' To Embody Tao '...

"Thinking and talking about the Integral Way
are not the same as following it.
Who ever learned to ride well by talking about horses?

If you wish to embody Tao, stop prating
and start practicing.
Relax your body and dampen down your senses.

Return your mind to its original pristine state.
Forget about being separate from others
and from the Divine Source.

As you return to Oneness, do not think of this
or even be awed by it.
These are just other ways of separating
yourself from it.

Simply merge into the truth,
and allow it to surround you."




-Lao Tzu
in Brian Walker
Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu, 49
Harper SanFrancisco, 1992, p. 61