The Brown Book Commentaries

―The Highest Good is like water. Water gives Life to the ten thousand things and yet
does not strive in doing so. It Flows in places others reject and so is like the Tao. In dwelling,
be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the Heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and
Kind. In speech, be True. In ruling, be Just. In daily Life, Be competent. In action, be
Aware of the time and the season.‖ ~ Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching #8)
The Highest Good is like water when the Highest Good is furthering Love … Love has no
goals or agendas or expectations or hopes – and thus Love flows … Love understands that its job
is to Love. It is detached from all outcomes, and thus knows neither strife nor disappointment …
Love courses through every being‘s Soul and wishes to shower itself on all – especially those least
deserving of the same; those obviously most lacking in its abundance … Love is ever active –
dwelling close to the land in order that the land will bear great sustenance; sending its thoughts
deep into the Heart that the Heart might enliven a greater empathy towards those nearby … Love‘s
interactions are ever gentle, its words are
ever Kind, its justice ever forgiving ... Like
water is to life, Love is the vibrance in
every moment; it is the foundation of every
day, and the frame of every season.
―Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.‖ ~ G. K. Chesterton
Actually, our mythical angels merely seem to fly because we take our lives‘ real angels for
granted … The beloved friend is the angel whose shoulder becomes a pillow for our tears –
Cherish her! … The frightening stranger is the angel who makes our simplest smile a beacon of
courage and our smallest kind word a deed of great Love – Cherish him! … The despised enemy
is the angel who turns every word of forgiveness into an inspiration and every act of Kindness into
a deed of transcendent glory – Cherish them!
―You cannot help another to Rise Up
without getting Up yourself
& getting out of their Way.‖
~ anonymous
Sometimes the greatest service we can render another is to gently move aside and let them
discover their own Way by rediscovering their own emPowerment … Sometimes doing so takes
the form of verbal encouragement, sometimes doing so takes the form of cryptic parable,
sometimes doing so takes the form of absolute silence, and sometimes doing so takes the form of
smoothly departing from their
presence … Remember: we are not
here to enable, we are not here to save
and we are not here to help. We are
here to Serve – and it is no true
service that in any way makes another
weaker by pre-empting their Strength.
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