{"id":5175,"date":"2015-11-10T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T08:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2015-11-10T08:20:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T08:20:46","slug":"be-wise-the-tao-of-melsloveland-next100-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2015\/11\/be-wise-the-tao-of-melsloveland-next100-day-7.html","title":{"rendered":"Be Wise &#8211; The Tao of #MelsLoveLand #Next100 Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><i>&#8220;Wise men don&#8217;t need to prove their point;<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><i>men who need to prove their point aren&#8217;t wise.&#8221;<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">&#8212; Tao Te Ching &#8211; Lao Tzu<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Thinking with love is a blessing to ourselves and the world we inhabit. Being loving is not meant to prove a point. \u00a0It is an action that is whole and complete. \u00a0Using Lao Tzu&#8217;s words and heart, the undertaking of a Love Movement as sharing, not enforcing has been the whole enchilada. \u00a0Everything is offered up with love for your consideration. \u00a0You have a choice to be wise, to live in the center of your divine inner wisdom, to experience the grace and ease of source flow of all knowing in complete service to your gifts to our collective humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\">As inspiration Emanuel Swedenborg\u2019s Divine Love and Wisdom i<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">n its preface <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">talks about the sketch of a Roman Garden that adorned the title<br \/>\npage of each of Swedenborg\u2019s books under the phrase Cura Et Labore &#8220;with<br \/>\ncare and work.&#8221; The image of a beautiful garden with a cherub like Angel<br \/>\nwatering the plants tending to the well loved garden&#8217;s growth and harmony<br \/>\nstrikes to the core of any process.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\">It\u00a0is a reminder of the wisdom and grace that exists when discipline is applied to<br \/>\ncommitment in realizing the fruits of our labor. It represents the opportunity<br \/>\nfor us to make manifest the joys of a life fully lived in divine Love. When we<br \/>\nenrich each moment with care and work, making conscious choices. Free of the<br \/>\nenergies that keep us bound. We allow nature to take its course in harmony without<br \/>\ncalling out the struggle, we effortlessly step into the full beauty of existence.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Move\u00a0into the garden of your being remembering everything is as it is. You are<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\"> exactly where you are supposed to be and you know absolutely how to tend to<br \/>\nyour needs. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Be wise today and everyday by relaxing into your birthright. \u00a0 Be wise today by opening your heart to love. \u00a0Be wise today in offering your gifts in service without attachment,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">released<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">\u00a0and healed and whole.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Life is not always like a box of chocolates, sometimes you do know what you are going to get. \u00a0There are signs and wisdom designed to give you instructions on the way forward, to guide you with love into new realms. \u00a0 Here are a c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">ouple of great wisdom pieces from some of our most loving Wisdom Masters that have helped me.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZVbkC0ULeOw\/VkAk2PJ6_nI\/AAAAAAAAD2M\/IbgoJQglx54\/s1600\/19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZVbkC0ULeOw\/VkAk2PJ6_nI\/AAAAAAAAD2M\/IbgoJQglx54\/s320\/19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><i>&#8220;Life is like a door: if it is written &#8220;pull&#8221;, please don&#8217;t push.&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">\u2014 Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulocoelho\/statuses\/404667838000279552\">November 24, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><span style=\"background-color: white;font-family: 'georgia' , serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 18px\"><i>\u201cIf you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?\u201d <\/i>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;font-family: 'georgia' , serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 18px\">\u2015\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background-color: white;font-family: georgia, serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 18px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/22782.George_Carlin\">George Carlin<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What matters is you keep your heart open and stay in movement in the divine dance of possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of Love, Mel<\/p>\n<p>#Wisdom #MelsLoveLand #Next100 #PeaceforAll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wise men don&#8217;t need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren&#8217;t wise.&#8221; &#8212; Tao Te Ching &#8211; Lao Tzu Thinking with love is a blessing to ourselves and the world we inhabit. 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