Get ready. This post will BLOW YOUR MIND. I do not use that term lightly.
Taoist Master San Qing agreed to answer many deep questions right here in this blog post. He has also shared a Rhapsody, transcribed from Lao Tzu. Clear your schedule for this one. And enjoy the ride!
San, what inspired you to publish your e-book Tao Te Ching Magical Register?
Inspiration is more like exhilaration, an understanding that everything along my life path has always been a divine spark of energy. It arrives the moment I pause, take a breath, and open myself fully. The Tao, the teaching, the magical register is a direct communication between myself and my teacher Lao Tzu: an unconditional stream flowing from an ethereal space. I like to call it slipstreaming. It creates, propels, and prepares you for what most people would consider a surge of motivation; a feel-good, inspiring moment. It grants me creative license to generate something powerful.
Yet, to be honest, my roots run so deep, they are anchored far beyond this lifetime, extending through many incarnations. Bringing me back to what feels so profoundly familiar is the natural selection, the natural order of the Tao. And the Tao, the teaching, the magical register, is spoken word from my immortal ancient teacher to me, through me as I serve as catalyst and conduit. I transcribe every word, creating what I consider, and what everyone who walks the path of Taoism comes to know, as a living scripture.
How did you prepare for a writing session while working on this project?
For this literal masterpiece arises far more from my ancient roots, my natural passion, and my deep desire. My divinity exploding through me as this instrument and tool to create and bring forth this lifelong teaching. The preparation itself was easy. Yet the sacrifice and surrender that was necessary was not preparation. They were not anticipation, they were natural, they were effortless, and the creative spark shone through me as I transcribed every word.
What helped propel you forward to finish it?
To be blatantly honest, there is no need for creative license. Nothing motivates me more than to wake and meet the dawn of a new day, and nothing fills me with greater excitement than to lay my head down as dusk rings in. This force, this intimate relationship with what we call the Primordial Mother, the Wuji, the holy stream, can only arise from complete surrender and unconditional blind faith.
I watch the next moment unfold without any anticipation or expectation. I was born to breathe in, emanate, and walk this path. And it is precisely the solitude that comes from humility where my attention lies; my desires are secondary. My surrender is absolute. My service is forever.
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Pauline Shen 