The Masters Of Life Know The Way,

Thousands Of Years Ago, Man Lived In Harmony With The Rest Of The Natural World. Through What We Would Today Call Telepathy, He Communicated With Animals, Plants, And Other Forms Of Life-none Of Which He Considered "beneath" Himself, Only Different, With Different Jobs To Perform. He Worked Side By Side With Earth Angels And Nature Spirits, With Whom He Shared Responsibility For Taking Care Of The World.

To Buddha, The Second Figure In The Painting, Life On Earth Was Bitter, Filled With Attachments And Desires That Led To Suffering.

"what's That?" The Unbeliever Asked. "wisdom From The Western Taoist," I Said. "it Sounds Like Something From Winnie-the-pooh," He Said. "it Is," I Said. "that's Not About Taoism," He Said. "oh, Yes It Is," I Said.

The Major Lesson Tiggers Need To Learn Is That If They Don't Control Their Impulses, Their Impulses Will Control Them. No Matter How Much They Do, Tiggers Are Never Satisfied Because They Don't Know The Feeling Of Accomplishment That Eventually Comes When One Persistently Applies One's Will To The Attaining Of Non-immediately-reachable Goals.

Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness. Everything Has To Be Filled In, It Seems-appointment Books, Hillsides, Vacant Lots-but When All The Spaces Are Filled, The Loneliness Really Begins. Then The Groups Are Joined, The Classes Are Signed Up For, And The Gift-to-yourself Items Are Bought. When The Loneliness Starts Creeping In The Door, The Television Set Is Turned On To Make It Go Away. But It Doesn't Go Away. So Some Of Us Do Instead, And After Discarding The Emptiness Of The Big Congested Mess, We Discover The Fullness Of Nothing.