Monday, January 3, 2011

Superfluous excesses

Boasting and showing off are examples of superfluous excesses. These practices must be uprooted, thrown out and left behind forever.

If you stand on tiptoe, you cannot stand firmly. If you take long steps, you cannot walk far.

Showing off does not reveal enlightenment. Boasting will not produce accomplishment. He who is self-righteous is not respected. He who brags will not endure.

All these ways of action are odious, distasteful. They are superfluous excesses. They are like a pain in the stomach, a tumour in the body.

When walking the path of the Tao, this is the very stuff that must be uprooted, thrown out, and left behind.

(24th Verse of the Tao Te Ching)

The New Moon solar eclipse tonight is a powerful time to state your intention for 2011. As I said last night to a friend, “it’s like dynamic lifter on your field of dreams!” See: http://www.jestacom.biz/newsite/ezine/harlequin_s_haven.htm

The frustrations of 2010 have brought you to this crossroad – you can either keeping walking down this path or take a new route. Your dreams/wishes/intentions for this year can be planted tonight. In some respects this is the cosmic start to 2011.

A number nine day heralds the end of a cycle. This is a perfect interlude for taking a moment to look briefly over your shoulder. The past eight days have given you an invaluable experience. Tomorrow this cycle ends and a new one begins. Prepare to put your foot onto a new path.

Please note: you New Moon wishes/goals can be planted on behalf of others. If you already have everything you desire in your life look outside your window and spread your positive intentions with your community, your country or the global village.

Love, Peace and Harmony,

Julia Ashton-Sayers

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