The thoughts that were in my head when I awoke today, after yet another night of feeling "gone" and having a collection of vivid images in my head....
Which is stronger? Water or stone? Which is more powerful? Flexible and flowing, or rigid and stiff?
I sat there in bed and thought about it.
No matter how strong a stone stands, it cannot resist the flow of water. Water, which is constantly shifting and changing form, direction, speed, and shape will always dissolve the hard and fixed. Rules and absolutes are as stones. Heart, truth, spirit and openness are as water. In life the body is soft and flexible. In death, it is rigid. Even water itself...if it gets hard, it can be shattered. But as long as it stays soft, striking it cannot hurt it.
G-d is teaching us truth all around us. Water. Stone. Life. Death. Are we blind to not see the messages?
So I did a search, and after reading a few pages, I found this....
From the Tao
Chapter Seventy-Eight
Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water.
Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better;
It has no equal.
The weak can overcome the strong;
The supple can overcome the stiff.
Under heaven everyone knows this,
Yet no one puts it into practice.
I wish I was free to meditate today.
Your thoughts?
1 comment:
Very profound and something that is striking a chord in me this morning. Thanks for the post and the ideas!
- Doreen in PA
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