Jesus and the Tao

Section 1, Part 1

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

awareness in all situations and circumstances of our life.

Living aligned with our intuition

Is being as one 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 by mindlessly following the shoulds and oughts of your culture,

but trust yourself to your own sense of what needs to be done here, now.

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.

Just like the wind that blows where it will.

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.

For the joy and delight of the moment at hand.

I take this 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.

For the sake of the right here, right now alone.

No.  Matter. What.

The image that comes to mind here

is a jam session

of bluegrass musicians,

at one with the music,

playing under a streetlight,

or on a front porch,

going where the music takes them,

with each musician at one

with their instrument

and with the other musicians

at the same time,

for the simple joy and wonder

of participating in the music,

and being graced and blessed

by the music.

This is living in accord with the Tao.

In accord with the intuition of each

individual member of the group,

and in accord with the intuition

of the group as a whole.

And for the joy of doing it, here, now, alone.