Podcasts about lao tzu

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In this episode, we explore Verse 20 of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell translation). Unlike previous chapters focused on governance or the physical world, this verse offers a rare, intimate glimpse into the inner life of Lao Tzu. It is a profound meditation on shedding the performative nature of adulthood and returning to a state of untarnished existence.The Problem with "Thinking": Lao Tzu isn't advocating for the total absence of thought, but rather the cessation of the "constant background calculation"—the endless internal scorecard of yes/no, win/lose, and right/wrong that we impose on reality.The "Parade" of Expectations: The verse compares society's collective ambition to a loud, surging parade. While others are caught in the current of communal goals and excitement, the sage stands on the sidelines, "expressionless, like an infant before it can smile." This represents a state of being prior to learning how to use emotions as currency to gain approval.Freedom from Accumulation: Lao Tzu contrasts the "bright" and "sharp" people of the world—those who have curated reputations, purposes, and plans—with his own "dark" and "dull" nature. He suggests that being "dull" is a form of freedom: he is unpolished because he is not trying to be a tool for someone else's agenda.The Cult of Purpose: In a world obsessed with finding and living a specific "purpose," Lao Tzu admits he doesn't know his own. He suggests that drifting like the wind or a wave isn't a lack of direction, but a profound trust in the natural flow of life.The Great Mother: The verse concludes not with emptiness, but with nourishment. By abandoning the "anxious performance" of trying to fit in and succeed, the speaker finds he is still sustained by the source—the "Great Mother."What parts of your current life feel like an "anxious performance" designed to prove your worth to an imaginary panel of judges?How much of your daily mental energy is spent on the "scoring" of yes/no or win/lose? What would happen if you sat with those thoughts and simply let them be, without identifying with them?Are you able to find rest in "not knowing," or does the pressure to have a defined purpose make you feel like you are failing?

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”This idea, often attributed to philosopher Lao Tzu, is a powerful reminder that the way we think shapes the life we create.Our mindset, especially during times of change like the job search process, has a profound impact on how we show up. It influences our job interview confidence, our resilience, and our ability to focus on the things we can actually control.After going through several interviews myself, I realized just how much the conversations I was having with myself affected the way I walked into the interview room. These affirmations were born from that experience. They helped me replace self-doubt with confidence, fear with preparation, and scarcity with abundance.I hope you'll listen to this episode before your next interview and allow these affirmations to become part of your routine. If this episode encourages you, be sure to follow Girl, You're Hired: Job Interview Tips Podcast for more career advice, interview tips, motivation, and affirmations to help you land the opportunities you deserve.

Send us Fan MailSomething wild happens when your life hits a season you can't “power through.” I'm sharing a personal update I've been living inside of lately: pregnancy, the humbling first trimester, and what it forces me to release when my usual productivity stories stop working. If you're a mom, a caregiver, a go-getter, or anyone moving through change, this is for the days when success looks like making it to bedtime and calling that sacred.We talk about tiny rituals as spiritual practice and realistic self-care. Not the fantasy of two uninterrupted hours, but the two-minute practices that bring you home: lighting a candle, making tea, watering a plant, stepping outside barefoot, taking five deep belly breaths, or putting your legs up the wall. I share how these micro-rituals build steadiness, protect your peace, and help you reorient when your nervous system is loud and your mind is spinning.Then we go deeper into community as medicine. I reflect on the kind of relationships that don't just validate you, but actually help you remember who you are. That also means grieving false belonging, noticing where familiarity isn't alignment, and trusting your nervous system before your thoughts catch up. We unpack expansion vs contraction, boundaries around gossip, and why nature is such a powerful teacher when you're tempted to hurry.If you're craving depth and ceremony, I also share details on the Beyond the Veil retreat (July 25 to 26 at Woodmont Day Camp in upstate New York) and what we're creating together with shamanic journeying, grief wisdom, and sacred space. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show.✨ Three Elena TruthsYour nervous system often recognizes what belongs long before your mind catches up.Tiny daily rituals have the power to keep you connected to yourself when life won't make space for long spiritual practices.Every meaningful life requires grieving the relationships, expectations, and identities that no longer align with who you're becoming.

