{"id":2218,"date":"2023-07-09T06:25:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T05:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstones.blog\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2023-07-09T06:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T05:25:42","slug":"2218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?p=2218","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, 9 July 2023<\/strong>:      <strong>Truth is like water<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I share with you some thoughts passed to me by a new, mature, beautiful spirit..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018The supreme good is like water,<\/em><br><em>which nourishes all things without trying to.<\/em><br><em>It flows to the low places loathed by all men.<\/em><br><em>Therefore, it is like the Tao.<\/em><br><em>Live in accordance with the nature of things.<\/em><br><em>In dwelling, be close to the land.<\/em><br><em>In meditation, go deep in the heart.<\/em><br><em>In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.<\/em><br><em>In speech, be true.<\/em><br><em>In ruling be just.<\/em><br><em>In action, watch the timing.<\/em><br><em>No fight: No blame.\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><strong>Tao Te Ching \u2013 Lao Tzu \u2013 Verse 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who live in accordance with nature do not go against the way of things.<br>They move in harmony with the present moment, always knowing the<strong> truth<\/strong> of just what to do. This is pure, natural sovereignty in action. cf: John 7:37-38 in the New..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, 9 July 2023: Truth is like water I share with you some thoughts passed to me by a new, mature, beautiful spirit.. \u2018The supreme good is like water,which nourishes all things without trying to.It flows to the low places loathed by all men.Therefore, it is like the Tao.Live in accordance with the nature of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?p=2218\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-common-law","category-meditation","category-spiritual","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}