Beginning on Sunday April, 23 at 6 pm ET / 4 pm MT, Awakening Together’s President-Minister, Jacquelyn Eckert, and 
Vice President-Minister, Rhoda Makled will add a translation of the Tao Te Ching by Founding Minister Regina Dawn Akers to their weekly contemplation of the Tao Te Ching.
Recently, we began a new program in the Sanctuary contemplating the Tao Te Ching. Our Founding Minister, Regina Dawn Akers, had suggested the program as a way for those in Awakening Together leadership to contemplate the principles of the Tao in order to fully embody them. Regina also requested that we share from spontaneous inspiration rather than using the mind beforehand to contemplate the principles.
The Tao Te Ching (The Way), written by Lao-Tzu (Old Teacher), is a guide to enlightened leadership. While most people believe effective leadership lies in knowledge and power, the Tao teaches it lies in emptiness, stillness, and presence. We began live contemplation as requested using three books including interpretations by Derek Lin, Wayne Wang, and Stephen Mitchell.
Regina recently wrote to us and stated that she suddenly felt inspired to start translating the Tao, now and noted that, as with her other writings, “I only walk away from it when I absolutely must, and sometimes it continues even then.” We are excited to add Regina’s translation to our contemplation of the Tao and invite you to join us as we do so each Sunday.
Love, Jacquelyn & Rhoda
