Daily Reflection 2.16.21
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readoldthings Today a short selection from Chapter 4 of Sun Tzu:
Cultivate the Tao by:
1. Connecting with the Divine.
2. Establishing a goal.
3. Focusing on that goal with all your faculties.
Adhere to method and discipline by:
1. Establishing a spiritual practice, so that you can come to know yourself and to know God, and also to cultivate your will.
2. Having cultivated a strong will, direct it toward your chosen goals by the same method of incremental, daily action, proceeding step by step toward victory.
Whether you want to get married, buy a house, or become an exorcist, the process is the same.
The consummate leader cultivates the Tao, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
We keep returning to this idea, don't we?Cultivate the Tao by:
1. Connecting with the Divine.
2. Establishing a goal.
3. Focusing on that goal with all your faculties.
Adhere to method and discipline by:
1. Establishing a spiritual practice, so that you can come to know yourself and to know God, and also to cultivate your will.
2. Having cultivated a strong will, direct it toward your chosen goals by the same method of incremental, daily action, proceeding step by step toward victory.
Whether you want to get married, buy a house, or become an exorcist, the process is the same.
