The Dance of Tao

 

“The greatest Virtue is to follow Tao and Tao alone.
The Tao is elusive and intangible.
Oh, it is intangible and elusive, and yet within is image.
Oh, it is elusive and intangible, and yet within is form.
Oh, it is dim and dark, and yet within is essence.
This essence is very real, and therein lies faith.
From the very beginning until now, its name has never been forgotten.
Thus I perceive the creation.
How do I know the ways of creation?
Because of this.”             Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

How did this magical creation come to be ?

Who  wove the intricate tapestry of beauty and perfection  that is Nature?

Who made sky and sun, clouds and fire, earth and sea?

Who made the birds and the beasts and the fishes, the snail and the snake, the bee and the butterfly, the river, the mountain, the tree?

Who breathes in my chest and hums as the life-force in the deepest core of me?

There is a pattern at the very  heart of things, a secret code, an underlying rhythm that creates the song of existence.

This invisible, formless current is the field that is the source and the substance of all things.

Every atom and every cell obeys its inexorable and immaculate power.

It is as if all the heavenly bodies are instruments playing in a vast orchestra,  Gods and angels sing along in  an ecstatic choir and the whole universe resonates  in empathetic harmony.

Learn to feel this divine music, to vibrate with its keynote and be in tune with its  subtle melody.

Then, and only then, will your life be the dance that it was always meant to be.

“Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.” Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching