Facing blank paper
is an artist's terror.
When an artist creates, he or she is like a shaman. Inspiration comes as a gift. Those who follow Tao are the same. Their awareness is not something they have cleverly formulated, nor is it something that they possess.
Tao comes to them like a gift.
That is why the arts and Tao are so closely allied.
The act of receiving and expressing is the same.
Just as an artist dreads not being able to make art, so too does one who follows Tao dread not feeling Tao.
There are many times when we are called upon to be creative; an athlete on the field, a lecturer before an audience, a musician on stage, a cook at the stove, a parent with a child. How do we keep the channel open? Some people try by maintaining tidy and regular lives, others by being constantly active. We are all different, and there is no right or wrong. The only thing that counts is feeling Tao in your own life and maintaining that feeling as much of the time as possible. If you find those special things that are latent in you and learn to express them, then you will know Tao.
365 Tao Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao (author)
ISBN 0-06-250223-9
source : duckdaotsu.blogspot.com
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haiku is like a gift -
the act of receiving and expressing
is the same
Can you find the five ants ?
. . . three ants are here
. . . two ants are here
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1 comment:
"Can you find the five ants ?"
Aren´t there six ants at the picture!?
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