The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
LaoziBe careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
LaoziFirst, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.
LaoziIf you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.
Laozi