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ARTICULATION

Rain dripping from eaves
Sounds nature's poetry.
We speak and write to
Explain to ourselves.


Knowledge of Tao lodges in the same part of the mind as poetry. That
is why the ancients expressed themselves in verse : There is the same
quick perception.

When we are in touch with Tao, it is not our academic learning that
is speaking, but the spirit of Tao itself. The old texts are very
specific about this. That is why there is such a vast difference between
the words of scholars and the words of a practitioner, just as the words
of academics differ from the words of poets.

At the elementary stages of study, we need to articulate our
experiences and let Tao flow through us. Followers of Tao frequently use
writing, art, and even poetry as tools for self-discovery. By
articulating their experiences, it helps them to understand the stages
they are going through. Once they can do this, it satisfies and
neutralizes their rational minds. The process clears away
intellectualism and leaves the true Tao, which is not subject to words
or images.

365 Tao: Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao


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