Self So, Lesson Three, Taoism- An Online Course
The Chinese ideogram that stands for the Tao is translated in many ways. Tzu-Jan, for example, stands for the Tao in its non-active form and can be translated as “Self [...]
Everything is Change, Lesson Four, Taoism-An Online Course
Taoism speaks of the Great Tao. Tao is not, we are told, a “being” but “a way of being.” It is not a noun but [...]
Balancing the Opposites, Lesson Five, Taoism-An Online Course
The ancient Taoist sages loved to be out in nature, contemplating the ways of the natural world. As a result, they came to see that [...]
Rationality, Irrationality, and Wholeness, Lesson Six, Taoism-an Online Course
The profound philosophical principles of Taoism are not readily accessible to the rational mind, unless the rational mind is expanded to comprehend and embrace the [...]
Wu Wei, Watercourse Way, Lesson Seven, Taoism-an Online Course
How can we be true to ourselves in the midst of change, our own change and the changes in the world around us? For [...]
Course Conclusion, Taoism, An Online Course
“Take the Watercourse Way,” we are admonished. Be “Self-So,” spontaneously exercising our Te. “But how, we may ask, can we achieve this easiness, this light-heartedness, this effectiveness? [...]
Taoism, an Online Course
Four Immortals Saluting Longevity, Early Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Public Domain, Source Shang Xi, Wikipedia Commons [...]
I it’s Lover
Through evening air gardenia scented, across new mown meadow and past wildflowers— rocket larkspur, red poppy, black eyed yellow things, the last wild onion blooms, [...]
Beached, a poem, by Glenda Taylor
Beached now, for awhile, safely beyond the wet curving line of surf on sand, beyond turbulence, beyond the boil and spray and splash or the ripple [...]
Rivers, Quotations
Many a time have I merely closed my eyes at the end of yet another troublesome day and soaked my bruised psyche in wild water—rivers [...]
