{"id":59135,"date":"2019-09-03T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=59135"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:26:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:26:02","slug":"tq-lao-tzu-greatest-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-lao-tzu-greatest-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Lao Tzu Shares His Three Greatest Treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/category\/tuesday-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Tuesday Quotes<\/a> are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cI have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite> <em>~ Lao Tzu<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Our greatest treasures are simplicity, patience, and compassion? Is this true? or is this a fuzzy zen koan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we apply this to our own guitar practice? How can this help now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simplicity:<\/strong> Not a full piece of music. Not a line. Not a measure. Just a note. One note, well played. Then the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/slurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">exercises<\/a> &#8211; just one exercise for now. Maybe another later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/classical-guitar-scales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">scale shapes<\/a> in every key &#8211; just one, with full attention on each movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patience:<\/strong> Our current level and ability is fine. We shouldn\u2019t be any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/no-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">better<\/a> than we are. We shouldn\u2019t have practiced any more last week than we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can practice now. And tomorrow we can deal with tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not a race. It\u2019s just guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Compassion:<\/strong> We do our best. And our best differs from one day to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criticism, guilt, shame &#8211; these are all worse than useless. They are unnecessary and harmful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, we can speak to ourselves as we would small children we love. Understanding. Forgiving. Supportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lao Tzu calls these three things our greatest treasure. And all come from within. All are choices we are free to make. They don\u2019t require money, or time, or extra training. We can enjoy these now, here, today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cI have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.\u201d ~ Lao Tzu Our greatest treasures are simplicity, patience, and compassion? Is this true? or is this a fuzzy zen koan? 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