The Epoch TimesChinese Spiritual Practice Gives Life Without WorriesThe Epoch TimesThe concept encompasses Buddhism, Taoism, and forms of qigong. Tai Chi in its primal form is understood as a type of cultivation. Chinese legends depict the process as solitary, or taught from one master to a disciple in a setting isolated from society and more »
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Gambit
About.com Taoism12 May 2012 | 9:45 am"Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game."...Read Full Post -
Chapter 19, Part 23 - Confucius
The Rambling Taoists15 May 2012 | 10:30 pmShu-sun Wu-shu observed to the great officers in the court, saying, "Tsze-kung is superior to Chung-ni."Tsze-fu Ching-po reported the observation to Tsze-kung, who said, "Let me use the comparison of a house and its encompassing wall. My wall only reaches to the shoulders. One may peep over it, and see whatever is valuable in the apartments."The wall of my Master is several fathoms high. If one do not find the door and enter by it, he cannot see the ancestral temple with its beauties, nor all the officers in their rich array."But I may assume that they are few who find the door. Was not the… -
Coming Down to Earth
Beyond the Fields We Know15 May 2012 | 6:53 amSpring gifts us with tulips in every color of the rainbow, particularly late blooming varieties like these. Then the rains come, and so do exuberant winds blowing through the garden and setting everything in motion. In only a day or so, petals of the ornamental crabapple trees in the garden anoint the sweet greening earth like confetti, and the tulips are forests of waving stems unadorned by petals and stamens.I adore tulips in the fullness of their blooming, and the camera loves them too, but they are loveliest as they are coming apart and drifting in the wind like little silken boats. -
My Humble Life as a Warrior
Gathering Wisdom10 May 2012 | 3:18 amLast night was a truly rewarding and incredible Agreement with the Way I choose to Accept whatever comes into my life and the corresponding Action I choose to employ. Since I am Blessed with Awakening to and Living in a beautiful Paradise on a few acres in the Texas Hill Country, my ventures to the multifaceted Wonders and incredible beauty of San Marcos, TX are intentionally limited to twice each week for my mandatory physical therapy at the gym and to take care of personal business. One night each week I go to a favorite place of mine to have dinner and drinks with a dear friend. After she…
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Taoism OR Taoists - Google News
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Chinese Spiritual Practice Gives Life Without Worries - The Epoch Times
15 May 2012 | 10:58 pmThe Epoch TimesChinese Spiritual Practice Gives Life Without WorriesThe Epoch TimesThe concept encompasses Buddhism, Taoism, and forms of qigong. Tai Chi in its primal form is understood as a type of cultivation. Chinese legends depict the process as solitary, or taught from one master to a disciple in a setting isolated from society and more » -
In face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach director - CNN (blog)
15 May 2012 | 2:47 pmIn face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach directorCNN (blog)"The origins of Taoism are unclear. Traditionally, Lao-tzu who lived in the sixth century is regarded as its founder. Its early philosophic foundations and its later beliefs and rituals are two completely different ways of life.and more » -
Using Taoism and Writers to Fight the Regime - The Moscow Times
15 May 2012 | 9:58 amUsing Taoism and Writers to Fight the RegimeThe Moscow TimesBy Yulia Latynina Riot police broke up a sanctioned protest rally on May 6. After that, police detained Moscow pedestrians carrying white ribbons — the symbol of the protest movement. They also stopped "suspicious individuals" carrying no ribbons at and more » -
Rev. Wright hush money donor named — plus — an Obama Muslim bombshell - Wizbang (blog)
15 May 2012 | 9:23 amRev. Wright hush money donor named — plus — an Obama Muslim bombshellWizbang (blog)Others described her as an atheist (during her high school years) or an agnostic who also developed her own syncretic worldview made up of snippets from Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, etc. But one thing widely agreed upon is that while and more » -
From Oscar Wilde to Star Trek, CFTC Commissioner Adds Pep to His Message - The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
14 May 2012 | 10:35 amFrom Oscar Wilde to Star Trek, CFTC Commissioner Adds Pep to His MessageThe BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)From Star Trek to Taoism, Tom Petty to Starsky & Hutch, March Madness to Moneyball, Chilton is known for leavening potentially dry-as-dust subject matter with abundant pop culture references. His CFTC colleagues give speeches with titles like
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Gambit
12 May 2012 | 9:45 am"Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game."...Read Full Post -
Dowsing
11 May 2012 | 4:14 pmStars burn clear all night til dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for. ~ Rumi -
Review Of David Loy's Nonduality
10 May 2012 | 11:30 amVia my recent adventure with the terrier, I've been reading and very much enjoying David Loy's Nonduality: A Study In Comparative Philosophy. There's much that I've appreciated about this book, which was originally published in 1988 by Yale University Press, and which draws forth the thread of commonality between three spiritual paths: Taoism, Buddhism and Vedanta....Read Full Post -
Taoism & Sexual Energy
8 May 2012 | 4:46 amHealthy and loving sexual relationships can be one component of a Taoist lifestyle. Like good food and ample exercise, physical intimacy and touch provide nourishment and support for our bodymind. It's natural to desire and enjoy sexual connections, at this level....Read Full Post -
Eyes
