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ToV 6 – you can use it any way you want

It [the Tao] is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.

These words get me so excited!

People tend to think a spiritual life is a separate, special sort of life; that you have to be a yoga teacher, or life coach, or provide a home for wayward pigeons or some such. Not so! The Tao is ALWAYS present, no matter what you do.

I can remember talking with one of my spiritual mentors about his giving up a particular meditation and martial arts practice. He said: I don’t have to do that to be peaceful, I can be peaceful mowing the lawn. And that’s just it, it isn’t so much what you do as HOW you do it. Mindfulness and love can manifest in anything and everything you do. 

When I think about the people I most admire spiritually, you wouldn’t necessarily know them to be spiritual people on the surface.Read More »ToV 6 – you can use it any way you want

Day 13 – Scott Pilgrim saves my world

I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night, and for reasons that don’t necessarily make sense, it helped a lot of what I’m struggling with make sense. The themes in the movie centre around all those stupid hurtful things we do, even when we don’t mean to and we’re just fumbling along in our own flawed human way. The triumph of the movie is in owning your own shit and getting a second chance to do it right.Read More »Day 13 – Scott Pilgrim saves my world