4 February 2025 My Thoughts on the Tao

A friend on Facebook posted this and allowed me to comment on it:

I have not personally studied the Tao extensively but a certain person close to my heart studied it. He seemed to call for closeness while staying very aloof. I doubt he would have allowed me an “open” relationship such as I am now experiencing through expressing the intimacies of our intellectual, social, spiritual, and even our physical relationship with the world. I still cannot believe that Father allowed me a man such as the one I recognize as my fella because his presence has expanded my ability to tell people that I can relate to them as a person struggling to understand. He has expanded my personal understanding, horizons, and yes, questions exponentially. (Big time!)

Now to the text, for me at first, anyway, it lacked two key things.

#1, Father, meaning God unless one accepts the concept that you are it in life flowing in which case where is the son? Perhaps the one enjoying life as it comes, who graces others by his sheer presence.

And then #2, is the idea of intimacy that I long to comprehend from Father’s point of view.

How would He have us engage one with another on the level that allows us to experience the joy of expansion within that He has in His Son?

Does form and an inner life exist “together” as Heaven on Earth or is it merely the “feelings” that form that bring out our true selves as children of God?

Buddha stated desire was the enemy of man’s peace.

My inclination is the opposite, that desire is the essence of being as Father IS, for it is His Desire that brought forth a Son.

Currently, I find that it is not allowing Father’s Presence in any given situation or relationship that gives the appearance of separation and the inability to exchange the “bliss” that is existence in the Presence of Father because FEAR RULES. Fear promotes inequality.

I believe in healthy boundaries, individual identity, and sovereignty, unitedly, within the Mind and Will of God.

Grammarly said it this way: “I believe in healthy boundaries, individual identity, and sovereignty within God’s Mind and Will.”

Would that have been clearer? I do not think we are ready for that yet.

Then again, maybe I am selling us short!?!

What I see are boundaries placed on our spirits and intellects by demanding that our bodies are vulnerable to decay and destruction due to our belief in separation from God.

Rather than see another as in a “poor” state I see them as rich in all that the Father Has only unaware that He Is Present IN THEM.

I no longer shy away from different forms of love or it’s expression, but I do shy away from that which suggests manipulation or bribery can manifest anything resembling the Pure Love of Father for Christ or the idea that one’s desire can overrun anyone else’s.

We Have trained ourselves in this belief system of separation that dominance or submission are turn-ons and equality is a turn-off when it comes to intimacy.

I suspect that the only reason for this is that we have denied God’s Presence and The Energy that gives us the spice that lights up the connection two people can have intimately.

We have been trained socially to see God, and one could say existence itself, as a “wet blanket” of rules and authoritarian dictatorship where enjoyment has to be “stolen” in the dark and hidden from polite society. (Nose in the air, did you catch that? lol)

I am thinking of the sort of love that demands sacrifice of personal integrity and sense of comfort to the will of another intellectually, socially, spiritually, physically, or any other way.

The literal selling of one’s Birthright as a Son of God (or part thereof) if you will.

I suspect that Father wants us to have it all. Just with Him as a Priority and seen as the Deliverer of All Delights as He Rightfully IS.

Being worshipfully enamored with God, the One Original and Universal Father allows me to lean on His Wisdom and Knowledge as what best serves me and those who have been placed in my care.

At this time in my life, and perhaps at all ages because what we do ripples out to the whole, I feel that embodies the whole United Consciousness and I long to share it with someone “in form” in a micro equals macro way.

Father has given me the individual that will teach me in these matters at this time, but I cannot force him to see the macro in the micro or the unity in the whole, or even Father’s Love and acceptance of himself.

Only the True Atoning (undoing error) Forgiveness of the Atonement does this.

Instead, we get trapped in the stories of “others.”

In our “pretend darkness” we see “delights” and intrigues of “stories” mysterious because of the “unknown” even if they include challenge and suffering which we CLAIM not to want, instead of the reality of Father which I have seen leaves us feeling like victims.

This manifests a loathing of self and the appearance of others in the dark and seem to justify hate even though we would define it as love because of our generosity and willingness to be of help.

Especially if that help is not appreciated.

