Cultivating Stillness
It is the purpose of a Daoist Longevity Practice. Do you have the patience to let your mud settle?
Belonging And Stillness
How do we find our place in life? In the world? A good question. Daoist adepts look to their breath-driven skills for a part of the answer. We refer to the Dao de Qing for a little guidance, too, but mostly we walk our path and turn inward. Meditation, qigong, and...
A New Course To Be Offered
Living A Daoist-Based Life In Today’s World A 20-class course that includes an examination of the Dao de Qing, and a thorough study of the “49 Barriers To Spiritual Growth.” The former is the basis of Daoist philosophy, and was written or dictated by Laozi over 2,500...
Letting Go and Stillness
As a follow-up to my previous essay on “Sorrow, Fear, and Stillness,” and to reinforce one element of the substance of that writing, I want to discuss what it means to “let go.” Zen Buddhism uses Koans to teach, short stories posing a question that can not be answered...
Sorrow, Fear, and Stillness
How do you live with sorrow in your life? How do you live with fear in your life? It is inescapable that sorrow will be a part of our life, just as it is that joy will also be a part. If we are truly lucky, they will come to us in equal measure. Whether or not they...
Simplicity And Stillness
A simple life is a good life. It is a life free from the hustle and bustle of humankind, where you can relax and enjoy the simple things in life. It is a life where you can spend time with your loved ones, and appreciate the beauty of nature. It is a life where you...
Bamboo and Stillness
A freak June storm, an ever-more-common aberration in these times of climate change-induced storms, befell the northern Berkshires last week. It offered five inches of rain, and an hour’s worth of half-inch hail that left the ground looking as though it had snowed. ...
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