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PRAYERS FOR PREPARATION

HOMAGE TO LAO TSE

I - 1  The Guide

I - 2  When The Harmony Is Lost

I - 3  Life Seed Death

I - 4  Let There Be Simple Natural Things

I - 5  All Things Pass

I - 6  The message Of Posture







I - 1

The Guide


In the greatest sessions
One does not know that
there is a guide

In the next best sessions
One praises the guide

It is worse when
One fears the guide

The worst is that
One pays him

If the guide lacks trust
in the people

Then
The trust of the people
will be lacking

The wise guide guards his words
The wise guide sits serenely

When the greatest session is over
The people will say-

"It all happened naturally"

or

"It was so simple, we did it
all ourselves."







I - 2

When The Harmony Is Lost

When the harmony is lost

Then come the clever discussions and
"Wise men" appear
When the unity is lost

Then come "friends"

When the session is plunged
into disorder

Then there are "doctors"







I - 3

L S D

(life light love, seed sun son, death daughter dna)

Hold in reverence
This great Symbol of Transformation
And the whole world comes to you

Comes to you without harm, and
Dwells in commonwealth
Dwells in the union of heaven and earth

Offer music.....
Food.....
Wine.....
And the passing guest will stay for a while

But the molecular message
In its passage through the mouth
Is without flavor

It cannot be seen
It cannot be heard
It cannot be exhausted by use

It remains







I - 4

Let There Be Simple Natural Things
During The Session

Let there be simple, Natural things
To contact during the sessions -

hand woven cloth
uncarved wood
flowers - growing things
ancient music
burning fire
a touch of earth
a splash of water
fruit, good bread, cheese
fermenting wine
candles
temple incense
a warm hand
fish swimming
anything which is over
five hundred years old

Of course it is always best to be
secluded with nature







I - 5

All Things Pass

All things pass

A sunrise does not last all morning

All things pass

A cloudburst does not last all day

All things pass

Nor a sunset all night

All things pass

What always changes?

Earth...Sky...thunder...
Mountain...water...
wind...fire lake...

These change

And if these do not last

Do man's vision's last?
Do man's illusions?

During the session
Take things as they come

All things pass







I - 6

The Message Of Posture

During the session

Observe your body
Mandala of the universe
Observe your body
Of ancient design
Holy temple of consciousness
Central stage of the oldest drama

Observe its structured wonders

skin
hair
tissue
bone
vein
muscle
net of nerve

Observe its message

Does it merge or does it strain?
Does it rest serene on sacred ground?
Or tilt, propped up by wire and sticks?

On tiptoe one cannot stand for long
Tension retards the flow

Of the session it is said-

Superfluous noise and redundant action

Stand out-

square, proud, cramped

Against the harmony

Observe the mandala of your body





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