RE-ENTRY:THE EXPERIENCE OF THE IMPRINTED WORLD
HOMAGE TO THE SYMBOLIC MINDVI - 1 The Moment of FullnessVI - 2 How to Escape the Trap of Beauty and GoodnessVI - 3 For God's Sake-Feel GoodVI - 4 Re-Imprinting Using Water As ElementVI - 5 The Lesson of WaterVI - 6 The Utility of nothingVI - 7 The Innocence of the SensualVI - 8 What the brain Said to the MindVI - 9 How to Recognize the TAO ImprintVI -10 Illustration of a TAO ImprintVI -11 Keep In TouchVI -12 Use Your Knowledge of Nature's LawVI -13 The Conscious Application of StrengthVI -14 Victory CelebrationVI -15 Along the GrainVI -16 He Who Knows the Center EnduresVI -17 Walk Carefully When You Are Among....
VI - 1The Moment Of FullnessGrab hold tightly Let go lightly The full cup can take no more The candle burns down The taut bow must be loosed The razor edge cannot long endure Not this moment re-lived So..... now Grab hold tightly Now..... Let go lightly VI - 2How To Escape The Trap Of Beauty And goodnessAs you return Remember Choose beauty..... so you define ugly Select good, so you create evil As you choose your joy, so you design your sorrow The coin you are now imprinting has two sides Better to return in the flow of Tao For indeed The opposites exist for you alone Beyond your heads and tails Dances the unity All sounds harmonize All games end in a tie Your God stands on the pitcher's mound and throws a shoulder-high fast ball POP! Right into your Devil's glove. VI - 3For God's Sake - Feel GoodAs you return Remember to choose consciously Power is the heavy stone wrenched Virtue is the heavy stone crushing your innocence What can be learned From nature is Harmony Therefore- Cuddle the elemental Avoid angles, lie with the round Shun plastic, conspire with the seed Do no good But For God's sake Feel good And Nature's order will prevail VI - 4Re-Imprinting Using Water As ElementRemember The flow of water Live-at the natural level Live-close to the earth Live-giving life Live-falling free Live-in the stream VI - 5The Lesson Of WaterWhat one values in the game- Fluid What one values in the form- Fluid What one values in the house- Fluid What one values in the heart- Pulsing What one values in the action- Fluid Indeed Because you flow like water You can neither win nor lose VI - 6The Utility Of Nothingthe nothing at the center of the the nothing of the clay vase..... The nothing within the four walls..... The goal of the game is to go beyond the game You lose your mind To use your head You lose your mind To use your head VI - 7The Innocence Of The SensualName the five colors- Name the eight notes- Name the five tastes- Naming stops the flow Win the game, lose the play Let a child's innocence VI - 8What The Brain Said To The Mind'One to me is fame and shame One to me is loss and gain One to me is pleasure and pain" murmured the brain (looking down with compassionate A beautiful woman idly inspects a tiny blemish on her long smooth flank..... Looking down with compassionate At the small imprinted chess board 'One to me is fame and shame One to me is loss and gain One to me is pleasure and pain" said the brain VI - 9How To Recognize The Tao ImprintHe who returns in the flow of TAO Brings back a mysterious penetration So subtle That it is misunderstood Here is his appearance a stream at winter Wary as a man in ambush Considerate as a welcome guest Fluid like a mountain stream Natural as uncarved wood Floating high like a gull Unfathomable like muddy water How can we fathom this muddiness? Water becomes clear through stillness How can we become still? By moving with the stream VI - 10Illustration Of A Tao ImprintHe stands apart Curiously observing He stands quietly Like an infant who has not yet learned to know what to smile at He is a little sad for what he sees While others enjoy their possessions do-nothing, owning nothing Or he moves slowly close to the land While others are crisp and definite He does not seem to be making his way He is different A wise infant nursing at the breast Inside VI - 11Keep In TouchThe TAO flows everywhere Keep in touch And be at home Everywhere He who loses the contact is alone Everywhere Keeping in touch with the TAO Is called Harmony VI - 12Use Your Knowledge Of Nature's LawNature's way is to leave no residue All is absorbed Therefore we treasure the "least of men" All belongs All is salvaged Nothing is rejected This is called stealing the light..... Nature's subtle secret VI - 13The Conscious Application Of StrengthForce recoils But The time comes when there is Except act consciously With courage VI - 14Victory CelebrationCelebrate your victory for your slain illusions Wear some black at your wedding VI - 15Along The GrainThe Tao is nameless Like uncarved wood As soon as it is carved Then there are names Carve carefully And Along the grain VI - 16He Who Knows The Center EnduresHe who knows the outside is clever He who knows the center endures He who masters, gains robot strength He who comes to the center has He is in-formed Faith of consciousness is freedom Hope of consciousness is strength Love of consciousness evokes the same in return Faith of seed frees Hope of seed flowers Love of seed grows VI - 17Walk Carefully When You Are Among
"holy men" and holy men doctors government officials reporters publishers professors religious leaders psychologists rich men social scientists women with beautiful faces artists and writers men who charge fees city men movie makers men who want to help you men who want you to help them Christians and Jews For such as these However well meaning Place you on their chessboard Addict you to their externals Distract you from the TAO within The lesson of the TAO is more likely to be found among- hermits mountain men smiling eccentrics men who build their own homes children parents who learn from their children loafers amateur musicians serene Psychotics animals men who look at sunsets men who walk in the woods beautiful women cooks men who sit by the fire wanderers men who make bread couples who have been in love for years unemployed men smiling men with bad reputations
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