In this post I want to attempt to explain the Tao.
Tao means the "way" and in the timeless classic, the Tao Te Jing, Lao Tzu starts the book by saying:
"The Tao that can be explained by words or comprehended by thoughts is not the eternal Tao or true Tao"
So I will start this in the same way. The more we think we are grasping the Tao, the further away from it we are moving.
Yet I feel we can attempt to understand the basic concept of the Tao so to better understand what it is and how we can use it.
I personally believe that Lao Tzu was speaking from experience when he shared the first lines of the Tao Te Jing, because Lao Tzu's wisdom comes from a place of experience.
His words are deep and timeless. We see through his words that Lao Tzu had attained the Tao. Melded with the Tao. Aligned with the Tao.
Once one achieves this state how can they explain in words what they are experiencing? They can't. Yet they can attempt to through compassion. Compassion because of the chance that they may enlighten at least one person who reads the words in the book.
Thankfully Lao Tzu did attempt to convey the Tao, because it has served billions of people throughout history and will continue to forever. I believe that the Tao Te Jing is one of the wonders of the world and I am sure that it has enlightened many people and still does to this day.
I listen to the Tao Te Jing daily and still I receive deeper and deeper understandings into the teachings of Lao Tzu about the Tao.
Believe that the more Lao Tzu aligned with the Tao the more he became in harmony with the universal principles, yet the more he knew that he did not know. The deeper he moved into the Tao the more un-fathomable the Tao became.
Yet with the teachings from the great Masters and some of the great scientists we can get a basic human understanding of what the Tao is.
For a start, I love the name Tao. I love it because there is nothing to hold on to. There is nothing your mind can do with it. You can't create a mental picture of it. It is something that is everywhere at once, yet nowhere to be seen.
I love this Taoist story called "The fish in the Ocean"
Once upon a time, a young fish asked an old fish: "Everyone talks about this thing called the 'Ocean.' What exactly is it?"
The older and wiser fish answered: "The ocean is that which surrounds you on all sides."
The younger fish didn't understand: "What do you mean? There is nothing around me! If the ocean surrounds me on all sides, why can I not see it?"
"Of course you cannot," The old fish said patiently. "The Ocean is both inside and outside of you. When you move, it moves with you; when you stop, it stops as well. You were born in the ocean and you will die in it. It wraps itself around you, just as your own skin does."
"But how can I tell it exists, if I cannot see it?"
"You must use more than your eyes. We may not be able to see the ocean, but we can definitely feel it. Trust your feelings- They are the key."
Confucius once said "Fish forget they live in water; People forget they live in the Tao"
Sages have attempted to explain the Tao in the following ways:
Whatever the ultimate principle is that underlies reality, we call it the Tao.
Whatever the one truth is at the centre of all spiritual truths, That is the Tao.
Whatever the universal source of consciousness is, we will give it the name Tao.
Whatever the force is that is ultimately responsible for moving everything in the universe - from galaxies to human beings to subatomic particles - That force is what we call the Tao.
What powerful words! This story and this explanation is taken from a beautiful book called "The Tao of daily life" by Derek Lin.
When Master Sha teaches the Tao normal and reverse creation, He is teaching how all life is created. The cycle of all life, How it all begins and how it all returns to the source (Tao).
In this teaching we see that the Tao belongs to the Wu world, which means the nothingness world, and that Heaven and Earth belong to the You world, which means the existence world.
This is very interesting because this shows us that the Tao is the creator of Heaven! As Lao Tzu says in the Tao Te Jing:
"I don't know who gave birth to it, for it is older than God"
Heaven and Earth have both been created, because they are both in existence. When we look at the human body, it consist of material that comes from the Earth. We also have a spirit, which belongs to the soul world (Heaven).
Both have been created by an intelligence. This intelligence is the same intelligence that created everything throughout all of Heaven, mother Earth and countless planets, stars, galaxies and Universes.
This intelligence is the Tao.
The Tao creates the Yin Yang universe. Yin Yang seem separate only on the surface, yet when we go deep they are one. They are complimentary. They are interdependent. You literally can't have one without the other.
One of the highest spiritual achievements is to meld Yin and Yang as one. When this is achieved one melds with the Tao.
This is also a Buddhist teaching and philosophy. Master Sha says in the Tao 2 book that at the highest level of buddhist and Taoist teachings, they are the same, it is the same teaching.
