The yin and the yang explains everything.Yin and Yang are dependent opposing forces that flow in a natural cycle, always seeking balance. Though they are opposing, they are not in opposition to one another. As part of the Tao, they are merely two aspects of a single reality. Each contains the seed of the other, which is why … Continue reading April Fool: What Explains Everything?
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The Ten Precepts of Taoism
The Ten Precepts of Taoism were outlined in a short text that appears in Dunhuang manuscripts, the Scripture of the Ten Precepts. The precepts are the classical rules of medieval Taoism as applied to practitioners attaining the rank of Disciple of Pure Faith. They first appeared in the Scripture on Setting the Will on Wisdom. … Continue reading The Ten Precepts of Taoism
Now Clock
We could all use a wrist watch like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfhGRqAJeRr/?
Daoist Ancient Chinese Painting
Maxwell Hearn, the head of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, demonstrates the ancient art of understanding and appreciating Chinese scroll paintings. Chinese ink paintings representing Daoism, this one included, usually portray impermanence and nothingness, sometimes referred to as the void. At the end of this painting, as the scroll is unwrapped, are … Continue reading Daoist Ancient Chinese Painting
The Idea of Yin and Yang
The magnetic pull of the opposites which are found in all of life make the whole greater and more complete. One cannot exist without the other. This video explains the concept of the YIN YANG very nicely. A mug is useful for its emptiness. Society looks down on passivity, though it is necessary for any … Continue reading The Idea of Yin and Yang
Some Favorite Jack Kerouac Quotes
"And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.""Finding Nirvana is like locating silence." (The Dharma Bums)"Bee, why are you staring at me? I am not a flower??""I'm going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.""The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, … Continue reading Some Favorite Jack Kerouac Quotes
A Taoist Poem
Like echoes of a sound, beyond our hearingIn a wide and quiet hollowWhere the river slows,Dark in the shadow of the treesAnd amber with the light of stones,The water turns upon itself, and shiftsTransparent panes above an unknown depth.Trees overhangtheir images, that seem to restUpon the dark leaves on the bottom,Where twigs and spotted shadowsTurn … Continue reading A Taoist Poem
One Seeker's Story 