AI is forcing us to define what being human is. So, did our host, an art curator and writer, dare to create a Manifesto? Awkward? Or are we not used to women proclaiming things? How can art–seemingly at the brink of commodification–bear new forms of being human? Or is does it spotlight you, art wanderer? The self-help book "Tiny Experiments " by Anne-Laure Le Cunff sparked this art question: why did it excite such a meditative exploration of the role of art, and its urgent proclamation? Tune in to find out.Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaWhat else to do when we live in a society of images, but don't know what they are? In Joana's words: "Art Wonderment is me, howling, in recognition, in celebration, in fear, in respect, in defiance." Read the rest of her text here because a podcast episode is not the same beast as a text. The complete experience combines the two.Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.With the wonderful Catalan artist Susanna INGLADA; the timeless wisdom of LAO TZU's Tao Te Ching translated by Ursula K. LE GUIN–, the most innovative Portuguese poet, Fernando PESSOA and his mind blowing creation of more than 100 heteronyms (poets he invented with a persona, a life, and their own authored poetry), amongst which the most extreme of them all, Alberto Caeiro.Art Etiquette Segment guest: Spencer Moore, Creator and host of The Hairy Chin PodcastArt question: why is contemporary art not considered art?Soon: Bonus – full length Art Etiquette episodes.Come for the art, stay for the creative writing–segment, Brainstorm in a Teacup, where Joana reads short texts from her notebooks exposing her inner thoughts and strange fictional flash writing.Jingle: "Wunder", experimental poem by Joana P. R. Neves.00:00:00 - Intro: A Different Start + Featured Artist Susanna Inglada00:02:06 - The Self-Help trap00:13:36 - Art Wonderment Manifesto00:19:26 - Art Etiquette with S. Moore: why is contemporary art not considered art?00:28:25 - Art Wonderment Manifesto – Holding the paradox wit artist Susanna Inglada00:33:07 - The mysterious life of Portugal's most intriguing poet, Fernando Pessoa00:42:06 - Brainstorm in a Teacup00:43:55 - A message, a rant, a call for voice notes, a see you soonDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas' first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana's publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment's' embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: joana@exhibitionistaspodcast.comCopyright: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Pour yourself a warm cup, find a quiet corner, and let the noise of the day fade away for a little while. In this episode of The Coffee Buzz, we unpack the provocative and deeply liberating words of Verse 19 of the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu challenges us to drop our exhausting performances of holiness, morality, and endless industry, pointing us instead toward a radical simplicity that lives right at the center of our everyday lives. We explore how stepping off the wheel of constant striving allows our innate goodness to take over.In This Episode, We Pour Over:The Performance Trap: Why trying too hard to look wise or good builds a wall between us and genuine, unforced happiness.The Root of Compliance: Looking at how modern systems of manufactured justice and profit can inadvertently erode organic human empathy and trust.The Center of the Circle: A practical look at finding stillness within the hub of life, letting go of the need for control, and letting things settle into place naturally.Featured Reading: Verse 19 of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell translation).Join the Conversation: Where do you feel the heavy weight of "performance" or "hustle" in your life right now? What changes in your day when you step back to the center of the circle and just let things be? Let me know in the comments below. If this reflection brought a bit of quiet to your day, feel free to subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment to slow down. See you on the next one.

This episode is a replay from The Existential Stoic library. Enjoy! What is the Daoist concept of wu-wei? Is wu-wei similar to any concepts from Western philosophy? In this episode, Danny and Randy discuss the Daoist concept of wu-wei or effortless action.Subscribe to ESP's YouTube Channel! Thanks for listening!  Do you have a question you want answered in a future episode? If so, send your question to: existentialstoic@protonmail.com

Acaba esta temporada com um dos autores mais recomendados neste podcast, que veio finalmente falar de leituras que o marcaram. E, claro, passamos por alguns dos muitos romances que escreveu, especialmente pelo último: A Cozinheira do Ditador.Os livros que o multi-artista escolheu:Odisseia, Homero, Tradução Frederico Lourenço;Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu;Kramp (2007), Maria José Ferrada.Outras referências:Ursula Le Guin:A tradução comentada do Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu;Teoria da Cesta;Steering the Craft.O que levei como sugestão/oferta:História Global da Alimentação Portuguesa, Direcção de José Eduardo Franco, Coordenação de Isabel Drumond Braga;Plano B:Diários de Viagem, Matsuo Basho;Plano C:Espinosa, o Messias da Liberdade, Ian Buruma.Os livros aqui:www.wook.pt

In this second part of our investigation into the Tao Te Ching, we cover some of the many, many, many shapes its teachings have been bent into over the last 2,500 years—from the inspiration for an alchemy-and-sex cult that accidentally invented gunpowder to the basis for the most popular science fiction film franchise in history. Join us as we discuss Chinese demon hunters, bad management advice, and—yes—Star Wars.Need a transcript of this episode, or want to see the reading list? Click here. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to share us with friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Throughout history, humanity's greatest teachers all pointed toward the same ancient wisdom, one that has the power to transform your mindset and your life.This open secret has always been there. Yet somehow it's being missed, and barely anyone is talking about it.If you struggle with overthinking, self doubt, anxiety, fear of failure or self sabotage, this personal development episode was made for you.Discover what the open secret is, what it means on a deeper level, and how you can begin to apply mindfulness and inner wisdom to create a truly powerful and fulfilling life.SHOW NOTES:This episode covers topics including inner peace, mindfulness, meditation and personal development. If you are struggling with overthinking, self doubt, anxiety, fear of failure or self sabotage then this episode was made for you. Drawing on ancient wisdom from teachers including Buddha, Lao Tzu, Carl Jung and Eckhart Tolle, mindset coach Paul Sheppard reveals how a peaceful and present mind creates a powerful life full of possibility and potential. Topics explored include present moment awareness, self discovery, self improvement, mental health, spiritual growth and how to quiet a busy mind and begin trusting yourself again.Please do check out the accompanying meditation A Peaceful & Present Mind Meditation too, out very soon and subscribe so you never miss an episode.https://youtu.be/lXffT9h4Cjc?si=BPC6Ha3-r3grTkjn. 5 Minute Meditationhttps://youtu.be/Px5U8R_p-oc?si=z17yvu58nJ_A6acy 10 Minute Easy Meditation.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Sheppard has been Mindset Coach and Therapist for over 20 years, specialising in coaching people in his office in Hove and online to move beyond their egos for transformational lasting life change. His first book Anxiety is Your Wake Up Call is due out shortly. You can contact Paul, join his community, newsletter and explore his socials and blogs via the link below. https://mindsetchangeuk.com/useful-links/

