Welcome to Jar Your Mind.
My name is Joey.
Today we are going to read from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu,
This one translated by Stephen Mitchell,
Chapter 28.
And then afterwards,
We are going to take the concept of Chapter 28 into a meditation.
So Chapter 28,
Know the male,
Yet keep to the female.
Receive the world in your arms.
If you receive the world,
The Tao will never leave you,
And you will be like a little child.
Know the white,
Yet keep to the black.
Be a pattern for the world.
If you are a pattern for the world,
The Tao will be strong inside of you,
And there will be nothing you can't do.
Know the personal,
Yet keep to the impersonal.
Accept the world as it is.
If you accept the world,
The Tao will be luminous inside you,
And you will return to your primal self.
The world is formed from the void,
Like utensils from a block of wood.
The master knows the utensils,
Yet keeps to the block.
Thus,
She can use all things.
So now we will go into the stillness and abide by the yin.
The void gives rise to the manifested world.
We go to the void,
Emptying our mind for a natural rising pattern of harmony.
The divine feminine radiates from within you,
As the divine masculine plays out her creation into a manifested world.
If you are a pattern for the world,
The Tao will be strong inside you,
And there will be nothing you can't do.
So close your eyes and let us keep to the female.
Receive the world in your arms with a deep breath in,
And then let it out,
Giving back and knowing the Tao will never leave you.
You become softly aware of a cool breeze across your face.
You stay still,
Letting it pass.
Another one is felt and you are aware of the breeze but again,
Let it pass.
You continue to not be moved,
Feeling more and more complete in the moment.
You continue to breathe in and breathe out.
There is nowhere else to be and no gusty thoughts to whisk you away.
All is well.
You keep to the uncarved block,
Disentangling from the world.
You are embracing the darkness as your breathing is steady and your heart is strong.
The cool breeze is now your own breath as you feel it go through your nose and back out into the outside world.
You are calming into nothingness and knowing that everything comes from nothing.
You are falling deeper and deeper into the limitless source of creation.
Deeper and deeper you go.
Rest peacefully and quietly and be inspired by the depth of your being.
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