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Every August 17th (my accident anniversary) I do something I'm scared to do as a reminder that life is too short to waste
on fear. In the past I've driven past my accident site on a road trip, threw my first ever party for myself, performed my
solo theatrical show in an overseas gallery where Andy Warhol presented...this year I simply continued to treat myself and
my body kindly and went swimming, then rested after a long hot shower...compassion is such a scary thing at times, so this
seemed appropriate. The year before that I "celebrated" w/ my family; something I had never done.
The funny thing is what starts out being scary ends up being fun or in the case of the year I decided to get a particular
negative person out of my life, what starts out scary changes to a liberation of the spirit.
...If you open yourself to the Tao,
you are at one with the Tao
and you can embody it completely.
If you open yourself to insight,
you are at one with insight
and you can use it completely.
If you open yourself to loss,
you are at one with loss
and you can accept it completely.
Open yourself to the Tao,
then trust your natural responses;
and everything will fall into place. [23]
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Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
Fear no more the frown o' the great;
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.
Fear no more the lightning-flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan;
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.
No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renownéd be thy grave!
-- William Shakespeare
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When a country is in harmony with the Tao,
the factories make trucks and tractors.
When a country goes counter to the Tao,
warheads are stockpiled outside the cities.
There is no greater illusion than fear,
no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself,
no greater misfortune than having an enemy.
Whoever can see through all fear
will always be safe. [46 ]
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