Faith Quotations

By George Albert

 The “Tao” is too terrible to be described by the name “Tao”.

If it could be named so straightforwardly, it would not be the eternal Tao.

Heaven and Earth began from the unknown (Tao),

but the multitudes of things around us were created by names.

We craving to know the world by giving names to the things we see,

but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

as we catch sight of beyond the need to use names,

we can sense the mysterious cause of these effects.

The cause and the effects are aspects of the same, one thing.

They are both mysterious and insightful.

At their most mysterious and profound point lies the “Gate of the Great Truth”.

2 -Making things ugly

as people witness beauty, they think, “that’s beautiful”.

Thinking of something as beautiful makes you think other things are revolting.

Calling something “good” forces you to call certain other things “evil.”

The thoughts “tough” and “uncomplicated” support every other.

“Extensive” and “petite” define each other.

“High” creates “low”

“Tone” creates “noise”

“Before” creates “after”

“Have” creates “don’t have”

This is why the Clever acts without effort and teaches without words.

New things are created and the Sage barely accepts them.

Things fade away and the Sage accepts that also.

A Sage can have things without feeling they “own” them.

The Sage does things without putting an emotional stake into the outcome.

The task is accomplished, but the Sage doesn’t seek credit or take pride in the achievement.

Because the Sage is not attached to the achievement, the accomplishment lasts everlastingly.

3 - Making thieves

when you praise precious people, you make other people envious and quarrelsome.

as you value rare things highly, you turn honest people into thieves.

If you show people exciting things, you will make them desirous and greedy.

The wise rule by keeping the peoples’ hearts empty (of aspiration) and their bellies jam-packed.

Making their bones strong and their ambitions pathetic.

Since the people are free of materialism and craving,

even the most cunning grifter has no opportunity to corrupt them.

By using the “act without action” principle,

everything barely falls into place.

4 - Dull the sharp edges

The Tao is so empty,

So hollow.

Yet somehow its usefulness is inexhaustible

It is so very deep

So very profound.

Similar to the source of all.

It blunts the sharpest edges

Unties the knots

Softens the glare

It is so very deep

So tranquil

It seems to immediately exist at all.

Its origin is anonymous

It preceded the Gods themselves.

5 - Talk is tiring

Heaven and Earth don’t play favourites

They treat everything with equivalent detachment.

Sages don’t play favourites

They treat good people and bad with one and the same detachment.

Heaven and earth are like a set of bellows.

even if empty, they are endlessly productive.

The more you work them, the more they produce.

The mouth, on the other hand, becomes exhausted if you talk as well much.

Better to keep your thoughts inside you.

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How to Develope Self Discipline

By Janet Erickson

 It is very important to have self-control; structure affects nearly every aspect of our daily lives, in particular an absense of self-control produces low self-esteem. If you would like to be successful in life then being able to discipline your life is a basic characteristic to have in your make-up.

To assist in keeping you up it would help to write a daily journal, in it you can write everything you have been successful with and everything where you got a little off course and let temptation win. This can help you get the motivation you require to keep yourself disciplined.

Write out goals for yourself; record them in your diary. It is important that when thinking about what you want that you establish goals which are realistic and possible within a realistic amount of time. Planning plans that you cannot hope to complete or which are unrealistic will only lead to failure and deminished self worth.

If you want self discipline then you should have a strong sense of self, if you don’t trust in what is possible then do not assume that others will believe in you. Self-confidence leads to high self-esteem and this is a big part of becoming self disciplined.

Learn to do everything in moderation, if you smoke or drink alcohol then cut down. Don’t simply say you are planning to cut down or stop immediately, this just results in failure. Instead think about the rewards you will get by stopping; write down in your journal all the good aspects about what you are doing. If you over eat for example then aim to cut back by a small amount everyday and if you are tempted to go over the limit you set for yourself then discipline yourself. Try something else, something you would not usually do and keep in mind the positive aspects to self-disciplining yourself.

If you do fall off the wagon then get right back on, lecture yourself and then keep going forward, don’t waste time wondering why or how or think that it will happen again. Promise yourself that you will be more disciplined in the future.

Keep a record of how you are succeeding with your determination and reward yourself when you have stayed self-disciplined. It’s fine to penalize yourself for falling short but you have to reward yourself for the good also.

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