The Tao of which it can be written is not the true Tao
...Lao Tzu
You think you know what they all mean ...but it doesn't help does it. The mind goes on, round and round in circles ...trying to figure it all out. The answers, that make so much sense, all seem to disappear when mind tries to use them ...and then ...where to go ...what to do...maybe another book! ...or another teacher! ...or if I just tried harder! ...or I relaxed more and just let go.
The truth is much closer than you think. It is what you are ...you are the one who is aware of the thinking ...you are the aware space in which everything happens
...the truth is not the thoughts happening in the space ...but you already know that too don’t you ...you read, or heard it somewhere didn't you!
It doesn't help does it!
The mind itself is what creates all the problems ...and then it tries to supply the answers to those same problems. How tricky is that!
The mind creates duality by its very nature. It divides reality into fragments. Its nature is to label all these fragments. It uses words to try and describe reality and label everything. It labels this good that bad. This right and that wrong. This love and that fear. This desirable and that undesirable. It creates stories out of these fragments. Stories about what was, is, and might be. You believe these stories of the mind, and so you get caught in duality. Some of these stories create great works of art ...others create endless war ...and all of them ensnare you in duality. All of them create a sense of separation.
…but you know that too don’t you! You read it somewhere didn’t you?
Words! ...words can be so inadequate ...words are like containers ...like cups ...with which we try to scoop up an experience. It’s like trying to tell someone who has never seen the ocean, what the ocean is like ...by scooping some ocean into a cup and giving it to them. This is the ocean we tell them ...but it doesn't really convey the oceanic experience does it!
We try to construct reality with cups of words instead of just directly experiencing it.
...this is what the mind does with words …you believe the cup is the oceanic experience of life ...that by swimming in the cup you will find the meaning of life.
...but don’t get me wrong, words can be very useful too, if you want someone to pass you the salt!
We try to understand non duality, and try to live in the heart of god …by scooping up reality into cups of words ...cups of experience …and then we try to arrange and mix these cups ...as if they had some secret formula ...to get the answer we are seeking ...and we then wonder why we feel something is missing! But you know that too, don’t you.
You puzzle why you can’t quite see the whole picture!
Why can't you see that you are aware emptiness?
...maybe another cup will give you the answer?
Do you want know why aren't you seeing it?
...It’s all those cups blocking the view!!!
