Alright, after you've eliminated your desire, and after you've been excellent in her presence, then you must retreat. Be desireless. Be excellent. Be gone. Tao isn't about picking up lots of women. It's about being the best person you can be, and I'm not. Children can understand philosophical concepts more fully than adults much in the same way they better understand languages at an early age. Why else was the original author Lao Tzu called, "Old Boy"? Time to get into the "flow." Athletes call it "the zone." How do you know when you're there? You become an observer of yourself. You shift away from the first person. You watch yourself creating art. You can see the picture already in front of you. You're just tracing it. You no longer care about the outcome, about the cost of the materials, screwing up, deadlines, schedules, and the rest of the world. Everything else fades away and all you see is what's in front of you. Your hand moves with confidence. The lines are sure and smooth. There is no doubt. Later, when you look at what you've created, you get the feeling it was done by someone else. It was. It was done by the creative spirit inside you. When you 'flow,' you're in touch with this spirit. How do you make contact? Music, meditation, environment, exercise, practice, rehearsal. Poor is the student who does not surpass his teacher. It's nice to believe that you can do anything you want, say anything you want, or show anything you want on your web site. After all, you have freedom of speech. Well, sort of. A part of our society sees this unrestricted freedom as a growing problem, one that requires the passage of laws. So laws will be passed, because the number of people who favour some form of censorship outweighs those who believe in total, unrestrained freedom of speech. And so there'll be laws, but not the sort that will please you, or anybody, actually, because these sorts of laws are always born out of the worst kinds of compromise. But protest isn't going to help. What's needed is a solution where everyone feels they've won. What a golden opportunity to channel some of your creative energy into benefiting mankind. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. To start the ball rolling, here's one suggestion -- self control. Eastern Philosophy speaks of the Superior man and the Inferior man. The difference is this: The Superior man is governed from within. The Inferior man is governed by law. The choice is yours.

Researchers have found that omega-3 fatty acids in the form of fish oil can often help with breathing problems such as asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema, as well as with numerous other health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, ADD, arthritis, depression, and many more. It is also very important before, during, and after pregnancy. So many of us today live fragmented, unconscious lives driven by fear, guilt, anger, anxiety, and tension. Out of touch with the earth, with never a glance toward the sky, we rush into an imaginary future with little appreciation for the miraculous gift of Now--the only time and place we can truly live. This stress-filled rush into the future creates many problems for us--physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. The breath of life which breathes in each one of us is what one basically calls freedom. In biology it's called Life, in affectivity it's called Love, in psychology it's called Consciousness, and in theology it's called God. The difficulty is to bring these all together within everyone's understanding. The ancient traditions and modern medical research have demonstrated the intimate relationship that exists between how we breathe and our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual lives. There is only one kind of affliction, only one pain -- whether on the mental, physical or spiritual level; there is only one kind, and that is ego. "I am doing this -- this is done by ME," is the only affliction, the only obstacle. "This insult is directed against me -- I am abused thus...." All these happenings accumulate around this I. But when such a vast universe makes no difference to existence, and leaves it unaffected, do I have to allow such insignificant things to affect me? Can I not also remain untouched? Can I not stand aside and say, "The insult given was not given to me"; and, "Whatever I did has been done. I have not done it." If I become a witness to the actions that come to me and proceed from me -- if I cease to be the doer -- then wonderful secrets begin to unfold. The first thing to keep in mind is throughout the day to breathe as totally as possible and, whenever you remember, to inhale as deeply as you can. Hyperoxygenate! The energy you liberate for your work will be in direct proportion to your intake of breath. A great deal of energy lies hidden in your body. It must be aroused and activated towards meditation; it must be channelled into meditation.

In the Classic of purity is written: THE VENERABLE MASTER SAID:
THE SUPREME TAO IS FORMLESS, YET IT PRODUCES AND NURTURES HEAVEN AND EARTH.
THE SUPREME TAO HAS NO DESIRES, YET BY ITS POWER THE SUN AND MOON REVOLVE IN THEIR ORBITS.
THE SUPREME TAO IS NAMELESS, YET IT EVER SUPPORTS ALL THINGS.
I DO NOT KNOW ITS NAME BUT FOR TITLE CALL IT TAO.
THE CLASSIC OF PURITY is one of the most profound insights into nature. It is an insight, not a doctrine, not a philosophy, not a religion, because it is not intellectual at all; it is existential. The man who is speaking in it is not speaking as a mind, he is not speaking as himself either; he is just an empty passage for existence itself to say something through him. That's how the great mystics have always lived and spoken. These are not their own words -- they are no more. They have disappeared long before; it is the whole pouring through them. Their expressions may be different, but the source is the same. The words of Chuang Tzu, Zarathustra, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishna, and Lieh Tzu are not ordinary words; they are not coming from their memory, they are coming from their experience. They have touched the divine, and the moment you touch the divine you evaporate, you cannot exist any more. You have to die for Tao to be. This is a Taoist insight. Tao is another name for God, far more beautiful than God because God, the word "God", has been exploited too much by the priests. They have exploited in the name of God for so long that even the word has become contaminated -- it has become disgusting. Any man of intelligence is bound to avoid it because it reminds him of all the nonsense that has happened on the earth down the ages in the name of God, in the name of religion. More mischief has happened in the name of God than in any other name. Tao in that sense is tremendously beautiful. You cannot worship Tao because Tao does not give you the idea of a person. It is simply a principle, not a person. You cannot worship a principle -- you cannot pray to Tao. It will look ridiculous; it will be utterly absurd, praying to a principle. You don't pray to gravitation, you cannot pray to the theory of relativity.