We hurry about our whole lives. We follow the advice of our parents and teachers, we heed the words of the ones we admire,or we reject them finding others to project our greatness onto. We chant our prayers, maybe we never pray at all, yet we still search. We search within our own answers and still deeper questions rise up from the depths. 
"Who am I, Where did I come from? What does it all mean?" 
Eventually all diversions lead to dead ends. We come up empty handed yet again, and through virtue or vice there comes a time when all seeking stops...

A time when the fog settles and the wind drops to a soft breeze, 

And a greatness stretches out before you, 
formless yet you know it is there, 

you feel its pull, you hear its lenitive melody. 

A voice is carried on the wind....           

There is a fear in your belly. 
There are voices saying no. 

But there is somewhere deeper telling you, 

You don't need to answer. Don't say a word, 

just stop here a moment...          

The Great Way is like a level road.

Yet there are many side roads leading you astray.

The first of these roads is called Personal Consciousness

The next is consciousness of the Future

One is consciousness of the Past

Another is consciousness of Sound and Form

The last is Causal Consciousness

If all paths are forgotten and Personal Consciousness remains, the level road of the Great Way is forgotten. Therefore most importantly one must let go of all attachment to personal knowledge. 

My interpretation and addition to Lu Tzu's writings on "Personal Consciousness". Personal Consciousness (Ego, Conditioned Consciousness) is often mentioned by Lu Tzu as being one of the primary diversions from what he called "The Great Way". Lu Tzu was one of the pioneers of "The Complete Reality" schools of Taoism. Click the link for an explanation of that particular school of philosophy. 


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