A good traveler has no fixed plans

Written By Chloë Rain
a good traveler has no fixed plans

A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people
and doesn’t reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations
and doesn’t waste anything.
this is called embodying the light.

What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher?
What is a bad man but a good man’s job?
If you don’t understand this, you will get lost,
however intelligent you are.
It is the great secret.

— Lao Tzu
translated by Stephen Mitchell

Chloë Rain

Chloë Rain is a Spiritual Guide whose work is deeply rooted in the initiatory cycles of nature. She has more than fifteen years of ceremonial practice within two traditional medicine lineages, as well as having completed graduate research while living above the Arctic Circle exploring the sacred landscape of Sápmi through a Masters degree in Indigenous Studies.

Through her writing and body of work she hopes to inspire more people to listen to their soul’s calling, and cause them to look a little closer at themselves, at the natural environment that surrounds them, and at other people and our beliefs of separation, race, culture, and religion.

She offers one-to-one spiritual direction for those navigating life transitions and deep personal spiritual inquiry.


Learn more about → private spiritual direction
or explore retreats → ceremonial and intimate spiritual retreats.

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