"... true grief ...."

“… true grief can be silent yet sorrowful.  True anger may have no outward sign, yet awaken awe.  True affection may not show outwardly by even a smile, yet will elicit a harmonious reciprocation.”

"... (look) inward ...."

“… (look) inward to express the honest truth of being ….”

“(live) … as the spirit (moves you) each day”

"This road we travel ...."

This road we travel is not there until we step on it, and with each step, the road stretches on, just ahead of our walking:  it is our walking that makes the Way.

--> The Lunar Tao

"Verify what you learn ...."

Verify what you learn before you practice it:

Do not go by revelation.

Do not go by tradition.

Do not go by hearsay.

Do not go by the authority of sacred texts.

Do not go by the grounds of pure logic.

Do not go by a view that seems rational.

Do not go by reflecting on mere appearances.

Do not go along with a considered view

just because you agree with it.

Do not go along on the grounds that the

         person is competent.

Do not go along simply because “the

         recluse is our teacher.”

…. When you know for yourselves that something is wholesome, that something is not blameworthy, that something is praised by the wise, then undertake and observe.  If these things lead to benefit and happiness, then undertake them and abide in them.

--> (extract of The Lunar Tao, “the Kalama Sutra”)

"Nature always returns to balance ...."

“Nature always returns to balance.  It may have extremes – the waters can bring us drink and food or they can wipe us out in a flood – but there is always calm after a storm, always day following night.  When we pattern ourselves after nature, we try to achieve balance in ourselves and all we do.”