To follow Tao seems
pointless.
To search for awareness is
counterproductive.
To seek enlightenment: stay
still!
Tao is like fallen rain on thirsty soil:
On the surface, Tao seems gone and all is dry;
But Tao sinks deep, refreshing roots.
Tao seems
deceptive, yet is utterly honest.
Tao seems tricky and twisted, yet is completely
straightforward.
Tao seems hidden and barely perceived, yet stands clearly in
plain sight.
Never evasive!
Ever elusive!
Tao!
There
is no point in 'following' Tao: you will never catch up!
Wait patiently like a birdwatcher, for the shy creature to
make itself known.
Too much
'awareness' can become like a drug which
paralyses action. Balance stillness with activity,
and don't get
hooked on either.
Trying to 'understand'
or 'make sense of' Tao soon leads to bafflement with its seeming contradictions,
inconsistencies and absurdities.
To become familiar
with Tao entails a balancing of intellectual with
instinctive, creative, or meditative modes of the personality.