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ciated with desire and attachment. It is either attachment to the seeking of knowledge or attachment to the world. Life is desire! There is no gray area. Attachment to obtaining things may make an individual selfish and arrogant. Attachment will cause them to look to build their ego and yet it may also cause them to live constantly in fear of losing what they have.</p><p id="14c3">True wisdom does not come through intellectual understanding. It is only by detaching from the illusion created through the senses that one can see and know what truly is. This realization does not come about just by wishing it so. It is through love and the passion that comes with a mission, a life vision, which causes us to take off the blinders that block the truth.</p><p id="91e7"><b>Wu-wei and The Law of Attraction</b></p><p id="3a42">In traditional Chinese philosophy, there is a concept known as <i>Wu-wei — the action that does not interfere.</i> This is a natural result of mastering the mind. Wu-wei means that an individual can make things happen, and get results without unnecessary struggle.</p><ul><li>Wu-wei is the law of attraction, the concept of <i>“build it and they will come” </i>in the movies <i>“The Secret” and “Field of Dreams.”</i></li><li>The Law of Attraction is what you observe when a bird, floating on rising hot air with its wings spread out, rises higher and higher but never has to flap its wings.</li><li>Wu-wei does not imply that there is value in doing nothing, rather, it is action without attachment, free of any Monkey Mind or emotional investment in the activity at hand.</li><li>The law of Attraction implies going with the flow of natural law without trying to control that flow. This action through non-action is actually the path to emotional and material freedom.</li></ul><h2 id="97e6">The key is to have faith in your ability to transcend any obstacle.

I have a belief that our inner wisdom will guide us even in our darkest moments and that we are never given more than we can handle. The support we need is always there through the asking.</h2><p id="4788">©Lewis Harrison, all rights reserved.</p><h2 id="947a">Here are a few stories in a similar vein</h2><p id="2c00">@LewisCoaches</p><div id="96f1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://thetaoist.online/the-7-fundamental-tips-of-mystic-taoism-ask-lewis-0db6fe07e0bd"> <div> <div> <h2>The 7 Fundamental Tips of Mystic Taoism…Ask Lewis</h2> <div><h3>Entering a portal of knowledge, meaning, wisdom, and poetry</h3></div> <div><p>thetaoist.online</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*XyCpn7hQ4E8YGcXX)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="a8fc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/turning-pain-into-power-recovering-from-a-dark-night-of-the-soul-3a7e97820e27"> <div> <div> <h2>Turning Pain into Power : Emerging From a Dark Night of the Soul</h2> <div><h3>At one point in my life I realized that enough was enough .</h3></div>

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The 10 Ways of Wisdom

Tips for leading a meaningful life.

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What does it mean to say that something is “wise” or “spiritual?”

The meaning of wisdom and spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation that “aims to recover the original shape of man and woman”, oriented at “the reflection of the sacred. ”It was spoken of God” as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

Today it means so much more than that.

Here we speak of wisdom and spirituality in 10 ways.

Love,

kindness,

compassion,

empathy,

goodness,

appreciation of beauty,

grace,

gratitude,

forgiveness,

mindfulness,

patience,

…and surrender.

A person in possession of inner wisdom understands that what may seem right may not be right at all, and what appears, as reality may not be reality. Even if what seems “right” by argument is right, there is no way to know that this is true simply by argument. Even if what appears to be “real: is real, there is no way to know that this is so simply by argument. So what do we do? We want to know what objective truth is and yet it is not so readily available. It is precisely through this participation of the individual in the general seeking of truth that the essential insights are assured. The evidence is waiting for us but how does one come to see the evidence clearly?

In the traditional Asian monastic traditions, it arose by practicing the art of detachment. This involved detaching from sensual pleasure while living free of worldly desire. All involvement with the world through the senses and desire has the potential to become dangerous. These attachments serve as obstacles to spiritual knowledge because it is our attachment to the senses that is the source of our illusions.

It is the attachment to the senses and the thinking about one attachment and then another — Monkey Mind — that make us slaves to immediate gratification, self-involvement, and arrogance. The goal is not to deny the sensual elements in life but to keep them in perspective. This creates the perfect condition for experiencing truth and with this, inner wisdom. For a person guided by inner wisdom, there is an understanding that everything related to the mind is in one way or another associated with desire and attachment. It is either attachment to the seeking of knowledge or attachment to the world. Life is desire! There is no gray area. Attachment to obtaining things may make an individual selfish and arrogant. Attachment will cause them to look to build their ego and yet it may also cause them to live constantly in fear of losing what they have.

True wisdom does not come through intellectual understanding. It is only by detaching from the illusion created through the senses that one can see and know what truly is. This realization does not come about just by wishing it so. It is through love and the passion that comes with a mission, a life vision, which causes us to take off the blinders that block the truth.

Wu-wei and The Law of Attraction

In traditional Chinese philosophy, there is a concept known as Wu-wei — the action that does not interfere. This is a natural result of mastering the mind. Wu-wei means that an individual can make things happen, and get results without unnecessary struggle.

  • Wu-wei is the law of attraction, the concept of “build it and they will come” in the movies “The Secret” and “Field of Dreams.”
  • The Law of Attraction is what you observe when a bird, floating on rising hot air with its wings spread out, rises higher and higher but never has to flap its wings.
  • Wu-wei does not imply that there is value in doing nothing, rather, it is action without attachment, free of any Monkey Mind or emotional investment in the activity at hand.
  • The law of Attraction implies going with the flow of natural law without trying to control that flow. This action through non-action is actually the path to emotional and material freedom.

The key is to have faith in your ability to transcend any obstacle. I have a belief that our inner wisdom will guide us even in our darkest moments and that we are never given more than we can handle. The support we need is always there through the asking.

©Lewis Harrison, all rights reserved.

Here are a few stories in a similar vein

@LewisCoaches

Before you go…

I am Lewis Harrison, a teacher of Essential Zen and Mystic Taoism. I am also the award-winning author of over twenty books on business, leadership, personal growth and strategic thinking. For over a decade I was the producer and host of the show “What’s Up” on NPR-affiliated WIOX FM in New York. You can reach me at AskLewis.com

Here are links to three of my best-selling books on the spiritual life and mysticism:

✍ — Published by DR Rawson — The Possibilist at Dancing Elephant Press. Click here for guidelines to post click here.

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