Taoism

Supreme Happiness

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“Dolphins” | Anthony Satori

“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”

– Chuang Tzu

Relax. Exist fully in this moment. This is enough. You are enough. This moment is a miracle. Find the love in it, find the peace in it, find the joy in it. It is often the frantic chasing of happiness that makes us the most miserable. Instead, just sit back, breathe, and calm your mind. Be grateful. Be amazed. Be content. “From contentment, supreme happiness is obtained.” (Patanjali,Yoga Sutra 2.42) It is only when we learn to relax into true contentment that any real, lasting happiness can appear and manifest itself.

Butterfly Dreams

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“Yellow and Black Butterfly” | Anthony Satori

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuangzi. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”

– Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Stone Tower

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“Stone Tower” –|– Anthony Satori

“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 work, do what you love. In family life, be completely present.”

– Lao Tzu

The Technique of Flowing

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“A Fish in Water” –|– Anthony Satori

“We do not hear nature boasting about being nature, nor water holding a conference on the technique of flowing. So much rhetoric would be wasted on those who have no use for it. The man of Tao lives in the Tao, like a fish in water. If we tried to teach a fish that water is physically compounded of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, the fish would laugh its head off.”

– Al Chung-liang Huang

Earth, Heaven, Tao.

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“Birds in the Blue Sky”  |  Anthony Satori

“Man takes his law from the Earth;  the Earth takes its law from Heaven;  Heaven takes its law from the Tao.  The law of the Tao is its being what it is.”

— Lao Tzu