Tao - The "Way"

For the few of  you who have ever been in my bedroom at my cabin on Gull Lake in Minnesota, you might know that this was hung right next to my bedside for years - it was the first thing I saw in the mornings when I opened my eyes, and last thing I saw when I turned off the lights to go to bed...

TAO - 'The Way' ~ "The philosophy is simple.  Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is.  Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance.  Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks, and also provides for all without discrimination ~ therefore let us present the same fact to everyone and treat all men as equals, however they may behave.  If we watch carefully, we will see that works proceed more quickly and easily if we stop 'trying', if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results.  In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected."