INTO THE FLOW
"Living in harmony with the Universe"
I was also gaining insights into the "Tao", the ancient Chinese philosophy originally expressed by Lao Tzu, the Chinese sage who wrote The Tao Ching, a beautiful treatise on living or flowing in harmony.
He wrote that by being simple in actions and thought, you return to your essential nature.
To me, the Tao was living in harmony, aligning with the natural order of things for the most fulfilling life, embracing literally everything from the innate intelligence of the universe, the rhythms, the incredible balance, and the role of each of the elements.
'The way' of not forcing or grasping or chasing objects and success. It resonated in many ways with the way I had already been 'seeing and living.'
He said that three qualities are our greatest treasure:
"Simplicity, patience, and compassion."
It is truly The Art Of Living.
I saw it as"Surfing the Tao"
My interpretation was in surfing, there’s perfect waves that leave you feeling exhilarated or big gnarly sets that leave you exhausted and gasping for breath, but the more you understand the ocean, the more you can read the conditions, the easier the 'paddle out', it becomes a lot more blissful, you can focus on and really enjoy the enjoy the ride, immersing in and going with the 'flow'.
It was surfing that originally had started me appreciating and connecting with nature, its beauty, energy, and power.
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THE BEST THING IN LIFE, CH'I IS FREE!
Ch'i is as free as the air, and is infinite!
From what I was learning, from both the Shakti and the Tao, I saw the universe and, in turn, nature gave unconditionally, and the more I could do the same, the more my life would be in balance and harmonious.
Master Cheng opened my eyes to what was always very obvious, but I had taken for granted, how the sunrise, the sunset, the waxing and waning of the moon, the tides, and the four seasons are manifestations of this energy expanding and contracting in different forms, vibrations, and rhythms. Physically, your body has its rhythms; the skeleton rebuilds itself, the blood system refreshes, the heart beats regularly, etc. The more I became aware of these rhythms, both internally and externally, and synchronized them, the more I would become self-empowering, self-healing, and able to help others in their healing.
In my early book reading days, in the sixties, I had read The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra, which pointed out what he saw as the similarities and the parallels between the ancient teachings and modern science.
Tessla had tapped into this source of energy too, and was applying it to generate natural energy.
The ancient Masters, who were perhaps the first subatomic physicists, had perceived this energy subjectively through self-examination and exploration of nature, while most modern-day scientists see it objectively with sophisticated instruments, but don't usually experience it.
Capra, to me, summed it up when he said:
“Science does not need mysticism,
and mysticism does not need science.
But man needs both.”
Perhaps, Osho's definition can also explain my developing attraction to Toaism, and its lack rigidity and dogma