The Tao Tao'd is not the Tao

Major changes happening as I continue to slowly improve health wise. One of the main things is that I’ve given up on the idea of a book as such. I no longer have the urge for it and there are so many other creative things I want to do and it’s got everything to do with realising that ‘the Tao Tao’d is not the Tao’! In other words putting names and identities on one’s spiritual path has nothing to do with the path itself that must be walked rather than described. My literary output will now be confined to the less formal art of blogging, something I hope to be doing more of in the near future. Although my energy levels are still very limited I want to try and do more stuff rather than describe and teach it. ‘Those that can, do and those that can’t teach’ and all that malarkey. That being my intent from now on I want to focus more on my current state of brain and not spend too much time away from activities like composing and recording music, learning to play my instruments again since my stroke, my woodcraft business that hopefully will take off in the spring, learning the Tarot and Tree lore, meditating, gardening, and what have you. Over the past few weeks I’ve become seriously concerned with all this paedophile reports coming up in the media and how it appears to be contributing to the gagging of truth and our freedom to comment and criticise. I can’t understand for example why the BBC and ITV are having to pay compensation to a person they didn’t actually name in their programs though individuals connected with the shows did tweet his name, fair enough. My concerns are several; People are being tried, accused, and acquitted by the media before a true investigation is done. Attention is drawn towards the accused perpetrators rather than the victims, who I imagine have become somewhat intimidated by Establishment muscle seemingly at work, highlighting the dead and small fry entertainers and clergymen rather than some of the powerful political figures, very much alive, who have been named by many of the victims. Many ordinary Twits and Bloggers are now afraid to speak their minds on the web for fear of being sued and yet characters like David Icke continue to goad these establishment figures with very public accusations and no one dares to take him to court because he would seem to have so much info on them that it would definitely get messy! All this child abuse and litigation added to the upcoming Leveson report would appear to pose a real threat to any freedom that may be left in the Mainstream, lamestream, media that will probably result in even more of us getting our news from the alternative online media and making our minds up with that mess of info. Meanwhile young people continue to be sexually and violently exploited by people often protected by their elite status and also continue to be tried in secret courts and removed from their parents who may be drug addled, impoverished, and inadequate but who would nevertheless mostly kill to protect their offspring from exploitation by the elite. Children’s homes have been proved time and again to not be safe places for children yet the politicians continue to cry out for more ‘Looked after’ kids – why? Anyroad that’s enough of this rant for now. Just spent a wonderful week with my family and friends. My son Bill and his wife Jacquiline came over from Sweden where they are studying and my youngest son Tom came up from Plymouth for the weekend. Highlights include: Having a big meal out for the first time since my heart attack and stroke 7 months ago; being wheeled by Tom up Silverhill with the sun setting over the miles and miles of countryside at the top of the world; and spending a great day at the East Coast with the sun shining, chips to be had, and a hobble down the beach to watch Bill swim in the sea! Last night we had a major storm that has blown down the fence at the bottom of the garden, leaving us somewhat exposed at the back. Sun is shining again now but there is the promise of more wind and rain over the next few days. Only 4 weeks before the light nights start to return though and a few more before the first scent of spring arrives, let’s hope it’s a better year in 2013. Revd. Magic Sam Murray. Nov. 2012.