Living to serve what is called for

in the moment of our living

is not going to smooth our path,

and open the way

to all we ever wanted

and more.

Go and learn what this means:

“Thy will, not mine, be done!”

When we understand the “Thy”

In this phrase as Jesus’ intuition,

which is the source of Jesus’

knowledge (And of “the secret knowledge”

of the Gnostics),

we are at the point of seeing

Jesus’ link to his intuition as the Tao of Jesus—

and that being who Jesus was

is as simple as being connected to our own intuitive

knowledge in all situations and circumstances of our life.

Living aligned with our intuition

Is living aligned with the Tao.

In saying, “Thy will not mine be done,”

Jesus is saying, “Live in accord with the Tao,

moment by moment,

and let everything fall into place

around that,

whether it meets with the culture’s approval,

or our own desires, or not.”

This is not The Prosperity Gospel.

Jesus said, “Do what needs to be done,

when, where and how it needs to be done,

and let the outcome be the outcome,

whatever it may mean for you personally.”

Jesus’ life was his message.

When he said,

“Take up your cross each day

and follow me,”

he was saying,

“Let your life be your message.”

When he said,

“Be like the spirit

that blows where it will,”

he was saying,

“Don’t have to know

what you are doing,

or be guided by

what is pleasing to you,

or mindlessly follow the shoulds and oughts of your culture

but by your sense of what needs to be done–

which will change moment by moment,

in response to the circumstances,

which themselves are changing

moment by moment,

and you will never know in one moment

what you will be doing in the next.”

The Tao of Jesus

is what the world needs

and the world knows it not.

The old Taoists talked about

living in accord with the Tao.
And understood that as doing what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done.

I take that to mean

living in the flow of life,

in tune with what is happening

and what needs to happen in response,

and doing it because it needs to be done

for the sake of doing it alone.

No.  Matter. What.

Another way of saying the same thing:


Living to serve what is called for

in the moment of our living

does not smooth our path

or open the way

to all we ever wanted

and more.

Go and learn what this means:

“Thy will, not mine, be done.”

When we understand the “Thy”

as Jesus’ own intuition—

the source of his knowing,

the “secret knowledge” of the Gnostics—

we begin to see that Jesus’ link

to his intuition

was the Tao of Jesus.

And that being who Jesus was

is as simple as being connected

to our own intuitive knowing

in every situation of our life.

To live aligned with intuition

is to live aligned with the Tao.

So when Jesus says,

“Thy will, not mine, be done,”

he is saying:

Live in accord with the Tao,

moment by moment,

and let everything fall into place

around that—

whether it pleases the culture,

or pleases you,

or not.

This is not The Prosperity Gospel.

Jesus said:

Do what needs to be done,

when, where, and how

it needs to be done,

and let the outcome be the outcome,

whatever it may mean

for you personally.

Jesus’ life was his message.

When he said,

“Take up your cross each day

and follow me,”

he meant:

Let your life

be your message.

When he said,

“Be like the spirit

that blows where it will,”

he meant:

Do not cling to knowing

what you are doing,

or to what pleases you,

or to the shoulds and oughts

of your culture.

Be guided by your sense

of what needs to be done—

which changes moment by moment

as circumstances change.

You will never know in one moment

what you will be doing in the next.

The Tao of Jesus

is what the world needs,

and the world knows it not.

The old Taoists spoke of

living in accord with the Tao—

doing what needs to be done,

when, where, and how

it needs to be done.

I take that to mean

living in the flow of life,

in tune with what is happening

and what needs to happen in response,

and doing it because it needs to be done,

for the sake of doing it alone.

No. Matter. What.

And still a different way of saying the same thing:

To live in service of what the moment asks

is not a path of ease.

It does not promise reward,

success,

or the fulfillment of our desires.

It promises only this:

alignment with what is true.

“Thy will, not mine, be done.”

This is not submission to an external deity.

It is Jesus naming the authority

of his own deepest knowing—

his intuition,

his inner Tao.

When we hear “Thy,”

we are hearing Jesus speak

to the quiet voice within

that knows what the moment requires

before thought can interfere.

To live by that voice

is to live by the Tao.

Jesus’ invitation is simple:

Live in accord with the Tao

moment by moment,

and let the consequences

be the consequences.

Do not measure your life

by approval,

comfort,

or gain.

This is not the Prosperity Gospel.

This is the Gospel of Presence.

“Take up your cross each day

and follow me”

means:

Let your life itself

become your teaching.

“Be like the spirit

that blows where it will”

means:

Do not cling to certainty.

Do not cling to preference.

Do not cling to the rules

your culture hands you.

Respond to what is needed—

which changes as life changes,

moment by moment.

You cannot know now

what the next moment will ask.

This is the Tao of Jesus—

the way the world needs

but does not recognize.

The Taoists said:

Do what needs to be done

when, where, and how

it needs to be done.

To live this way

is to move with the flow of life,

to act because the action is needed,

not because it benefits you.

Do it for the sake of the moment.

Do it for the sake of the Way.