02/03/2026
I have been doing a 108 day retreat with My Acu Yin teacher since January 1st..
We have moved into discussions about the Tao / universe
I thought I would share a little today....
Day 32
More about the effortless effort – acting by not acting – doing by not doing – becoming it
“The Master has mastered Nature; not in the sense of conquering it, but of becoming it. In surrendering to the Tao, in giving up all concepts, judgments, and desires, her mind has grown naturally compassionate. She finds deep in her own experience the central truths of the art of living, which are paradoxical only on the surface: that the more truly solitary we are, the more compassionate we can be; the more we let go of what we love, the more present our love becomes; the clearer our insight into what is beyond good and evil, the more we can embody the good. Until finally she is able to say, in all humility, “I am the Tao, the Truth, the Life.”
In the same way when we master our life, not by challenging it so we can conquer it (can we?) but to become one with it, or eventually to become it, to become our life, so we can live effortlessly, in a complete harmony with the Tao, the rhythm of what is living us.
Sooo in watching and observing things as they are and not trying to change it...forcefully
When things are done in force even with good intentions one is going against the Tao/ Universe..
and thats when troubles happen..
🩵In Yin Yoga we push to hard and injure ourselves..
🩷In our lives when we dont let the murky water settle..we bring in MORE toxic mud..
