Are you making things unnecessarily complex? The new disciple is excited when he’s seeing the Master for the first time. He jumps at the opportunity and curiously asks, “How do you practice Tao, Sir?” “When you are hungry, eat,” thoughtfully the master says, “When you are tired, sleep.” The answer is astonishingly simple to the disciple,…
Your inner voice is calling, can you hear it? Ask anyone if he has spoken to his inner self, chances are you’d be greeted with a blank look on his face. It’s an irony. We’re supposed to be intimate with our self, but few of us really are. Instead of listening to what’s deep in…
Importance of Non-being How can emptiness be of any value? Emptiness can be the very purpose of an existence. When we value something, our attention is often on what we can see or touch. For example, when you see a pot, your attention is likely to be on its shape, its colours, workmanship and the material…
Tao is The Way, Not ‘Your Way’ There are many things that you can learn in Tao Te Ching, and these are three of them. First, staying detached. The first thing that you’d have to learn is to see yourself as part of the universe that you are in. You may wonder why I’m…
Be Like Water — Meaning of Success Once upon a time, there was a Taoist Master whom people came from far and wide to seek his advice on the meaning of life. Among them was a disgruntled young man. He trekked the mountain for days. Finally he arrived at the Master’s humble abode to pay respect…
Tao is hard to explain – Reason 3 What does tao mean? “The Tao that can be mentioned is not the eternal Tao,” says Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching. There are many reasons for Lao Tzu to say so, and this is reason 3 — from my perspective. It has to do with size….
‘The Tao that can be mentioned is not the eternal Tao’ – Tao Definition One of the most frequently asked questions about Tao Te Ching is what Tao is. This is indeed a very difficult question to answer. Even Lao Tzu, the person who coined the word, was unable to give a clear Tao Definition….
You can be soft and strong like water Water is soft and yet powerful. It greets you with its pliability and softness. It’s selfless and willing to go to filthy places where no one wants to go, so it knows the ground well. It nourishes the world but never claims credit or try to…
How to deal with stress? Nature is not in the hurry. Why should you? Everything has its time. Farmer knows this well. There’s a time to sow a seed, and there’s a time to harvest the crops. When the time is yet to arrive, there’s is no point for you rush it. Rushing things through…
Tao is hard to explain – Reason 2 Tao is so elusive, it led Lao Tzu to say, “The Tao that can be mentioned is not the eternal Tao.” What is Tao Te Ching about and why is Tao is so hard to explain? There are many reasons for Laozi to say so, and here’s…