When we stop seeing things as good or bad we achieve this. When we lose all attachments to labels and see nothing as good or bad, just events taking place, we can align with the Tao.
Now from a scientific point of view, we are now understanding that our past physics model is completely wrong. Through a number of failed tests a long time ago, we based our science on the grounds that everything in our reality is separate from one another. Totally individual, and everything anyone or anything does has no effect on anything else.
Now these failed tests have been retested with new technology in modern times. What the scientific community found was quite the opposite. They have found that everything is connected and a part of the whole. That everything does influence one another, and that everything effects everything at the same time, no matter where you are in the world.
I am currently listening to a profound audiobook by Gregg Braden called Divine Matrix where he explains a lot of what I am saying in great detail.
Gregg speaks of space in the same way that Nassim Harramein speaks about space.
We have always viewed the space between things as empty space. Whether it be the space between people, or the space between planets and so on. but what Gregg says is this:
"If the majority of the whole universe is space then what a waste of space that is. If all the matter in the universe takes up less than 10% of the entire universe, then why would over 90% be empty?
Also when we look at wifi, sound, light, radio waves and so on that travel through space, if it was truly empty, then it would have noting to pass through. Nothing to carry it."
Nassim Harramein explains that the space we have always perceived as space is actually infinitely dense. In fact, he calls it "The density of the vacuum"
So if it is the space itself that connects all things together, then what is the space? In my opinion, this space is the essence of the Tao and it is every where. It is also outside of this space. It is the Universal laws and principles. It is the emptiness in which everything is created.
Recently I had a deep insight into Master Sha's Tao song called Jin Dan Da Tao Xiu Lian, Which means The big way golden light ball purification practice.
In the song the words basically explain that Heaven, mother Earth, human beings and countless planets, stars, Galaxies and Universes matter, energy, soul, stillness and complete emptiness are all the matter, energy, soul, stillness and complete emptiness of the Tao, and that all things must return to the source. Yu Tao He Zhen - Meld with Tao.
This is the absolute truth. The matter of all things is the Matter of the Tao. Same with the energy, the soul, the stillness an the complete emptiness of all things, because the Tao is the container for which all things are created, held and experienced.
So how can we use it?
By first understanding what is possible we can then begin to have some idea of how we can use it.
In Master Sha's profound teaching of the Tao Normal and reverse creation, we see what Lao Tzu has been telling us for over 5000 years in the Tao Te Jing.
We see that human beings follow the Earth. For example we are governed by mother earth's laws such as gravity.
A human beings life is not as long as the life of mother earth. This is because Mother Earths Jing Chi Shen (Matter, energy and soul) is different than a human beings.
Then we see that mother Earth follows Heaven. Spiritual law determines what happens on mother earth. Spiritual law is Karma law. Therefore, heavens Jing, Chi Shen is different from mother earths.
Then Heaven follows the Tao. Tao follows only itself.
Tao's Jing, Chi Shen is different from Heavens.
The difference in the Jing, Chi, Shen is the purity of the Jing Chi Shen, which is Soul Mind and body.
Master Sha is the first Master to release the wisdom and practical techniques that can purify our soul, mind, and bodies to become the purity of Mother earth, then Heaven, then Tao. This will allow us to Meld with the Tao. This is the process of returning to the Tao.
This takes much effort and is not easy, yet Master Sha says it is possible!
The essence of Master Sha's teachings is:
"The purpose of life is to serve. To serve is to make others happier and healthier"
Think about the nature if nature? Natures natural condition is to serve. the sun offers its rays to all without judgment or without wanting praise.
The earth serves continuously no matter what humanity does to her.
The trees serve. The oceans serve and so on.
By serving selflessly we align with the Tao. The Tao is always there for all. It gives life to all yet does not possess. It is humble, many people are not aware of it. So when we align with these qualities we align with the Tao. When we align with the Tao we are purifying our Jing Chi Shen more and more. We are being forgiven for our mistakes therefore, clearing our negative Karma, therefore prolonging our lives, and helping the whole. When I say the whole I mean helping every single thing in creation.
Every single aspect of all life throughout our bodies and throughout all of Heaven, Mother Earth, and countless planets stars Galaxies and Universes.
