Work That’s Done And Then Forgotten Lasts Forever
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From childhood most of us have been conditioned to plan, control, and always be busy getting things done. Society favors this mindset, even rewards it.
But our busy world has become addicted to stress and chaos. And the most basic things like caring for the earth and loving one-another remain undone by most.
Thankfully an awakening is underway. Certainly most readers of this blog are part of this event.
There’s nothing wrong with goals, planning, and so forth. But the world’s current paradigm has gotten carried away by the idea of ego control – a brief look around will speak volumes of how well this is working out for us.
Talk of letting go or doing nothing so that all things are done is lost on the masses. It sounds like the promotion of lazy daydreaming; indeed many people who claim to be spiritual travelers choose to interpret it this way also.
For instance in the wake of the film sensation The Secret millions of people began posting on message boards and blogs about how they had “tried the LOA and it hadn’t worked for them”. When these folks were engaged in conversation on the matter, without fail it turned out they had been sitting on the couch imagining their dream life and were later enraged that all the pieces failed to come together for them.
Spiritual terms like letting go, doing nothing, allowing, etc. have NOTHING to do with sitting on our butts and wishing for something other than what we have.
On the contrary our first step is to accept thankfully all that is in our world. Further we must accept responsibility for our part in creating this truth.
Then, when we let go of our egos and allow our minds and bodies to join naturally we are in the state of non-action. We are inspired by our source and compelled into right action; but this action is not work because it flows from the heart.
Hence we do not work, yet nothing that matters is left undone.
And once we have done our part, i.e. set our intention/answered the call of inspiration and then moved our feet on the matter, we let go. We trust that our part is done and that source will take over from here; we get on with our lives and refrain from looking over our shoulders or constantly checking up on the progress we set into motion.
Our work is done then forgotten, therefore it lasts forever.
Tao Te Ching 2:13-14 (paraphrased )
At this time in my life the above may well be the most important verse from the Tao Te Ching. While reading an article about the process of letting go and trusting during the deliberate creation process my mind wandered to these words from Lao Tsu, and their meaning fell on me like a great boulder; I had never fully grasped the passage before.
But in a moment it became so crystal clear to me. Fretting and constantly checking my progress is CLEARLY doubting and disbelieving; even using energy channeling, dowsing, visualization, and positive methodology to excess is the failure to trust and allow.
And because the universe is alive the fabric of space-time responds to our trust or distrust. I personally don’t believe in anthropomorphizing the cosmos into god-beings with names and personalities (but perhaps such entities have some place in the continuum) so when I speak of a living, intelligent universe I mean simply that the source is responsive to a standard range of stimuli.
If we fail to trust our mates, the relationship suffers because they know and are hurt by our lack of faith. If we doubt a service provider can meet our needs tension may arise.
By the same token if we worry and wish to control, in other words if we doubt life will finish our work, the subatomic energy field ripples and responds to us in the same negative way as a person who is hurt by our mistrusting. I have no way of proving this statement, it merely represents my intuition on the matter.
However we choose to define or explain this concept, what remains is the fact that only when we let go and trust do we enjoy the full extent of our potential. This is what Lao Tsu meant when he said work is done then forgotten, therefore it lasts forever.
I hope this writing strikes a chord. I feel the message is very important and I’ve tried to do a good job in expressing it as it came to me.
And now I must let go and trust the universe will connect my intent to the minds and hearts of my readers.
Tags: art of letting go, inspiration, law of attraction, Life Purpose, manifestation, source energy, Spirituality, tao te ching, trust and allow
