“Highest virtue is not virtuous and that is why it is virtuous,” says Lao Tzu. Statements like this make many people think that Lao Tzu is contradicting himself. Why is the ‘highest virtue’ virtuous when it is not virtuous. The logical conclusion should be the other way around. Before I proceed, you may want to…
Lao Tzu constantly reminds us to return. “Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.” – Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching Chapter 16 This is a difficult but all-important question. Here I’m offering my view for your reference. While it is hard to…
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…
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…
A baby is totally at ease and gets the best from what the nature endows. Tao Te Ching constantly reminds us to go back to our root. One way to do so is to bring back the baby in you. Do you remember the ways you behaved when you were a baby? If you can’t,…
If you are puzzled don’t stare hard While life brings you thrills and excitement, it also dispenses you with a fair share of puzzles and perplexity. You are perplexed when a good friend suddenly gives you a cold shoulder, worried when your boss speaks to you in a tone unusually stern, and anxious when your tour agent fails to pick…
It is the weakness of water that makes it strong Water is weak, but it is its weakness that makes it strong. What happens when water encounters resistance? It breaks out! So when you put your hands in water, it runs through your hands without causing any harm. So water is yielding, and you may call…
There is no reason you cannot experience Tao in a concrete jungle Probably inspired by Lao Tzu’s saying ‘Tao models itself after nature’; many people have associated experiencing Tao as going back to nature. As and when Tao is mentioned, it is often accompanied by pictures of tranquil seaside, beautiful stream, robust jungle and the like….
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