Many Thoughts Make Muddy Water“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?” (Lao Tzu) This is Chapter 15 of the Tao Te Ching talking about how we typically fill our minds with so many particles of thought...
“Translations” versus “interpretations”: a controversy?If I told you there was a controversy about translations versus interpretations of the Tao Te Ching, your first thought might be: Really? The short answer is, yes. Your second thought m...
Do Your Job, Then Let Go“If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.”(Lao Tzu) Let go? But what if things don’t turn out the way we want? What if others don’t notice who we are and what we’ve done? The Tao...
Tao Te Ching, I Ching: what’s the difference? Let’s start with the similarities. Both the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching are ancient Chinese texts. They both end in “Ching” which means great book or classic. But that’s pretty much w...
Open Yourself to the Tao “Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses; and everything will fall into place.” (Lao Tzu) Really? Sounds far too simple. Chapter 23 of the Tao Te Ching reminds us we are typically...
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