Our wishes must contain an element of virtue, or something higher or universal, be in harmony (resonate) with the ecosystem before they will unfold into reality. The ego must relinquish the central, controlling position in the landscape before true happiness can be attained. That is why it is necessary toContinue Reading

When I was nineteen years old I bought myself a copy of the Tao Te Ching. I carried it with me in my backpack, hitch-hiking around the country. I read in it but little. Over the years, moving here and there — Washington DC, Austin, DC, Flagstaff, DC, Boulder, Dallas,Continue Reading

The Tao Te Ching
 is full of kings
 who left realms vast behind,
Like atoms who
 with tiny qualms
 from molecules unbind.

 — Qualiens