Now everything we ever do is a part of the You world (creation world). Because if we are doing it, it has been created. I mean everything. Whether its a thought, a sound, a invocation, a body posture. Anything we ever do is a part of the You world.
This means that whatever we create and experience, everything in the whole of creation will experience at the same time.
This is very important wisdom, because this is the basis of Karma.
If whatever we create with our thoughts, actions, speech and so on, is felt throughout the whole of creation, then whatever we send out is either going to send out positive service and effects or negative ones.
Because we are a part of the whole, whatever we send out effects us. If we create loving thoughts, words, actions and activities, we will be serving all souls. Therefore, serving ourselves.
If we are creating harmful thought, words, actions and activities, we will be sending this out to all souls too. Therefore, we will experience challenges in our own lives, which will also effect those around us.
This is why it is so important that we purify every aspect of our lives. Our thoughts, our speech, our actions and so on.
This has deepened my understanding into Master Sha's four power techniques, and Master Sha's universal forgiveness meditations and the power of what we can achieve each and every time we meditate with these practices.
Here is a profound practice to help align with the Tao and can literally heal every aspect of life. The reason it can heal any aspect of life is because any illness or disharmony in ones life is due to not aligning with the Tao. Not aligning with the Universal harmony of the Tao. We may be feeling the effects now of when we have deeply gone against the nature of the Tao in past lives, which is Karma. Therefore, by practicing the meditation below we can align with the Tao and therefore heal and transform any aspect of life and be forgiven.
Body power:
Sit up straight. Place both hands over the navel.
Soul Power:
Dear Tao, Dear Divine. Dear Master Sha (invoke your teacher) Dear Heaven, mother earth, countless planets, stars, galaxies and universes. Dear Humanity and all spiritual fathers and mothers in heaven and earth.
Dear all spiritual treasures.
Dear Wan Ling (all souls in creation)
Please forgive me and my ancestors for any mistakes we have ever made in any lifetime we are so sorry. We offer all souls our unconditional forgiveness. Please may we chant together. Please allow me to offer my unconditional service to you all.
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Love you love you lobe you
Mind Power:
Visualise a golden light ball in your lower abdomen and the light is so intense it is lighting your entire body.
Sound power:
Chant "Yu Tao He Zhen" - pronounced "you dow hur jen"
"Yu Tao He Zhen"
"Yu Tao He Zhen"
"Yu Tao He Zhen"
Repeat for at least 20 minutes. The longer the better. You may receive deep insights. You may receive deep healing. You may receive a deep sense of peace. You may feel very emotional. You may feel nothing. You may feel deeply relaxed.
Remember this "Whatever you feel is perfect!"
Whether you feel nothing or your experience is very dramatic it doesn't matter. You are serving all of creation by helping all souls meld with Tao and complete their soul journey to return to the source. This is one of the highest services.
Please share any experiences.
Practice practice practice.
Purify Purify Purify.
Experience experience Experience
I love you all so much.
Love Nick
The Power of taking responsibility.
To understand the power of taking responsibility we must understand the Law of Karma.
Without a doubt the most significant, important and life changing wisdom I have ever been introduced to is the law of Karma.
Karma is the record of ones services in this life and past lives. Karma can be slip into good karma and bad karma.
If one has offered good service in this life and past lives such as:
Love, forgiveness, compassion, kindness, sincerity, honesty, humility and more, one will receive blessings.
If one offers negative service in this life and past lives such as:
Killing, Cheating, steeling, taking advantage of others, fighting and more, one will receive lessons.
My spiritual father Master Sha says
"One way to see your karma is to look at your life. In the areas you are blessed you have offered good service. In the areas you have struggles you have offered negative service"
Growing up in the west, I have always seen how people never like to take responsibility for whatever happens to them.
Personally I feel when people get sick for example they fall into a victim state of "Why me?"
This is not peoples fault. This is simply a lack of spiritual wisdom in the west.
To believe in Karma, one must believe in reincarnation. I was brought up as a catholic and always thought that when you die you go to Heaven and all is good.
But as I got older I was always asking questions, and never getting any answers.
That is why I lost my faith in religion. I understand that religion has served many people and I honour every religion, but it never helped me.
I would always ask questions like:
"why do we stay in heaven forever?... Surly there is somewhere else to go?"
