The Tao of Quilting

Chuck has finished his Star Wars art-quilt - isn't it great?? That is a lot of artistic work you are lookin' at, there...he says it is a meditation for him. Mindful sewing, indeed.

Somehow, it seems to go with a new book we just received entitled The Tao of Yoda, by D.W. Kreger. Here is a sneak-peak:

"...So, we wanted to see what would happen if we substituted the words 'Force' or the 'Way of the Force' everywhere the Chinese character Tao appears. Then everywhere it says 'holy man' we put 'Jedi.' The result was simply astonishing. It was a perfect fit..."

If you are in the dark about the Tao Te Ching, it is the thought by scholars to be prehistory oral tradition of teachings given to Confucius by his teacher, Lao Tsu. The mysterious philosophical teachings were written down approximately 2,600 years ago--when it was already centuries old--becoming the foundation of Taoism. These writings could be the oldest known writings on Earth today. And now, there has been a new translation made by scholars that has really caused some to fly their geek flag extra high...me, included!

"Throughout the Galaxy,

it is known that beauty acting beautiful

reveals ugly side

it is known that good acting good

reveals not good side

Thus, being and non-being mutually exist 

difficult and easy, mutually experience

long and short, mutually contrast

top and bottom, mutually position

voice and sound, mutually synchronize

before and after, mutually sequence

Therefore it is, a Jedi

employs non-action to contend

practice, not words, have they to teach

Ten thousand things come and go, yet not disrupt.

Give birth, yet not possess

Act, yet not expect

Work accomplished, yet profit, unclaimed

A worker only with their profit unclaimed

therefore is sustainable."

What a perfect fit with Chuck's masterpiece.
*love*