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“When a cat falls out of a tree, it lets go of itself. The cat becomes completely relaxed, and lands lightly on the ground. But if a cat were about to fall out of a tree and suddenly make up its mind that it didn’t want to fall, it would become tense and rigid, and would be just a bag of broken bones upon landing. [I]t is the philosophy of the Tao that…the moment we were born we were kicked off a precipice and we are falling, and there is nothing that can stop it. So instead of living in a state of chronic tension, and clinging to all sorts of things that are actually falling with us because the whole world is impermanent, be like a cat. —Alan Watts, What Is Tao? Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself? —Lao Tzu”
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
“You already are what you want to become. —Master Lin Chi”
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
“Joseph Goldstein was one of my interview teachers on these retreats at IMS. When I shared how distressing it was to find myself with no solid ground under me whatsoever, he mentioned Alan Watts’s book The Wisdom of Insecurity.4 It points out that when we are clear and sure about what we are doing, we are less open to the many other possibilities available. But when we let ourselves hang out in the space of not-knowing, there is enormous potential and life could unfold in innumerable ways. So, rather than avoid and fear this place of uncertainty, we can embrace it and all its gifts.”
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
― We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
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