The Future is Predictable | Tao Talks 53

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Chapter 53 Tao Te Ching Podcast Series Chapter Fifty-three If I were to have the very slight insight, I would live in accordance with the Great Tao. My only fear is, to go astray from Tao while spreading it. Great Tao is smooth and plain, yet people prefer the devious bypaths. Hence, the government is corrupted with luxury and splendor. The people were exhausted with labor and left the fields to be wasted and the granaries depleted. Under such practices, the officials would wear fine clothes, Carry sharp swords and indulge themselves in good food and drinks. They crave with greed to possess great wealth. Such is said to commit the crime of robbery and certainly is not the Way of Tao. Good morning and welcome to “A New Day”, I am your host and Eric Von Kimble and we are delighted you have allowed us into your home to encourage, challenge and love on you on today Thursday Feb 20, 2020 It is our desire to enhance your mornings with new episodes each and weekday. What you just listened to was Chapter 53 of The Tao Te Ching It is our honor to be before you now and in the future wherever you may be we radiate gratitude, love and an attitude of abundance that will speak life to you throughout your day. We give thanks for life and the ability to create with our minds goodness and wholeness in the world. Delight in the contrast of pondering Life and Death, and extracting the sweet nectar from our daily readings. To be a sweet delightful spirit connecting with you each morning, priming the pump on your mental attitude each and everyday. We are distilling value from a chapter reading from the Tao Te Ching in our Tao Talks Series. The Future is Predictable Because you create it…. The have’s and the have nots…. What are you willing to give up in order to have? Is it even necessary to sellout to be accomplished? famous? Wealthy? Actors dressing in drag to get to the next level An initiation to show who really is in charge IS Hard work dead Abandoning old habits and mindset Embracing the future/ in other words remembering the future self So many times we focus on the past events of life in our present day and allow the feelings of the past to define our present and essentially map our future self. The future is predictable because you do create it. You can decide to see the negative or the positive, you can spread joy love and happiness or bitterness Typically it will be much of the same of your yesterday