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Taoism is very much a tradition that is transmitted verbally from master to student over the generations. Because of this, some of the shamanic roots of Taoism still survive today. Taoism historically is also a very flexible practice which includes traditional chinese medicine (TCM), spiritual healing and Qi Gong exercise practices. Taoism is a ...
Within Personal Tao and Awakening Dragon Taoism there is a structure to help people live a better life. Practice acceptance & kindness (while releasing drama). Expand your awareness: refining your actions over time. Work with your challenges to (1) learn more about yourself and then (2) refining your stories.
Summing up a Long Life. The nature of our life is eternal already. The true point and secret of the Taoist longevity practices are to live well and with clarity. In living well, Taoists do live longer than average lifespans. More importantly, Taoist practice, ensures a healthy body and mind to enjoy a long lifespan.
Taoism as a practice, enjoys examining patterns. Over the years countless sects of Taoism have formed and quite a bit of literature was written over the delineation and description of these patterns. Often Taoists use the concept of Yin Yang as a familiar starting template to work with patterns.
The fast answer is: the difference is only the spelling. Daoism and Taoism are the same. It’s a translation issue of Chinese to English or the Pinyin factor. In short, for a few years, the West translated Chinese “D” to “T”. The Chinese government then switched more recently back to “D”. From the surface level, we are only looking ...
Truth is a story of the facts. For some personal truth is a fishing tale, more story than fact. For some truth is literal, more fact than story. Truth is complicated. Taoism teaches that from a human perspective one absolute truth can be defined or embraced by a person: We are who we actively live in our heart to be!
Taoism helps, as it helps simplify the understanding of these internal conflicts we accumulate in life. Taoism teaches patience of time. In a rush to complete goals people get impatient with not making progress. Time is irrelevant to a Taoist. As a result working through a midlife crisis isn’t overwhelming to a Taoist.
Or in Latin: “HC SVNT DRACONES”. This was the saying to denote dangerous or unexplored territories, in unknown blank areas of maps. It’s very fitting that as a practice no religion or philosophy embraces dragons more in my mind than Taoism itself. The Tao represents the unknown, those blanks areas of the map, those places we go to explore ...
It’s in life that we are eternal in Taoism. The afterlife is within life itself. We are of the Tao when living and upon death are the Tao again. We are always, eternally, within our essence. Death, on the other hand, is when you are outside of your story. Understand the expression of a life is within life. We touch upon echoes of existence.
The core of Taoism is about kindness. The sage releases their own stories, while accepting the stories of others. The sage is kind to the kind and also kind to the unkind: for virtue is holding to kindness. Being as a child, within grace, when allowing ourselves to percieve and embrace essence without judgment. Tao Te Ching, Chapter 49