Hate because of the invasion of others on our boundaries that we are not willing to support for ourselves since we have been taught that “Jesus did that on the Cross.”

What a powerful scapegoat and mind-trickery to make us think that God is WITH us when in fact it REVEALS that we would NOT have Him with us and are instead afraid of Him.

I mean, after all if God can kill His Own Son what could he do to me? We ARE NOT that stupid, even though SOMEONE SOMEWHERE or SOMETHING has convinced us that we are.

Brainwashing and gaslighting both come to mind here.

It breaks my heart.

Our generosity to others has turned into the “god” we serve, denying our own and feeling betrayed.

Then we sit in our lonely “castles of righteousness” because no prince or princess has found it appropriate to worship us for our godlike ability to pour blessings on everyone in our self-made “kingdom on the hill.”

Be it an individual or a nation the results are the same.

The prince, princess, or accompanying nation’s resources would be expected to be poured out upon whomEVER he defines as worthy to stand at his side.

Do you see the pattern here? And think not that this is not happening on a micro and a macro scale around the world.

I was graced to be a recipient of his generosity for a time, and have fallen out of favor by not leaning into the idea that he is superior, even in his faults, because that seems to be how he measures love.

I “measure Love” or “see Love” in Father Whom I worship and I see my fella as my brother and equal in sharing the bounties and blessings of Father.

How close we are, and yet how separate, IN TIME that holds us hostage to stories of all kinds that bind us and tell us we are not worthy of the blessings that Father is SO VERY WILLING to bestow on EACH ONE of us.

Do I chase a love and an existence that is not a possibility?

Must I worship a man to have a right to stand by his side and worship the Creator of All That Is giving thanks for every component of the brotherhood of Christ and the endless diversity and expression therein?

I want to celebrate existence with the one, seeing Father and the Whole Sonship in him and to see our unique differences as a means to expand our learning and thereby Father’s Son.

To me, this is the call to intimacy, the call to love between two brothers in Christ.

Today I offer my writings and my learning journey as a light on a path inward to the discovery of Father and SPIRIT that allows a rich, safe, restful, joyous, happy, existence. It is my way of serving the Sonship as I recognize the Wonder that Is our Creator and Benefactor in ALL THINGS no matter which part of the Sonship seems to deliver it.

This has been a lengthy review.

Think not that Father has not been with me in preparing to and sending a message near and far Affirming HIS Presence on the Earth and how He Will Be There When We ARE Willing to RECEIVE HIM.

My response to writing that last comment? “Holy SHIT!” I guess it was sort of my “Amen!” in code. LOL

I also felt an assurance that there is a reason why my fella and I are dancing this intricate courtship ritual in front of you all.

I am not saying we will clear this up in this lifetime, but I certainly hope so and I do believe it is possible, but a lot of other people would have to get on board with it, if you know what I mean.

Whoa! Seriously!!

The world needs to see what the mentality of SEEING GOD IN THEIR MIDST looks like by a mere, rather scroungy, mortal. Lol, thank for reading and listening to what SPIRIT is saying to you in “your” circumstance.

Thank you, FB Friend, for sharing your insights and asking for a response that I might discover once again that inner light in greater clarity.

Namaste, debi.

PS

After writing the basic comment in rough draft I copied it in my journal and went back to the post with this:

Are you sincere in asking our thoughts?

I wrote a lengthy comment that looked at my own path.

Coming back to review this text you shared I do see Father in it defined as that which cannot be spoken. “A subtle truth, pointed at by words but can’t be contained by them.”

I can hardly consider Father as “subtle,” but I see Him in these words or at least the attempt to see Him.

I find in that essence a Father Who Worships me as His Son as much as I worship Him times (x’s) all the parts of the Sonship that has ever been or ever could be.

To this let me add that Father is EVERYWHERE to be found once we are willing to see Him and remember that Father IS LOVE. When you want to see ONLY LOVE, LOVE is what you will see.

Till next time, God Bless, debi.

Text is “The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu, Hua Hu Ching” by Brian Walker. My brother in Christ/SPIRIT said that Wayne Dyer’s translation was the one most understandable in English, suggesting it may be a better start for a beginner student of the philosophy.