If the world feels too loud today, you don’t need a mountain retreat to find your center. Tranquility can be found in the steam of a morning mug, the rhythm of a song, or the way the light hits the trees. May you find your "cabin in the woods" moment today, right where you are. #Jaye’sMorningLight
Taoist managers don’t interfere. They create conditions that help others to do their jobs. It’ll take you less than a minute to read the Tao’s approach to management where you see this photo at the bottom of our web page yourdayyourtao.org/non-action/
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Is money everything?
Shakespeare wasn't known as a Taoist, but his characters express a fair number of Taoist thoughts.
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What's the best way to help yourself?
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Photo of a page from the Tao te Ching (Verse 31) "Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint. Peace is his highest value. If the piece has been shattered, how can he be content? His enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. He doesn't wish them personal harm. Nor does he rejoice in victory. How could he rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion, as if he were attending a funeral." Verse 31, The Tao te Ching
Weapons and War
Compassion and Restraint
Verse 31, The Tao te Ching
Stephen Mitchell, Translator
"Peace begins with each one of us: in the way we look at others, listen to others, and speak about others. In this sense, the way we communicate is fundamentally important: we must say 'no' to the war of words and images; we must reject the paradigm of war." #PopeLeoXIV #Peace
brisk walk in the sun, and cold air today, saw this hardy little flower in bloom, surrounded by remnants of brown autumn leaves, and tangled in twigs. "Siberian squill is an arresting flower despite its diminutive size, thanks to its sharp gentian-blue good looks."
just love the hardy little flowers blooming in late winter and early spring.
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
~Lao Tzu
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Photo: "Dawn on Lijiang," 1984: An aerial view of a man paddling a small craft on a still river with mountains rising all around. Photographer: Heather Angel
Spring is here now, everywhere;
when ice melts, water flows, mist rises.
To use this season to meditate
on Lao Tzu’s teaching on water.
How it is soft, yielding,
yet vastly powerful.
How it transforms:
ice, water, steam,
one to another,
without losing itself.
To learn how to be like water.
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 81 – True words aren’t eloquent; eloquent words aren’t true.
Tao Te Ching - Verse 81 True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.
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Nothing in the world is softer or weaker than water, Yet nothing is better at overcoming the hard and strong.
- Tao Te Ching
It is excellent to have a giant’s strength. But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Shakespeare wasn't known as a Taoist, but his characters express a fair number of Taoist thoughts.
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How many opportunities have you missed because you’re up to your you-know-what in alligators? It takes less than a minute to read the Tao’s approach to situations like this when you see this photo on our web page yourdayyourtao.org/non-action/
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Is there anything that speaks louder than your own words?
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there's a field. I'll meet you there.
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Destroy what man makes, you're a criminal. Destroy what god makes, you're a sportsman.
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 56 – Those who know don’t talk. Those who talk don’t know.
Tao Te Ching - Verse 56 Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal…
In the Tao-Te-Ching, Non-Action doesn’t mean sitting around doing nothing. Find out more at yourdayyourtao.org/non-action/
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." — Lao Tzu
Forest Friday, the trail is beckoning, "Come out and leave your worries behind."
Is there a simple solution to nearly all our problems?.
Shakespeare wasn't known as a Taoist, but his characters express a fair number of Taoist thoughts.
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I try To Listen To The Rain by Rebecca Baggett
I’ve been exploring ways to try and open up through meditation. After eight years, everyday phenomena like sunlight through the trees can strike deeply. It’s a beautiful thing to be moved by the world, instead of being numb to it.
Don't work against the weeds, work with what they're trying to tell you.
Treat weeds as indicators of soil conditions, not enemies.
Can’t move after a big meal? Then how can you really enjoy the wonderful dessert? It takes less than a minute to read the Tao’s approach to situations like this where you see this photo at the bottom of our web page yourdayyourtao.org/non-action/
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