"It doesn't seem fair that people do what they want and just go to heaven"
"Why doesn't anyone practice what Jesus stood for?"
And so on.
So when I found Master Sha (Who by the way I was not looking for. I will share in another post how I found him) I had so many questions.
What is the soul?
How does reincarnation work?
Why are we here?
What is the purpose of life?
Why do some people have blessed lives and some people struggle all their lives?
What is the difference between the Divine and Tao?
How can we heal ourselves?
How can we heal others?
My questions went on and on and on.
I have to be honest though, I am very happy that I asked all of those questions because back then I was so strong minded I needed to wrap my head around what was happening in my life, because me and my family where all experiencing negative things happening to us that I could not see with my eyes.
I will share the answers to the questions I had in other posts and YouTube videos. Some of the answers to the questions above are already on my Youtube channel (name of youtube channel is Nicholas Giannasi).
Every teaching I have ever read or heard from Master Sha, or from other spiritual teachers, have all deepened over the years. I know that these teachings will deepen more and more forever.
Me and My wife often speak of how important and life changing it is to understand Karmic law.
Understanding Karma has changed every aspect of our lives in every way.
Karma allows you to understand that everything that is happening to you, or ever has happened to you, or ever will happen to you, is because of what you have done to others.
This is liberating. This allows one to be completely responsible for their life and anything that happens in it.
Karma has many names.
Cause and effect, law of attraction, resonance, What goes around comes around and so on.
Many people I speak to still have trouble understanding some aspects of Karma law. I am happy to answer any questions on Karma that any reader has underneath this post.
Karma is a universal law. Just like the law of gravity. If one day you stopped believing in gravity and jumped off the roof of your house you would hit the floor. Whether you believed in gravity or not, or whether you are a good person or not, it doesn't matter. You will still hit the floor.
This is the same for Karma law. Whether you believe it or not it is a universal law.
For the sake of this post I am focusing on healing family relationships. So the struggles you have in your family relationships are a reflection of what you have done to that family member either in this life or past lives.
This does not mean fall into "Its all my fault." This would be to fall into the ego, and become a victim for attention.
Everyone in the family needs to stop any blame and look at themselves. As Jesus said:
"Its easier to see a splinter in the eye of another, than to see a log in your own"
Lao Tzu also says in the Tao Te Jing:
"When one blames, there is no end to the blame"
By everybody involved taking 100% responsibility for what is happening in the family, then the family can move on to the next stage.
Understanding Love, Forgiveness, Compassion and light.
Now some people reading this may be trying to heal their family on their own without any commitment from other family members. This is fine. I will share techniques that can heal family relationships that you can do on your own.
Others may be reading this with their family members and are all willing to try and heal the family relationships together. Both are fine. I will share practices to heal family relationships together too.
But first I want to share a little on understanding Love, Forgiveness, compassion and light so we better understand how we can heal.
Understanding Love
Master Sha speaks of Da Ai (greatest love). But what is it?
I read a lot of Osho's work too. I love Osho. He is one of the most honest human beings that has ever walked this earth in my opinion. Many of his teachings are straight to the point and cut through years of mental conditioning.
Osho says:
"The first mistake humans make is separating love. Humans believe there is a love we have for our children, then a different love we have for our parents, our friends, our lovers, God and so on. This is not true. There is only one universal love.
Hate needs reference. Either I hate him because he did this... or I hate him because he will do that.... Hate needs time.
Love has no reference. Love has no time. If your love has reference, It is hate disguised as love. This is why so many relationships are so high then so low. You love someone then they irritate you and you hate them. your love is only skin deep.
If you love because someone is nice to you this is not love. Love is present. Timeless. Eternal. This is the love that the Buddha is talking about. this is the love that Jesus is talking about."
This is a powerful teaching from Osho. This teaching has deepened my understanding of love. It has made me look at myself and the love I experience. I believe this has been such a powerful teaching for me because I have been fortunate enough to spend time with Master Sha and experience first hand a Master who offers the same love as the Buddha or Jesus.
The Love of a truly enlightened Master is Da Ai. There is no different love for any individual. The Master loves all things the same. This is because the Master is love.
The nature of the Tao (Tao means "the way" and is the source of heaven and earth. It is the universal principles and laws) is loving. The Tao is supporting and nourishing. The Tao is the universal container for all life. Therefor, it is absolute love. So to meld with the nature of the universe is to embody and align with this universal love, and allow it to shine through you. That is why people feel so much love around a Master because they may never have felt that kind of love before, anywhere.
