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The Tao of Psychology
Chapter One
What the Tao Is ...
What the Dance Is
A personal perspective on understanding the Tao of Eastern religion • How synchronicity is the only psychological equivalent to the Tao • Why we Westerners have so much trouble with the concept -- it's the way our minds work
I went to the mountains when I was a youngster and lay in my sleeping bag under the stars, seeing the vastness of the Milky Way above. What my eyes saw, my soul experienced. I felt a sense of reverence and awe at the boundlessness and beauty of the universe. It touched me. I felt God's presence in the mountains, trees, and immense sky. What was above me and around me and included me was unlimited, eternal, and alive. It moved me. Wisps of clouds would pass overhead. I would see a shooting star and make a wish, and, without knowing when, seeing would end and sleep would begin. It comforted me. Then morning would come, crisp and invigorating, and I would awaken to find the sky blue or gray or brilliantly dawning in gold and orange. Not a star would be seen in the now bright sky. It would be time to get up and get moving, to be up and about ...
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