Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Tao of Distance Running -#11





We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.

                                                        *



~
From the infinite...our
steps emerged -
And every mile a remembrance of
their home.

We are runners - and have given ourselves to motion. Yet there remains an essential stillness of our being that's unaffected by the gathering of miles. This core to our reality is the quiet force of every step taken. We are spirit running by means of flesh and bones. We do not think breath - we breath. We don't beat the heart - we allow it's rhythm to unfold as life itself. And so too do we run - grace given free expression as ourselves.
 
Peace,
Eric







* Tao Te Ching translated by Stephen Mitchell 

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