Following the Way to virtue.

Taoism and Lao Tzu Acknowledging history and what comes before us as our memories unfold of cause and effect are often in keeping with an awakening of our own spirit. Of knowing that if certain things occur, surely future events can be foretold. Lao Tzu in the Tao Te Ching lays out clearly the road or path of virtue that we are meant to follow with everyone finding their own way. He begins chapter/verse seventy-six by conveying where both hard and soft can lead. That when people are born, they are soft and supple, and when they die, they are…

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Knowing Heaven as the conduit for living.

Taoism and Lao Tzu I think any study of life and our endeavors, eventually leads to what we know as death and what if anything comes next. Lao Tzu had been experiencing how we perceive both his entire life. He had seen how our decisions and experiences enabled us to see both clearly. How cause and effect dictate what follows. His writing the Tao Te Ching was in practice how it comes down to virtue. Both our own and what we create that impacts how we live. Lao Tzu was a renowned advisor to governments who often was credited for…

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