Brother Bird, Sister Blossom
Meanderings of a Franciscan Taoist
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To learn, clear and open your mind. Simplify it. Make it transparent to Lovelight, as a crystal is to sunlight. Make the heartmind stainless and pristine. Reach into the realms of immortality. Taste of sweet eternity. Enter timefree Mind.
Touch the Transcendent.
When the Way is abused, for mere fame, greed, or intellectual display, the deep Mind is stressed. The struggle is to selforgive. Mind might not do this immediately. It might take a lifetime, or longer. Still, forgiveness is certain. Error does not matter. Only release of error matters.
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The heart attracts complexities. It must be purified. Study helps. The mind is enriched through discipline. "Discipline" means to be a "disciple." It does not mean to punish. It means to teach. Study means regularity. It means tenacity. A few sessions will not yield wisdom. Only knowledge will be awakened. Knowledge ripens into wisdom. Wisdom is the Way. Sages teach that the “seed” of wisdomind needs to be fed. It must then be cultivated. If not, it will perish in the thoughtstream of everyday thinking. Or it will be sucked into the vast maelstrom of materialism. Then, it would perish in a plurality of distractions.
It is nourished with both words
and silence. It is expressed by both. The wise person is not uncomfortable with
words. But she does not mistake words
for wisdom. A menu is not a fine meal. The description of water cannot quench
thirst.
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All minds hunger for meaning. All creatures hunger for Love. Love is meaning. For from Love arise beauty, wisdom, and goodness.
Love is the most powerful drive of human nature, and of nature itself. Learning to trust the deepest Unconscious, within all of us, the inner Lovemind, is the essence of Tao. For “Tao” is the word, in Chinese, for “great Mind.”
Its best expression, the Chinese Te, results in a life of effortless goodness, honesty, service, and friendship. It is a life of generous giving to all creatures, of Love for all, of deep compassion. Since Love is also bliss, the fullest Taoist life is also one of ecstasy.
When ultimate Reality, the Absolute, is known as the Love-process, the expression of joy, we finally begin to outgrow the childish notion that “God” is a “big daddy in the sky.” Then, true personal spiritual growth can blossom within a heart of harmony and happiness.
About the Author
Richard Shiningthunder Francis was consultant to Time, Newsweek, and "Sixty Minutes." He is founder of the Institute of Agapology and Metaphysics, the Pneumarium, Love Ministries, Inc. (www.loveministries.org)
The author of Jehovah Good-bye; Journey to the Center of the Soul; Simplicity Made Simple, Luminous Ecstasies and Passions; Falling In Love With Yourself, Luminous Jewels of Love and Light, Volumes 1 and 2 and The Mystic Gospels, He has been the subject of three tv series: "Psychology of Spirituality," "Way of Universal Love," and "Spiritual Awakenings.” He hosts two radioprograms: “Heartmind” and “Soulmind.”
Francis has lived in Central America, and Appalachia.
Former editor of Lovespirit and Cosmic Visions, he was consultant for the Holistic Medical Center and the Center for New Age Studies. He lives in Liberty Township, Ohio, with his beloved wife of thirty-two years, Ada Maria.