250508 What I learned in my studies this morning 5

Today's Meditation(s):

The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh (ed. by Melvin McLeod), Mindfulness of Breath

Last one from this teaching.

Child's play. Said the master with how many decades of experience?

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.

The named is the mother of ten thousand things. 

(Tao Te Ching 1)

How can I believe that it's this simple? I want it to be. I want this to be true. But how can I, a simpleton of meditation, believe it?

 

I can't.

But I can trust.

I can trust that a person who can speak simply like this, who can describe concepts like this, deep meaning in plain language and easy prose, means well and wants us to find peace and tranquility, happiness and serenity.

So I believe. And I try to find the path he is sharing.

Though he cannot relate the Ultimate Truth™, he can point me in a direction where I might discover something worthy for myself.

And if I can't find it? If I can't go beyond the enthusiasm I've shown in my last week or so of posts?

I can find my breath. And that's a good place to start.