5 May 2012 | 2:25 pm"The problem of freedom versus determinism is dualistic in presupposing a self whose actions are either free or determined, and the nondualistic denial of an ontological self resolves that bifurcation: if I am the universe, then complete determinism becomes equivalent to absolute freedom."...Read Full Post
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The Rambling Taoists
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Chapter 19, Part 23 - Confucius
15 May 2012 | 10:30 pmShu-sun Wu-shu observed to the great officers in the court, saying, "Tsze-kung is superior to Chung-ni."Tsze-fu Ching-po reported the observation to Tsze-kung, who said, "Let me use the comparison of a house and its encompassing wall. My wall only reaches to the shoulders. One may peep over it, and see whatever is valuable in the apartments."The wall of my Master is several fathoms high. If one do not find the door and enter by it, he cannot see the ancestral temple with its beauties, nor all the officers in their rich array."But I may assume that they are few who find the door. Was not the… -
Sometimes It's the Little Things
15 May 2012 | 8:30 pmTrey SmithFor the past several months I have struggled each night (actually, the wee hours of the morning) with falling asleep. The sciatica in my right leg -- caused by degenerative disc issues in my lumbar spine -- flare up when I lay down. I've tried numerous sleeping positions, including the use of pillows to elevate my right leg, and nothing seems to work. At the urging of my physical therapist, I do hamstring stretches before bed, but the impact has been slight.So, the strategy I have employed frequently is to stay up until I am thoroughly exhausted and then, pain or no, I collapse into… -
Afternoon Matinee: Root of All Evil - Episode 2, 5/5
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Guo Xiang: The Great Openness
15 May 2012 | 3:00 pmScott BradleyThere are those who realize total independence from things and events through vanishing into them. And there are those who remain dependent on things. Yet ultimately, there is no difference between them. Transcendence is not salvation; nothing beyond transient freedom is lost. "Since they do not lose what they depend on, they too are joined with the Great Openness. So, although I cannot make the dependent and the independent the same as each other, the fact that each rests in its own character, its Heavenly Mechanism unfolding of itself, receiving it but not knowing how or why… -
Line by Line - Verse 68, Line 1
15 May 2012 | 1:11 pmHe who in (Tao's) wars has skillAssumes no martial port;James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~A good soldier is not violent.Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~The great generals are not warlikeDerek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~A true warrior never uses forceRon Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~Here's how John Lash sees this line in terms of the Tai Chi person.It is the soldier who must pay for the conflict between peoples. To be violent only…
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Beyond the Fields We Know
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Coming Down to Earth
15 May 2012 | 6:53 amSpring gifts us with tulips in every color of the rainbow, particularly late blooming varieties like these. Then the rains come, and so do exuberant winds blowing through the garden and setting everything in motion. In only a day or so, petals of the ornamental crabapple trees in the garden anoint the sweet greening earth like confetti, and the tulips are forests of waving stems unadorned by petals and stamens.I adore tulips in the fullness of their blooming, and the camera loves them too, but they are loveliest as they are coming apart and drifting in the wind like little silken boats. -
There in the Sunlit Green
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Rain and Leaves and Mother's Day
13 May 2012 | 7:31 amAnd so it goes... The weather here has done one of its famous mid-May flops or oscillations. With just a week or so to go before we are officially in spring's frost-free zone, temperatures have tumbled, and the furnace murmurs happily along from time to time. It chants a susurrant mantra about new beginnings, things greening up and warmer times being somewhere just over the hill and not too far off.This morning it is cool, overcast and rainy. The house finches raising a fivesome brood in the wreath on the front door fly back and forth a thousand times a day with food, but they're also… -
The Rosy Tints of Morning
12 May 2012 | 6:37 amCould there be more cheerful views through the kitchen window as I potter about here at first light with mug in hand? Even the Norway maple in the corner wears red, and the colors in the garden are so rich and vibrant they dance. -
Friday Ramble - Trailing Edges
11 May 2012 | 6:54 amI open my eyes, the trailing edges of a dream by woodland and river brushing against my foggy mind – impressions of roots and moss covered rocks, ferns springing up and wildflowers blooming in shady places, flickering sunlight and blue sky seen through old trees, the song of the river in its blithe becoming.There was melancholy in my dream and an element of panic too – the night’s concerns linger as I come slowly back to life with coffee in hand after my night's ramblings. What if I am failing here in this lifetime? What if I am unable to share in any meaningful way, just…
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Gathering Wisdom
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My Humble Life as a Warrior
10 May 2012 | 3:18 amLast night was a truly rewarding and incredible Agreement with the Way I choose to Accept whatever comes into my life and the corresponding Action I choose to employ. Since I am Blessed with Awakening to and Living in a beautiful Paradise on a few acres in the Texas Hill Country, my ventures to the multifaceted Wonders and incredible beauty of San Marcos, TX are intentionally limited to twice each week for my mandatory physical therapy at the gym and to take care of personal business. One night each week I go to a favorite place of mine to have dinner and drinks with a dear friend. After she… -
Rising from the Dust...Again!
