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Accuracy

Make every move count.

Pick your target and hit it.
Perfect concentration means
Effortless flowing.

A life that is spiritual requires focused action. It needs quick reflexes,

accurate timing, and abundant skill. That is why followers of Tao are
always compounding their self-cultivation: They want the ability to
do whatever they want.
Each day your life grows a day shorter. Make every move count.
All that matters is accomplishing what you envision with the greatest
dispatch. Once you do, that aspect of your interest is discharged, and
you can then go on to some new interest. If you do not engage in this
ongoing process of action, you will never satisfy all the various
aspects of the soul, and realization will never fully mature for you.
Some assert that there is no end to desire, so we should undercut
our ambition. But this doesn’t address the need for satisfaction. We
need to have satisfaction in what we do in order to have a good sense
of well-being. If we undercut our ambition, then we will never make
any achievements nor satisfy our yearnings. This only leaves us with
frustration, uncertainty, and timidity. Therefore, to follow Tao, we
must identify our inner longings and dispatch them with a hunter’s
accuracy.

365 Tao Daily Meditations

Ming-Dao Deng