So if the nature of the universe is loving then the love we experience and offer depends on how aligned we are with that love. With the Tao.
This hopefully helps us to understand Love a little deeper. Ask yourself this question, "Can i love every single person in this world as much as I love my child or my parents?"
When you can do this you have melded with the Tao and you be able to serve the world in ways we can't understand. You will then love everything more than you ever thought possible. Even more than the love you have for your children.
Understanding Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a reflection of Love. For healing family relationships, all involved should make a solid commitment to themselves and to one another to forgive. Forgive yourself and your family members.
Now remember the power of taking responsibility, this means that you shift your point of view from blame for forgiveness.
One insight I have had over the past few months which has deeply moved me, is understanding that there is positives in making mistakes and hurting others. And there is also positives when others hurt us.
In fact, there is beauty in both.
My insight was this:
"We make mistakes so we can experience the beauty of being forgiven.
We get hurt so we can experience the beauty in offering forgiveness."
Rather than focusing on past mistakes we have made (which we all have) and wishing they never happened, understand why they happened and understand that forgiveness has the power to transcend time!
So now we are taking responsibility for where we are, and we understand that we have caused the pain to others that they are putting us. We can start to ask for forgiveness throughout our day for any pain you have ever caused the family member in this life or past lives. If a family member is hurting you, you ask their soul for forgiveness for any time you have ever done this to them.
Apologise from your heart sincerely.
Then offer them your total forgiveness for any pain they have caused you.
This simple practice is powerful beyond words and comprehension.
Understanding Compassion
Compassion in healing relationships is to take the time to see from the others point of view. Take the time to listen to what your family members have been saying to you and are saying to you right now. See the situation through their eyes and feel their experience. This will allow you to be more patient and understanding.
I heard a story by Gregg Braden when he visited a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. Gregg asked the top Buddhist monk of the temple:
"what connects us to one another, our world and the universe? what is the "stuff" that connects all things?"
The monk replied:
"compassion"
Later Gregg asked another Monk a follow on question:
"Is compassion a force of creation, or is it an experience?"
The monks answer was:
"It is both"
Compassion is the reason why the great souls from the heavens reincarnate, to help the masses. Compassion is what you feel in your heart when you see others struggle and all you want to do is help.
Understanding light
Light is the result of applying all of the above. Whether it is Love, Forgiveness or Compassion, they all are one. I heard Master Sha say once:
"Focus on one condition. Either Love, Forgiveness, Compassion or Light. Because when we focus on one we embody them all"
This is because they are all one. In my personal opinion it is incredibly powerful to experience them individually, then through experience we can understand that they are one.
So Light is the result of embodying the conditions of love, forgiveness and compassion. Darkness is a absence of light.
As Osho says:
"Light can extinguish the dark, but darkness cannot extinguish the light. Darkness comes when there is a absence of light."
This brings me to the end of this post. In part 3 I will finish this Healing family relationships post with simple, practical and incredibly powerful meditation practices to help heal family relationships.
I hope this post serves you.
Thank you to my Teacher Master Sha.
All our Love
Nick, Danielle a Beau
Healing family Relationships.
When we think of relationships we may think of the relationships we have with our loved ones, family and friends, pets, work colleagues and so on. Yet how often do we think of the relationships between us and our surroundings? How about the relationship between our organs, our cells, our environment, our relationship with the Earth, the universe, the Divine, The Tao and more.
Everything in life is a relationship. Life is one big relationship. Our soul has a relationship with our body. Soul (message), mind (Energy) and body (Matter) all have a relationship.
In fact, it is relationships that determine whether we are healthy or sick. Whether there is peace in the world or conflict. Whether there is harmony in our families or not, and so on.
In my opinion, the most important relationship is with yourself. The reason I say this is because every other relationship we ever have is a reflection of the relationship we have with ourselves.
Whether its our relationship to God, our partners, our children and so on. Even down to our health. Whether it be our physical, Mental, emotional or spiritual health. It all stems from the relationship we have with ourselves.
The Divine soul song Love Peace and Harmony, is one of the most important songs to ever have been released to humanity. There is no coincidence that the first line in that song is:
"I love my heart and soul"
This is the starting point to every relationship we ever have. If we don't love ourselves, we will never let anyone love us. We won't even let the Divine love us truly.
