April 22nd, 2006

… the sages:Manage the work of detached actionsConduct the teaching of no wordsThey work with myriad things but do not controlThey create but do not possessThey act but do not presumeThey succeed but do not dwell on successIt is because they do not dwell on successThat it never goes away

TTC, Chapter 2, trans. [...]

When the student is ready, the Master appears.

April 3rd, 2006

This saying has had profound meaning for me throughout my Journey. Looking back, I can see that the knowledge I sought rarely arrived before I was able to absorb it – and if it did, it reappeared again later so I could appreciate it with the right perspective. That goes for the people who [...]