Most know what is meant by the saying, Read the Room — it is to say, Be Aware, Assess the Condition. But just as ‘acting virtuous’ is a sure sign that virtue is absent, having to tell someone to do this is a sure sign it is not a skill they possess, or they have chosen not to engage it… so it really does no good pointing it out.

Instead, in the nature of Going With the Flow, the principles of Balance and Equanimity, and a dash of the Using the Power of Others principle, seek neither favor or disdain — match or mirror the engagement. One must become a student of body linguistics while also embodying The Witness, who has developed their Discernment more than their Judgement.

Exert no more and no less of what is exerted. Water, the softest element, overcomes the hardest of all substances, yet flows to the lowest of all places, and is therefore like the Tao; this flexibility IS the communion/connection. This acknowledgement demonstrates the highest nobility, to be willing and able to engage someone or something wherever they are in that moment. Showing Divine Love.

Flowing inside oneself is both a tool in this process and a natural consequence of employing it. This is the Way of Heaven.