Aligning with the natural order as spirit.

Taoism and Lao Tzu We often overlook that the frequency of our own energy shapes how we approach each day. By choosing to fine-tune our energy, we can adapt our actions to fit our surroundings. It’s easy to mistake the Way of Virtue for the pursuit of gain or avoidance of loss, but it’s much more than that.  I like the analogy that when someone devotes their actions to attaining, they become one with that gain. Conversely, someone who identifies with losing is bound to that loss. The same holds true for attainment, where the Tao is present. But when…

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We are meant to be guided by spirit.

When I reflect on what was on my mind over twenty-five years ago as I worked on this version of the Tao Te Ching, I realize my focus was on what it truly means to become whole. Are we merely who we appear to be, or is there more to our spirit than meets the eye? It was May 2000, and I had visited Qufu just six months earlier, in October 1999. So much had changed. When I left, I was the Assistant Planner in Boynton Beach, but now I was the Neighborhood Specialist, with my own department and budget.…

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