If we don't respect ourselves we will never be respected.
If we never trust ourselves we will never truly trust anyone, and so on.
My main reason for writing this post was to help healing family relationships, which I will go into after this practice, but I feel I have to guide a practice first.
The meditation I am about to lead you through is incredibly powerful. For anyone who is reading this post for the first time I will say that very soon I will be writing a number of posts that explain in detail the benefits of meditation, along with how the four power techniques work scientifically, using the work of some of the greatest minds of our time.
But for now I ask everyone to be their own scientist and do their own research by practicing this simple meditation.
Apply the four power techniques:
Body power.
Sit comfortably. . .
Place one hand over your heart and one hand over your lower abdomen.
Mind power.
Scan your body slowly, starting from the top of your head and working your way down your face, neck, shoulders and so on, bringing conscious awareness to every part of you. . .
As you do this, consciously relax your entire body. . .
Mind power.
Every inward breath, feel the air fill your lungs, stomach and your entire body. Visualise breathing in light and see this light fill every cell of your being. Your muscles, bones, skin, and so on. . .
With every outward breath move deeper into relaxation. . .
Once you feel completely relaxed and filled with light, look at yourself with your minds eye. . .
See yourself, and offer all your love to yourself. If any mistakes you have ever made come up, don't run from them. Apologise sincerely for any mistakes you have made in your life. . .
Soul power.
Offer forgiveness to anyone or anything that has ever hurt you. . .
Dear any soul I have ever hurt or my ancestors have ever hurt in this life or past lives, We are so sorry. Please forgive us for our mistakes.
We offer our unconditional forgiveness to any soul who has ever hurt us in this life or past lives. You owe us nothing, the Karmic debt is cleared. May you progress on your soul journey to the Divine and Tao.
Dear Divine and Tao, please forgive us.
Dear Divine and Tao please bless us.
Thank you
Now forgive yourself. Love yourself. This is a selfless act, because only when we heal ourselves can we heal the world.
If this is hard for you to do, ask the soul of a saint who you feel a connection with to allow you to see yourself through their eyes. Whether it be Jesus, Mary, Buddha, The Divine or you may have a physical teacher. Call on them sincerely and ask for their help.
Look at yourself through their eyes. See how much they love you. See how perfect you are. See how they forgive you. Feel their love, forgiveness, compassion and light.
Sound power
To chant a mantra is to bring the frequency and vibration of the mantra to you, to bring the message of the mantra to you and your situation.
Chant silently or out load for at least 3 minutes on each line:
I love my heart and soul,
I love my heart and soul,
I love my heart and soul....
Then view humanity and the world through the eyes of the Divine or the Saint you are connected with. See how they see humanity. Then chant:
I love all humanity
I love all humanity
I love all humanity...
Then see our beautiful earth with all of humanity joining hearts and souls together in Divine consciousness. See how abundant our planet will be with life if we aligned in Divine consciousness. See humanity all with the awareness of how we are all connected. See humanity living with the mindset of "What can I give the world?" Instead of "What can I gain from the world?"
Then Chant:
Join Hearts and souls together
Join Hearts and souls together
Join Hearts and souls together
Then see humanity and our planet living in Love Peace and Harmony, and Chant:
Love peace and harmony
Love peace and harmony
Love peace and harmony
Close the practice by saying,"Hao Hao Hao" (means perfect, get well)
"Thank you, Thank you, thank you"
"Love you, Love you, Love you"
"Gong song, Gong song, Gong song" (Means respectfully return to all the souls who help this practice)
This is a very powerful practice and a very tangible way of experiencing the power of the song "Love peace Harmony."
After you understand the power of each line then I suggest singing the song all together, it is incredibly powerful. Also hold those visualisations of world love peace and harmony daily.
Now in my next few posts on this subject we will go into healing family relationships.
We will cover:
The power of taking responsibility
Moving away from being the victim
Dropping guilt
Understanding Karma
Understanding Love, Forgiveness, Compassion and Light
Family meditations
My families personal experiences, and more.
Thank you
Love you all
Love Nick, Danielle and Beau
This post is dedicated to my Mother, and all the mothers in the world, and in Heaven.