25 Apr 2012 | 2:29 amPlease forgive me for not posting very much. My shoulder surgery left me with another permanent disability to deal with besides my very rare form of quadriplegia (Brown - Sequard Syndrome), an amputated right leg just below the knee, severe intractable pain at and radiating from the C-2 to C-7 area of my neck, and much more from my trauma over 35 years ago. These have been and still are the greatest tools imaginable for gaining Wisdom. Every Moment and every Breath are Blessings that give me another Opportunity to Excel in the form of another Challenge to Overcome - a Lesson. I have been a… -
The Inner History of a Day: A Poem on Birth and Rebirth
13 Apr 2012 | 1:10 amThe Inner History of a Dayby John O'DonohueNo one knew the name of this day;Born quietly from deepest night,It hid its face in light,Demanded nothing for itself,Opened out to offer each of usA field of brightness that traveled ahead,Providing in time, ground to hold our footstepsAnd the light of thought to show the way.The mind of the day draws no attention;It dwells within the silence with eleganceTo create a space for all our words,Drawing us to listen inward and outward.We seldom notice how each day is a holy placeWhere the eucharist of the ordinary happens,Transforming our broken… -
Living with Death
15 Mar 2012 | 4:22 amLao-tse speaks of the death of a loved one, or anyone for that matter, as a time to rejoice and a birth as a time to mourn. He is right, you know. He was and Is one of the greatest Sages in history, the acclaimed author of the Tao Te Ching, and the founder of ancient Taoist philosophy. Zen, the non-religious philosophy and Practice of Mahayana Buddhism or Ch'an Buddhism expresses the Wisdom of Non-attachment to the good, the bad, the pain, and the suffering we encounter within the illusory "realities" created by our Egos. These two Ways of Wisdom are very similar and both absolutely correct… -
Sharing Wisdom on My Path
20 Feb 2012 | 3:59 amMy Path is such a Joyful one whether I am alone or amongst a crowd of people. There is at least one day each week where I leave the beautiful sound of Silence out here in my paradise in the Texas Hill Country to go to the incredibly unique and stunningly beautiful city of San Marcos - home to my Alma Mater. One night each week is one just for enjoying the social life here and, particularly, Being amongst and conversing with the wonderfully inspiring, intelligent, and beautiful young men and women who are attending Texas State University. Their perspectives on life are of great interest to me…
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new in these parts of town
15 May 2012 | 3:03 pmHello friends, I am here primarily to gain knowledge of the way and find motivation and support in continuing with my meditations. I am 21 years old, a female student of Philosophy living in Toronto. I have been doing yoga for three years, and in that time have become very aware of the way that energy flows throughout my body... I guess you could say that yoga/energy awareness and reading Lao Tzu brought me to the Tao. I have always felt drawn to eastern philosophy, and without knowing it I used tantric techniques as a young girl to survive a very traumatic childhood, first finding bliss/the… -
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15 May 2012 | 1:38 pmHi, My background A/S/L: 27, M, NYC Spiritual Practices: -Type of mindfulness: withdrawing attention from mental activity, and placing it onto the senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell. Have practiced this all day for many years, it tends to bring about a gradual cessation of identification with thought and mental stories. -Emotional Processing: (Michael Brown's The Presence Process). Essentially this is a process of ceasing to identify with attachment or aversion to negative emotions. It's a practice of consciously allowing and embracing negative emotions, ceasing to identify with the… -
Political Ethics for Taoists and Buddhists
15 May 2012 | 1:04 pmWhat are the correct political choices for anyone calling themselves a Taoist? I believe the choices are either one of selfish interest or the realization that all of us are not separate beings apart from each other and what we do has profound effects on others, as well as the biosphere. Just wanted to start this discussion and will write more later. -
"Elephant Whisperer" dies, mourned by herds of elephants
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Any Astrologers here?
