Lao Tzu uses a few images to describe Tao, and one of the most popular is water. Like Tao — water is soft yet powerful. It is tender. Turn on the tap and the water splits its ways over your hands rather than hitting you hands head on. It does not discriminate. Whether you are rich…
See Tao the Mystery of the Universe Unfold What about an escape with a friend without any destination in mind? Go anyway with any friend. Don’t plan, just go! If you are an organised person, the idea itself can be abhorring. Where shall I begin, who shall I be? what will happen, will I end up…
Work hard? Not always the answer If you want to be successful in life, work hard! What else can that be? This is what we’ve been told since young. By our parents, teachers and bosses and whoever that are seriously concerned about our future. So when we hear Lao Tzu says in Tao Te Ching “Tao never strives, yet nothing…
Is Lao Tzu against having desires? One may think so when reading passages in Tao Te Ching like ‘There is no greater sin than desire, no greater curse than discontent’ But there could be a grave misunderstanding. Tao is about the universe, and each human being a small universe has basic needs to fulfil. An…
Most of us are aware that Tao Te Ching is a book about Tao. Few, however, realise that to know what Tao is, you have to know what Te is. The fact that Te, often translated as virtue, being one of the three words in the title of the book underscores its importance. It plays an indispensable…
Chinese parable narrated by Alan Watts British-born American philosopher Alan Watts used the Chinese parable, The Story of the Chinese Farmer, to illustrate the way of life where nothing is experienced as either an advantage or a disadvantage. He argues that it is the source of enormous empowerment and liberation. The farmer does not see life in terms of gain or loss or advantage…
Dr. Wayne Dyer was one of the most prominent speakers on Tao and how you can make it a way of life. Having reviewed hundreds of translations of the Tao Te Ching, he wrote 81 distinct essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu to today’s modern world. This work contains the entire…
Try standing on your tiptoe! How long can you last? Chances are that you feel tired in a few minutes. To stand firm, standing on tiptoe is not an option. You must allow yourself to be grounded. Unfortunately, many of us are standing on tiptoe day -in-day-out, forever reaching rather than grounding. We are exerting to reach…
Now is the only sphere of life that you can live. Not the past, nor the future. Just imagine that you don’t breathe now, but attempt to survive on the air you breathe in the past, or the air you are about to inhale in the future. You cannot live that way, because you can…
Do you like to stay up late at night, thinking that you can make up for the loss of sleep next day by waking up late or taking a nap? From the perspective of the yin-yang theory, it is a wishful thinking. Remember that you are part of the universe — and cannot afford to…
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