LETTING BE

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Too many orders provoke disorder.
Too many rules arouse unruliness.
Too many laws incite lawbreaking.

With a well-schooled steed:
Commands become imperceptible, obedience seems instinctive.
Mount and rider lose their selves in one-ness.

In a good-natured garden:

Plot and gardener merge in intent.

Labours dwindle, becoming lost in love.


Letting go?
Letting be!


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Taoism regards overbearing or insensitive 'meddling' with nature and natural processes as a primary source of strife, discord and distress.
In contrast to the imposition of human will implied by hubris or egotism, Tao favours the concept of 'non-action' or 'work without effort'.

 In place of domination or control, this principle aims to develop intimate and mutually beneficial partnerships - with the natural world,
within human societies and within individuals
themselves; motivating changes of outlook, behaviour, or consciousness - 'naturally'! 


FINDING THE WAY