In the lineup, listening to the Dao De Jing, chapter 16 – Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of […]

As day breaks, I meditate to prepare myself for the surf. Reading from the Dao De Jing, chapter 25, translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English:  Something mysteriously formed, Born before heaven and Earth. In the silence and the void, Standing alone and unchanging, Ever present and in motion. Perhaps it is the mother of […]