Where do I start. Every day I understand deeper and deeper how much my mother has served me. Throughout my life I have gone through times where I have been young and stupid, older and stupid, think I know best, financial lows, and much more, and my mother has always been there for me.
She has supported me, encouraged me, and most of all loved me in ways I cannot express in words.
My mum is literally a one in a million YEARS in my opinion!
She has the heart of a saint. My mum is one of the most selfless people I have ever come across, and I have been so fortunate to have had many beautiful people in my life.
This post is called "The Power of a Mother" but I also mean the power of the feminine. Female energy is so powerful.
The nature of the Tao is in my opinion is very Yin. Very submissive and yielding like water,
Lao Tzu says in The Tao Te Jing:
"Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid.
Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice."
How beautiful. It is true, the nature of Yin is incredible. In fact, the most powerful men are those who show their heart and their Yin nature.
I personally feel that the way of the future needs to be more feminine because for to long we have been living in a male dominated world, and where we are right now is a reflection of that.
So a mothers role is the most important in my opinion. The mother is the heart of the family. The mother is the nurturer. The forgiver.
My mother is strong beyond what she knows. I have three nieces in England who all adore my mother. They hang off her, they sleep over at her house every chance they get.
When she visits our family in Australia my son loves spending time with his nan.
But its not just the children. Everyone at home in England loves my parents house. My mother and father hold everyone together. My mother truly is the heart of the family.
My mother only knows two conditions - Love and selfless service. What else do we need? If Love and selfless service is all you have to offer the world then you will touch everyone you ever come in contact with, and that is exactly what my mother has done.
Everyone loves my Mum.
I want to take this opportunity to thank my wife too. I have been with my wife for 11 years and when I look at her she makes me so proud.
There is nothing like growing with a partner. I have seen my wife go from a young women to a loving mother, incredible wife and my best friend.
Danielle is so Yin and so strong. Her innocence is her strength. She has stood her ground with how she wants to raise our son Beau. There have been times when I have disagreed with Danielle, but I have to say that she is right.
She trusts herself, which is incredibly important. And she is so connected to our son that she feels what he needs.
I owe so much to my mother and my wife because they have both supported me in all that I do.
Before I found my spiritual teacher Master Sha and understood the purpose of my life, I searched high and low for something. I didn't know what it was back then, but I was searching for something.
I have done everything! I have gone from hobby to hobby, interest to interest. I would find something new like playing the guitar for example, and i would buy everything there was to buy, and do it everyday and think I had found what I was looking for! then I would get board and move on to the next thing.
I have done this my whole life. When I was young my mother would support me in whatever interest had.
Then when I moved to Australia with Danielle, she supported me in whatever I was interested in.
Every time I would find a new interest Danielle would always buy me a gift that would support me. For example, I wanted to write screenplays for a while and I had many many ideas for movie scripts. That christmas Danielle bought me a screenwriting book and a boxset of interviews from all the most successful screen writers in the world.
Things like this have always moved me.
When we found our spiritual Teacher, believe me, we where not looking for one. In fact, I didn't even know what one was, plus I was a atheist!
The one thing that I am grateful for is I don't have to search anymore. I have found what I was looking for, my spiritual path. This doesn't mean I don't still have hundreds of ideas. I do! I just know now what direction I am going, and that is one of making others happier and healthier.
I have heard Master Sha say
"Every successful man has a strong women behind them"
This is so true. I judge success by how happy and peaceful one is.
I feel so loved, so supported, so grounded, so happy because of the love and support from the people in my life.
I honestly feel like the luckiest man alive. And for that I want to give back whatever I can.
I also want to thank my spiritual mothers who have guided me my whole life, even though I have only truly been aware of them for the last 4 years.
Mother Mary, Ling Hui Sheng Shi (Guan Yin) and Da Shi Zhi Pusa (Intelligence Buddha).
These are my female Shi Fu's (Spiritual Masters). These have given me so much support and spiritual insight in some of my toughest times.
So to all the mothers in the world and throughout Heaven, and countless planets, stars, Galaxies and Universes, I want to say thank you. Thank you for being the force of unconditional love, which is the nature of the universe itself.
Thank you my beloved Mother. I can never pay you back for what you have given me, and still give me every day.
Thank you my beautiful wife for being the best mother to our son I could have ever asked for. And for being there for me always.
