The Tao of Disagreement

Trey Smith

One theme I return to again and again and again is the idea that there is no one right way or path. While there is nothing inherently wrong with listening to or learning from others, we each must blaze our own trail through this jungle called life.

This is the chief reason I opened up this blog to more writers. Now that there are five of us, readers are afforded five different perspectives that intersect directly or indirectly with philosophical Taoism.

When TRT was solely my personal blog, you only were afforded one Taoist perspective. I sometimes worried that folks new to Taoist thought might place too much emphasis on my ruminations. I mean, if this was the only place a person read about Taoist philosophy, the danger is that some might assume that Trey's take on Taoism represented the ONLY take on this subject.

That's no longer an issue these days. In Scott, Ta-Wan, Shawn and Baroness Radon, we have four capable philosophers who offer glimpses on how each sees and contemplates existence and the world around them. If you haven't noticed, these 4 don't always agree with each other...or me, for that matter.

While there may be times the 5 of us will agree on certain ideas and concepts, chances are that most of the time we won't see precisely eye-to-eye. Sometimes those differences will be ticky-tacky; at other times, they will seem like huge chasms.

I see this happenstance as a glowing positive, not a dark negative. As Scott is known to write, "All is well."

He is right. All IS well.