Monday, May 16, 2011

like water





Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
~bruce lee [an inspired martial artist and philosopher]

TO meditate
is to breathe
with an inner presence of LOve
and balance
meditate-breathe 
TRust that you are a FLowing part of nature's
spiritual intelligence
TRust
you will meet balance
and LOve in return
*do not take the shape of the world*
breathe-meditate
be formless, 
like water
~michellebernard [mE:: a blogger,
mental massage-r, and sculptor of heartDreams]

The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the Tao.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In family life, be completely present.
In work, do what you enjoy.
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
~lao tzu [a wise chinese master, who sings to my soul]

3 comments:

Ry said...

Water nourishes and gives life. We ourselves are water beings. Much like love, it truly is at the heart of who we are. But water like love can be placid or turbulent, live giver or life taker, and most of all very much like love, we cannot live without it. To the poetry of Michelle’s words, we must understand how to best direct and harness the power of love, allowing it to transport us while we keep a sexton in hand allowing the stars to direct the path of our heart.

Janice Blake-Baeza said...

Lovely!

Manon Doyle said...

That was a beautiful post, Michelle!! I hope you are well!! : )