Walking meditations on Tao Te Ching
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Dear friends
During this event we will concentrate on verses from chapter 28 of Tao Te Ching. We will reflect together this chapter and then will go for a 20 minute walking meditation in the park!!
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu is a chinese classical text with 81 verses of wisdom. Though Tao Te Ching has been interpreted subjectively according to who is reading it, for a seeker on the path of wisdom it is a wonderful and precise guide to the process of becoming an enlightened being, to accomplish, within oneself, a high level of spiritual cultivation.
Verse 28 of Tao Te Ching
"Know the strength of the masculine
yet preserve the feminine.
Remaining receptive to all under Heaven
do not separate yourself from the eternal virtue (Te).
Become again as a child.
Know the white (yang)
but embrace the black (yin).
Serve as a model for all under Heaven.
Serving as a model for all under Heaven
and not deviating from the eternal virtue
one returns to the primordial origin (wuji).
Know honor yet maintain humility.
Be as a valley for the world.
Being as a valley for the world
remain in touch with the eternal virtue.
Return to the simple and natural (pu).
When the wood is carved
it becomes useful
yet the sage remains with the simple and natural.
Thus her carving injures no one."
I welcome you towards a fruitful reflection and meditation experience!!
