With palms to together, I say "Namaste to YOU!"

May all beings be celebrating new beginnings!  My life hasn't seemed like my life lately.  "Whose dream is this?" I question.  I do feel as if I have fallen down a rabbit hole where everything is unfamiliar and confusing ...

I came across some words of Osho ... they reassure me and keep away the fear.

“Experience life in all possible ways --
good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light,
summer-winter. Experience all the dualities.
Don't be afraid of experience, because
the more experience you have, the more
mature you become.”  

Through the thin of it, I inquire, I contemplate, I meditate. What else is there to do?"

All I can say now is "thank you" 

to new experiences and new beginnings.

Namaste to you ... With questions of "Who Am I?" and what is Truth, I move forward.   I am still contemplating the Taoist thought that can be seen in the roots of Zen Buddhism.  I am so drawn to these writings.  Remember Chuang Tsu and the Butterfly story.  

Thank you to artist Maruka7

                 Here is one version of Chuang Tsu's tale ...

Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, a veritable butterfly, enjoying itself to the full of its bent, and not knowing it was Chuang Chou. 

 Suddenly I awoke, and came to myself, the veritable Chuang Chou. Now I do not know whether it was then I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. 

Between me and the butterfly there must be a difference. This is an instance of transformation. 

   Thank you for joining me in contemplation

on the pathway to Awareness!

Namaste ... My meditations and contemplations continue ...

A mural of Lao Tsu ... thanks to the unknown artist

Today I was thinking of a Taoist thought presented to us by Lao Tsu.  


After many years of having this particular quote in my awareness, I began to wonder if my meaning had deviated from his words in the Tao Te Ching.  My version:  Sometimes going forward feels or looks like going backwards.  Or some variation of this.

I use this loose interpretation of the quote in regard to a healing, seeking a goal, or finishing a project, etc.  You never know what is happening behind the illusion.

I sought out my old book and found the quote ... underlined as I do.  There it was in the Tao Te Ching, Book 2 Chapter XLI:  

         "The way that leads forward seems to lead backward."

What do you think of this teaching?  With empty mind, I am going to contemplate some more.  

                                 WU-WEI