Nothing Happened Today...and how to speak about it.

 Never Tell a Lie Because the Truth is the Tao Does this make the Tao an unreachable goal? This one is more difficult. You see, I've lied. In fact, I probably tell a lie a day in one form or another. Hands up who has gone against the Tao already today! What is a lie? That's a question we should be asking ourselves more and more often because of the propaganda which has been dividing us for the years since when? Trump, Boris, Brexit, Blair, Baroness Thatcher or back into history. We are being lied to all the time and, depending on our particular political bias. Is the Bible a lie? Adam and Eve (where did the name Adam come from?) The Quran? The Torah? I don't know. I know what I choose to believe, and that will also take me into the realms of lying for many people. The truth dying! When do we die? The last breath? A few minutes later when the brain stops? When our soul/spirit leaves for the next journey? I could go on. I believe that like the Tao, the Truth is the Truth. The...

 If there is peace amidst the tumult,  then the Tao has found its rightful place. If there was ever a time to test our connection to the TAO, this last year was surely it!  Or, was it? (And these are my thoughts) Yes, it has been 15/16 months of tragedy, fear, despair and death. I have seen that scenario in many ways over the months when I walked along a *busy main street shopping area, with no one there but myself and a few people window shopping into empty locations or ones with the shutters down.  I have encountered adults dragging children into the road to put more distance between us on the pavement or holding them tight as I approached...and I promise I wore no makeup. I also wore no mask. I walk in peace because I trust my immune system. I trust that my fitness and lifestyle are strong enough to withstand the worst symptoms of the virus and I have experienced fatal cases in the elderly who live around me who went into hospital virus-free and died in hospital ...

 I walked into a second-hand bookshop and browsed through the shelves. I love these shops because they are an Aladdin's Cave...there's no Magic Lamp to rub but there is the possibility of striking gold. And I did. Just some background. I was in a second-hand bookshop and just looking through the thousands of books just stacked up to the ceiling-a pot luck opportunity. I often walk into these shops with no intention to buy but, knowing that I probably would. I had been practicing Tai Chi for some eight years with teachers schooled into the Lee Family Style which was prevalent around my location at the time, Coventry, in England. The man they named their Sensai was Chee Soo. My eyes stopped at the purple spine of a book with gold letters: 'The Tao of My Thoughts' by Chee Soo.   The #1 Gold I snatched the book from the shelf and felt the texture of a hardback book by Chee Soo in my hands. I opened it not knowing what would be inside. That's when I struck the first nug...

Hi, and welcome to the meeting just give us your name, where you live and what you do! How many times have you heard that when it's your turn to speak. "Hi, I am Ernie Boxall and I am a....We say our name so many times that it passes into the ether without a thought. So, I want to look a little more deeply at the following: Where the name originated What it means How it came to be my name The Origin Ernest Name Meaning English and Dutch : from the Germanic byname mentioned at Ernst. However, Reaney cites medieval evidence for Norman spellings such as Ernais, and derives it from a Germanic personal name Arn (e)gis, possibly composed of the elements arn 'eagle' + gisil 'pledge', 'hostage', 'noble youth' So, a name with it's origins on the European mainland (that will give some people who know me a giggle since I am patiently pro-Brexit). I am pleased by the connection to Eagles since they are the birds that made the most impression on me in ...