I love you all so very
much.
Love Nick
My beautiful mother, wife and son.
Love over Fear is probably the most important post I have ever wrote to date.
The more I go through life and the more information that passes my way, along with the experiences I have as a human being, all deepen my awareness and understanding of how important it is to stay in love.
A course in miracles States that
"All conditions stem from either Love or fear"
If we think of this it is absolutely true. Every negative condition stems from Fear.
Such as:
Jealousy, anger, competition, complaining, cheating, guilt, Hatred, Fear and so on.
All positive Conditions stem from Love.
Such as:
Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Humility, service to others, freedom, empowerment, enlightenment and so on.
So when we reflect on how we feel throughout our daily lives, we can constantly stop, go within, and check how we are feeling and what we are thinking.
We can then see whether we are in the condition of Love or Fear. By doing this we can really understand what we are fearing in life and work on transforming it to love.
If fact, Fear is the absence of Love.
Over the past four years I have had a lot of information come my way of who controls our planet. What their agenda is, and why they do what they do.
This subject is very negative so I will not share any of that information ever. If it comes your way, then you are meant to know about it. But I won't ever share it.
The only reason I mention it now is because the world is controlled by fear, in almost every aspect of life.
In fact, you can only control with fear. Love is the polar opposite. Love is freedom.
That is why enlightenment is absolute freedom from all attachments.
A great role model of mine said to me once:
"If you ever enter into any spiritual community that teaches through fear get out."
This is so true, and is wisdom that has helped me beyond words.
This is the whole reason I follow Master Sha. Master Sha's mission statement consists of three EMPOWERMENTS.
An empowerment is liberating. It is freeing. It is inspiring.
I have often heard Master Sha say to his students
"You must even lose attachments to me and my teachings"
That is a true Master. Plus when I look at my own life I see how it has been so enriched since introducing Master Sha's wisdom and teachings.
I also want to thank Osho for his part in my life, as he conveys the wisdom from the Buddha like no other, and his teachings have deepened my understanding of spiritual freedom.
Also Lao Tzu and the "Tao Te Jing"
As Master Sha says "Heaven and Earth have no emotions or attachments, they just serve. That is why they live such long lives"
So the whole point of this message is to recognise when we are not in Love, then find what we are fearing. Then transform it to Love.
Love, I believe actually takes no effort. Love is our natural state and is the universal force of creation. I believe it is always there, it just depends on if we are aligned with it or not that determines our level of Love and happiness.
When Master Sha teaches Da Ai (The greatest Love), I believe that he is talking about the love of the Tao. The love that is always available and is always everywhere. The same love that created Heaven and Earth, and countless planets, stars, Galaxies and Universes.
When we see Lao Tzu's teaching and now also the teaching that Master Sha teaches in his Tao normal and Tao reverse creation of,
Ren Fa Di, Di Fa Tian, Tian Fa Tao, Tao Fa Tz Ran
Which means:
Human Beings follow the Earth, The earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Tao, The Tao follows what is natural.
We see that Tao Fa Tz Ran (Follow Natures way) is the highest philosophy. To follow What is natural is to follow the Tao (Tao means "the way," it is the emptiness and nothingness that creates all things), because what is natural is the Tao. To align with the Tao is to align with Da Ai (the greatest love).
Also when we look at nature what does it do? It serves. It gives. No matter if it receives praise or not. It gives. it does not ask for anything in return.
The sun shines no matter what. No matter whether you are a good person or a bad person the sun just shines.
The earth does the same. No matter how much we mine her and abuse her she still continually gives. She still aligns with the Tao and Serves.
So when we align with Nature we are in the greatest Love. When we are in the greatest Love we are also in the greatest Forgiveness, compassion, humility, enlightenment, service to others and more, because all positive conditions stem from Love.
Because the nature of the Universe is loving, we see this when we look at the geometry that loving words create in water.
We also see this when we live in the present moment. The present moment allows us to see how supportive the universe is to us, and how it provides everything we need if we only take the time to listen to it and be available.
This is also because there is no separation between the entire Universe and each one of us.
So remember that once we drop fear, we live in complete surrender and gratitude (Which stem from Love). We align with the Tao and therefore we become Love. We become fearless and free.
I hope this post serves whoever takes the time to read it.
We love you all
Nick, Danielle and Beau
