The Source of Power

The Source

"Wellspring of energy
Rises in the body's core
Tap it and be sustained.
Channel it, and it will speak.

The source of all power is within yourself.  Although external circumstances may occasionally hamper you, true movement comes solely from within yourself.  The source is latent in everyone, but anyone can learn to tap it.  When this happens, power rises like a shimmering well through the center of your body.

Physically, it will sustain and nourish you.  But it can do many other things as well.  It can give you gifts ranging from unusual knowledge to simple tranquility.  It all depends on how you choose to direct your energies.

We cannot say that a person will become enlightened solely by virtue of having tapped this source of power; energy is neutral.  It requires experience, wisdom, and education to direct it.  You may gain power from your meditations, but it is possible for two people with the same valid attainment to use it in two different ways, even to the extremes of good and evil.  Finding the source of spiritual power is a great joy; deciding how to direct it is the greatest of responsibilities."

-  By Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao: Daily Meditations
February 28th  Day 59  

The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life.  By Deng Ming-Dao.  Harper San Francisco, 2006.  Charts, appendices, 406 pages.  ISBN: 0060850027.  An excellent commentary and interpretation.  VSCL. 

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life.   By Deng Ming-Dao.  Harper San Francisco, 1990.   Index, bibliography, 351 pages.  ISBN: 0062502328.  VSCL.