Sleepless
nights.
Diet, mind, conditions
Hold the possibility or correction.
Whenever
you feel out of sorts, or cannot sleep, or find it hard to work and
think, you are separated from Tao. If you want to get back in touch
with it, ask yourself three questions: Am I eating right? Is my mind
tamed? Is my world safe?
It
is not facetious to look at the way you eat whenever you feel out of
step with life. Many problems can be alleviated by feeling better
physically, and even if this doesn’t remedy things, it will give you a
good basis for coping. Eat a balanced diet rich in nutrients. Take the
time to understand proper nutrition and eat a large variety of foods
according to the seasons. The skillful use of foods is far superior to
medicine.
Next is the difficult mind that
seems to have its own interests, habits and excesses. The only way to
counter this is to guard against worry, stress, intellectualism,
scheming, and desires. This can only happen through a strong
philosophical grounding and my methodical meditation.
Finally, environmental factors such
as weather, natural and man-made disasters, and socioeconomic problems
can break our unit with Tao. To cope with this, gain as much control
over your environment as possible. Keep your home a haven, have control
over your work place, and be independent enough to face emergencies. It
is inevitable that one will fall in and out of Tao. The wise arrange
their lives so that they can always return to balance.
imbalance
365
Tao
daily
meditations
Deng
Ming-Dao (author)
ISBN
0-06-250223-9