15 May 2012 | 9:03 amas above Star Light Star bright, The first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight.
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O weariness here, o ache here!
2 May 2012 | 5:09 pmMisfortune comes from having a body. Without a body, how could there be misfortune? Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things. (Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – chapter 13, translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English) Today I’m sharing one of my journal pages drawn on a day when pain was getting me down. I’ve lived with chronic pain since childhood, for various reasons, and yet, would say I’ve always lived a full life. I credit the arts with saving my life, many… -
Review of Okakura's The Book of Tea
2 May 2012 | 10:21 amFor those of my dear readers who did not know me in college, I am a tea connoisseur. My preference for tea has existed at least since I turned ten. Some time after that, I began to indulge in coffee but always considering it a lesser drink to be enjoyed with much milk and five teaspoons of sugar until after my college years. Indeed, in my dorm room, you could find eight to ten high quality teas and a box of Folger’s bagged coffee just in case I needed a change of pace. Even now that I enjoy coffee more, I usually keep only one premium coffee. You see, I felt that all coffees… -
Eddie Hu - TAOISM (Gabe DM remix)
2 May 2012 | 5:31 amyo! In case you missed it, this is my version of Eddie Hu’s TAOISM, the original track and 4 remixes are out on Revox Records and available at every major web music store. apart from the wonderful art work, the release includes the original by Eddie Hu, plus the remixes by me, Wanghart (also check his Metamorphosis radio show broadcasted on Intersonik Radio), Chris Carini and Willo Schubarth. regarding my remix, it’s a very slow and dubby track share it and comment it, if you like it -
Designing from Bones ~ Heavens Monasteries
2 May 2012 | 4:14 amWelcome to Designing From Bones, where we use archaeology, myth, mysteries and history to unearth th -
Empowered
1 May 2012 | 10:55 pm“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Diary of a Daoist Hermit
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Environmental Vow 21: Practical Philosophy
29 Apr 2012 | 5:23 pmA Positive Alternative: I’ve rejected a variety of alternatives that some people have put forward in order fill the void left by the decline in old-school religious faith and patriotism. But I have yet to make any sort of suggestion of a viable alternative. This is the point where I unveil what keeps me, personally going. I am fully aware that there are elements of my personal belief system that are more than a little “dodgy”. Where these problems come up, I will attempt to spell out the conceptual issues. Using the ideals that motivate my existence as an… -
The Symbolic Life
17 Apr 2012 | 3:48 pmI've been having a long conversation with my fiancee about an idea that has been stuck in my head for years. She suggested that I do a blog post about it in order to put it down on paper and see what other folks think about it. I first thought about the way people's lives can become symbols that result in societal change as a result of doing some pretty intensive research about Mohandas Gandhi for a course I was teaching called "The Activist Toolbox". One of the things that really struck me about the guy was the way every aspect of his life seemed to be geared towards projecting… -
Environmental Vow Part 20: The Role of Narratives
12 Apr 2012 | 10:36 pmUnfortunately, the “flip flopping, broken promises, and perceived hypocrisy that are an inevitable bi-product of this endless round of patronage, coalition building and fundraising results in a deep cynicism amongst the over-whelming majority of voters. And cynicism is absolutely caustic towards any attempt at self-motivation. If the political system cannot even get people to go out and vote, how can we hope that it will ever convince people to make significant personal sacrifice in order to deal with environmental issues? The Role of Narratives It is important, however, to not… -
Infantile Spirituality
28 Mar 2012 | 3:49 pmIn my last post I gave voice to some concerns that have been rumbling in my heart for several years. As I thought about what I'd written and about the comments that readers sent to me, something deeper struck me that I thought I'd share as well. I've been a "Leftie" most of my life. More to the point, I'm really a "bleeding heart" or what Maggie Thatcher would call a "wet". I get emotionally-engaged with people who suffer. This needn't be someone right in front of me, I get very upset when I consider the plight of people I've never even met. Indeed, I get upset… -
The Seduction of Religion
9 Mar 2012 | 8:16 pmOver the years I've tried to stake out a position for myself as being somewhere in the middle between identifying myself as a "religious Daoist" and a "philosophical Daoist". To a large extent, this has been because I believed that there is a great potential for good in the existence of religious institutions. I have always admitted that in practise religious bodies rarely live up to this potential, but I have always thought that the isolated tremendous good that some individuals do shows just what could be done if religious organizations finally reformed themselves. I no longer…
