The Rambling Taoist

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Six The governments of latter-day society have not stored up the necessities of life; they have diluted the p...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Six To act in accord with essence is called the Way; to attain that natural essence is called virtue. After ...

It seems that some people of every generation think that life, as we know it, will end soon...very soon. You often see them standing on str...

I've often been told that one of the reasons anxiety is such a waste of energy is that it can be next too impossible to predict what may...

Nowadays, many people regard knowledge as a mere commodity to be packaged, marketed, and sold. Their interest is not in benefit for others...

About the time this gets posted, I'll be in the lovely town of Centralia, WA for my first visit to my new orthopedic surgeon. As is not ...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Five The reason people lose their lands, die at others' hands, and become a laughingstock to the world, a...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Five Those who deliberately practice etiquette polish human nature and straighten out their feelings: their e...

Zeno argues against motion by saying that if anything moves, then it must either move in the place where it is or in the place where it is ...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four Now if you have the unworthy rule over the good, then even strict penalties cannot prevent their treache...

There is no god in the sense of a cosmic father or mother who will provide all things to their children. Nor is there some heavenly bureauc...

Reading seems to be a passion in my family. My late mother was known to read several books simultaneously. My dad is a voracious reader, t...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four Those who keep their jobs and do not quit; who do not compromise in matters of justice, who do not try t...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four It is the Way of the universe to turn back when it has come to an extreme; increase leads to decrease. ~...

One of the points that we've been hearing a lot as we explore the words and thoughts of Lao Tzu is that we need to stay true to our inte...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four When the rulers are wise, they guide and judge fairly; wise and good people are in office, skilled and c...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four When writing was invented, it was employed to manage affairs; fools could use it so as not to forget thi...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Four Sage kings of ancient times derived images from heaven above, derived measurements from earth below, and...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Three So it is that when people are pressed by difficulties, then they seek means of coping with them; it is ...

from Verse One Hundred Seventy-Two What eliminates inherent virtue is self-consciousness; what shrinks essential nature is cutting off its l...