Taoist Tuesday

L E T T E R from Jac – Working With Emptiness

January 7, 2020December 1, 2020

‘We join spokes together in a wheel,but it is the centre holethat makes the wagon move. We shape clay into […]

September 10, 2019December 1, 2020

August 6, 2019December 1, 2020

The Tao Te Ching states: “Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to […]

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

‘The wind traverses the vast sky,clouds emerge from the mountains;Feelings of enlightenment and things of the worldare of no concern […]

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

This is Chapter 23 from the Tao Te Ching as translated by Stephen Mitchell. I would like to bring our […]

July 16, 2019July 15, 2019

Art by Jia Youfa; China, 1942 In Taoism, aligning oneself with ones true nature, which is all of nature, is […]

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

Some of my favourite lines from 27 of the Tao Te Ching, and some things to ponder. ‘A good traveller […]

July 2, 2019July 1, 2019

I recently read this passage from the Tao Te Ching, in respond to a wonderful student’s question, at a recent […]

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

I adore this passage, as in today’s world where action, go-getting and forcing are highly applauded, we can forget the […]

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

This translation is by Stephen Mitchell of Chapter 44 of the Tao Te Ching, that we can really saturate in. […]

June 11, 2019June 10, 2019

There are so many ways to unpack this. The essence of it is to align with nature. When we align […]

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019

Taoism is a beautiful philosophy I have been studying now for decades, and it still eludes me, catches my curiosity […]