Tag Archives: change

Trying To Control The Future

Posted on March 14, 2016 by David Mills

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the … Continue reading →

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Abraham, Isaac and God

Posted on November 11, 2015 by David Mills

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt … Continue reading →

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Goodness and Trust

Posted on October 26, 2015 by David Mills

The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people. She is good to people who are good. She is also good to people who aren’t good. This is true goodness. She trusts people … Continue reading →

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Change and Transition

Posted on October 15, 2015 by David Mills

In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creatures flourish together, content with the way they are, endlessly repeating themselves, endlessly renewed. When man interferes with the Tao, the sky … Continue reading →

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Discovery and The Hidden Blessing

Posted on October 12, 2015 by David Mills

If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to … Continue reading →

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Free To Change

Posted on October 7, 2015 by David Mills

Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint. Peace … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on September 29, 2015 by David Mills

Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through. If you open yourself to the … Continue reading →

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All Things Change

Posted on August 28, 2015 by David Mills

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the … Continue reading →

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Unpredictable as the Weather

Posted on July 12, 2015 by David Mills

Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn’t try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every force there is a counterforce. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. The Master does his job … Continue reading →

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Realize All Things Change

Posted on December 10, 2014 by David Mills

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the … Continue reading →

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