walking

When Tao prevails in the world, evil loses its power.
It is not that evil no longer possesses spiritual power.
It is that its power does not damage men.
Indeed, it is not that its power does not damage men.
It is primarily that the ruler does not become harmful to men.
When opposites no longer damage each other,
Both are benefited through the attainment of Tao.
-- Chang Chung-yuan, Chapter 60, Tao Te Ching

We walked together through the little downtown park.

"Understand yourself and you understand the cosmos," said Lao Tzu.

"You are the cosmos walking," said Jesus.

"Walking is a model of all relationship," he said.

"Because we slow down and see what's going on?" I asked.

Jesus smiled.

"That and more," he said.

"In walking, which is going first, your left leg or your right leg?" asked Lao Tzu.

"One keeps going after and before the other," I said. "There is no first or last."

"One of them had to make the first move," said Lao Tzu.

"Doesn't matter which one," I said. "As long as they accept each other's invitation."

"Notice that your breathing is in between the two and partial to neither," said Jesus.

"Your walking is transporting your breathing," said Lao Tzu.

I laughed with the pleasantness of being breath walking.

"You are being breathed. You do not breathe yourself," said Jesus.

"The Tao, the Source is breathing you," said Lao Tzu.

We walked silently for a while through the little town.

Our Source was walking us and we were taking our Source for a walk.

It was a beautiful day.