Changing Answers

Which matters more to you,
the outer journey or the inner path?

Which makes you happier,
the outer world or the inner wisdom?

Which do you turn to when in need,
outer beliefs or inner experiences?

The answers change with age.

Balancing Act

Each beginning
opens a door,
but it also closes one.

The universe
gives with one hand
and takes with the other.

Opening and closing.
Giving and taking.
Life's balancing act.

Hell for Heaven

Heaven and earth
are never adversaries.

Our own hells lead us
to think otherwise.

When we give up hell,
heaven blooms everywhere.

Small Heart

My heart is small.
The needs are huge.

My hands are weak.
The helpless are many.

My skills are few.
The work is unending.

But the small, the weak,
and the few are enough
in the flow of Tao.

Silent Discovery

Sometimes darkness
comes from light.

Sometimes light
comes from darkness.

But never is there
darkness without light.

Never is there
light without darkness.

Silence is how
we discover this.

Genesis

To see God as light
and only light
is to cut ourselves off
from the God that scares us.

But why should we fear?
Didn't God give us
both darkness and light
from the beginning?

City Wise

Cities grow
from the ground up,
not from the top down.

They're built for everyone,
not just the powerful few.

Wise cities remember this.
Dying cities don't.

Not the Season

Frenzy is not a season.
Chaos is not joy.

As Tao

What is the smallest thing?
What is the briefest span?

These are the building blocks
of the ten thousand things.

The smallest and briefest
create everything as Tao.

Conversion

Darkness turns light
into wisdom.

Light turns darkness
into salvation.

Tortured Fears

The only accurate information
we can gain through torture
is insight into our own fears.

Good Medicine

Wisdom brings healing.
Insight brings wisdom.
Silence brings insight.
Pain brings silence.
Experience brings pain.
Time brings experience.
Breath brings time.