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On Following the Dao and the Nature of Water
I have heard that to follow the Dao is to follow the nature of water. In 太極拳, this means the person must sink lower and lower. In 詠春拳, it means being able to flow forward unhampered and being able to adapt. But in general, to flow as water ultimately means that there is no I. Things flow through and beyond you, and you merely move as the Dao ( Read more... ) -
The Power of Doing Nothing
"Dao can be talked about, but not the Eternal Dao. Names can be named, but not the Etertnal Name." -Laotzu, Daodejing (Tao Teh Ching) I will always go back to this fundamental line in the Daodejing, because in it says most of the general thought of Daoism, in all its beautifully sensible contradictions...so ( Read more... ) -
Of failing and succeeding, of trying and doing
Note to myself...get my own copy of the Daodejing... anyway... Men are beings of endeavors, that is a fact. No man does not cease to live or be and not do anything at all at the same time. Always, always, always, men are beings of endeavors. Always have, always will be...why doesn't matter, it just is. However, one notices that any endeavor ( Read more... ) -
Passivity and Activity, where lies the Dao?
At any given point in time, objects are either at motion or at rest, moving or in stillness ( Read more... ) -
The Object of Following the Dao
What does it mean to follow the Dao? Is it truth? Is it love? What is to be one with nature ( Read more... ) -
The Value of Being Virtuous
"Dao can be talked about, but not the Eternal Dao ( Read more... )
