Daoism (Taoism) 道教

How many of us understand what communication is really all about? #Daoism #Taoism #Communication

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-communication?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I'm working through some issues from an old episode of Stargate Atlantis to explain some ideas I have about time.

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-time?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Time #Taoism #Daoism #Zhuangzi

I'd like to learn about taoism, the teachings and their historical context.

Do you have a suggestion for english language works on the subject? How did you first learn about the subject?

How does and intelligent and sensitive person deal with the Climate Emergency? Or any other really depressing aspect of life? https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-and-pessimism-52a?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true #ClimateChange #Daoism #Taoism

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/faith-and-mind-fasting?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If people reject the idea of faith, perhaps they would benefit from the Daoist idea of "mind fasting".

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/freedom-and-destiny-9da?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Daoism #Taoism #Freedom #Destiny

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/aspiration-versus-realization?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true #Daoism #Taoism #Anxiety

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/fatalism-liezi-and-politics-cb3?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Daoism #Taoism #Fate #Politics

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/different-religions-different-visions-758?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

How are we supposed to understand past deeds in our human relationships?

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/daoist-morality-535?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Taoism #Daoism #Morality

What exactly is the end goal of spiritual practice? https://billhulet.substack.com/p/what-is-enlightenment-fbd

Knowledge 智 Life is Beauty, Terror, Knowledge. A crucial part of following Tao is seeking knowledge. All the efforts of self-cultivation are meant to make us a fit vehicle for that search. Sometimes what we learn is not pleasant. With learning, we glimpse life as it really is, and that is difficult to bear. That is why spiritual progress is slow: not because no one will tell us the secrets, but because we ourselves must overcome sentiment and fear before we can grasp it. There is an underbelly of terror to all life. It is suffering, it is hurt. Deep within all of us are intense fears that have left few of us whole. Life's terrors haunt us, attack us, leave ugly cuts. To buffer ourselves, we dwell on beauty, we collect things, we fall in love, we desperately try to make something lasting in our lives. We take beauty as the only worthwhile thing in this existence, but it cannot veil cursing, violence, randomness, and injustice. Only knowledge removes this fear. If we were shown the whole truth, we could not stand it. Both lovely and horrible details make us human, and when knowledge threatens to show us our follies, we may realize that we are not yet ready to leave them behind. Then the veil closes again, and we sit meditating before it, trying to prepare ourselves for the moment when we dare to part the curtain completely.

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Translation

Place the word Tao

Into your heart.

Use no other words.

Why do so many people seek foreign religions? Why are so many of our philosophies translations from other languages?

Surely we are all human beings, with hearts and minds, two hands and two legs. Each of us needs spirituality, but why must we always look abroad?

People who investigate Tao ask whether they have to be Chinese to benefit from it. It is true that part of the study of Tao is strictly Chinese. It is also true that this Taoism has never been exported unlike Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Chris-tianity, or Judaism—and has never been preached beyond the Five Sacred Mountains of China. It is elitist, to protect itself from coarse unbelievers. But this Taoism is not the Tao you need.

The true Tao is of no nationality, no religion. It is far beyond the conceptions of even the most brilliant human being, so it cannot be the property of one race or culture. The need to understand Tao is universal; people just give it different names in their native languages. Tao is the very essence of life itself, so those who are alive always have the possibility of knowing Tao. It is meant to be found in the here and now, and it is within the grasp of any sincere seeker.