In order to change we need to create space. We need to find the 'Zero Doctrine' of the Tao of Change.
In almost every classroom there is a blackboard. When a teacher teaches something, in order to help the student understand better, the teacher sometimes needs to draw a diagram on the blackboard. Once the blackboard s all written over, what does the teacher do? The teacher wipes it clean to make it ready again for the next use. That is called zero doctrine. It means to return to stillness, purity, nothing, or zero. Zero means a point between negative and positive.
For example, when we drive a car, we can put it in neutral. When we put it in neutral, it is at the point of being able to go either forward or in reverse. It is the empty balance point at which a clear decision can be made. When we coach on zero doctrine, we mean to coach about the return to the point of clarity and keep the mind flexible. But if you have already put a doctrine there in your mind, it means that your flexibility of mind is already given up. You are fixed to that doctrine rather than looking for progress or growth. That is where change dies. If you have a flexible mind, you can align your mind to a situation, renew your mind, develop your mind and discover a new idea and solution.
Tao cannot be defined by the differences between what is in front and what is behind. A healthy Taoist attitude always comes back to a neutral point. For example, once we notice that we have thoughts or emotions toward a certain thing or person, once we have built any kind of attitude towards something, we always need to put it aside to come back to the zero point.
We must always be waiting for change.
A stiffened or negative attitude will prevent change or improvement from happening; an attitude of neutral or zero will provide the flexibility to flow with a situation, however it occurs.
Holding on to a fixed thought of mind prevents positive movement, growth or change...
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