Lao Tzu tells us that all of the words used to describe God's magnificence fall short of experiencing Divine Love. The way of Divine Love is prayer: to be still and open, with longings of at-onement with the Creator. Go to divinelovesanctuary.ca to learn more about God's Divine Love. Or visit facebook.com/divinelovesanctuaryfoundation/live for previous circle recordings or soul-truth.ca and new-birth.net to browse transcripts of previous messages.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.  — Lao Tzu Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

Pour yourself a cup of coffee, find a comfortable chair, and let the world slow down for a few minutes. In this episode of The Coffee Buzz, we look past the noise of our attention-driven culture to sit with the quiet wisdom of Verse 17 of the Tao Te Ching. This verse offers a radical perspective on how we influence, guide, and care for the people around us. True leadership isn't about standing on a podium or demanding obedience; it's about building trust, stepping out of the spotlight, and allowing others to discover their own strength. Today, we unpack Lao Tzu's hierarchy of power and talk about the quiet dignity of becoming a catalyst rather than a conductor in our daily lives.In This Episode, We Pour Over:The Spectrum of Control: Why our cultural obsession with being loved and praised as leaders might actually get in the way of true growth.The Trust Trap: Unpacking how micromanagement and suspicion inadvertently manufacture the very untrustworthiness we fear.The Power of the Catalyst: How to create space for others to succeed, step out of the spotlight, and celebrate the beautiful moment when they can say, "We did it ourselves."Featured Reading:Verse 17 of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell translation).Join the Conversation:Where do you find yourself gripping the wheel too tightly in your life right now? What is one area where stepping back might actually allow the people around you to step up? Let me know in the comments below.If you enjoyed this reflection, please subscribe and share it with someone who might need a quiet moment today. See you on the next one.

A Qmen Perspective with Kevin and Johnny Boy The God Thing, the Blue Angel, and the Battle to Remember Who Humanity Really Is Banjo Bread, Solar Storms, and a Grand Rising Start In this episode of A Qmen Perspective, hosts Kevin and Johnny Boy open with gratitude to BBS Radio TV and a warm “Grand Rising” greeting for Asha and Q Day. They promote several related BBS Radio TV shows, including All Learning Reimagined, Whiplash Talk, Project Review with Q&A, and A St. Thomas Show. The hosts then ease into personal conversation, with Johnny Boy talking about making organic bread and Kevin sharing concerns about aches, fatigue, joint pain, and possible ascension symptoms connected to solar activity and incoming energy. When the Sun Feels Different and the Body Starts Talking Kevin and Johnny Boy discuss the possibility that people are feeling physical symptoms from solar energy, photon streams, coronal mass ejections, and ascension-related recalibration. Kevin references astrophysicist Stefan Burns as someone he follows for information about solar activity, earthquakes, volcanoes, and space weather. Johnny Boy agrees that many people seem to be experiencing similar symptoms and suggests that the sun itself feels different in color, heat, and energetic impact. They invite listeners to call in if they are experiencing similar symptoms or energetic changes. Opening the ForThePeople.Space Files The main discussion centers on articles from ForThePeople.Space, which Kevin and Johnny Boy say they have been covering regularly because they believe the site provides important information connected to Q, Asha, awakening, and disclosure. They explain that many listeners may not have time to read the articles themselves, so the hosts offer a “CliffsNotes” style discussion. The first and primary article they examine is titled “The God Thing,” categorized under aliens and the Great Awakening, and tied to a movie script by Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek. Star Trek as a Hidden Memory Trigger Kevin and Johnny Boy discuss the article's claim that Star Trek was not merely entertainment, but a kind of documentary or encoded reminder meant to awaken humanity to a future without war, poverty, or disease. They describe how Gene Roddenberry's hopeful vision of humanity touched viewers because it stirred hidden truths buried deep within them. The hosts frame Star Trek as part of a larger awakening narrative, where fictional stories may carry spiritual or historical clues that help people remember who they really are. Gene Roddenberry's Shelved Script and the False God Ship The hosts summarize Roddenberry's rejected feature-film script “The God Thing.” In the script, Spock senses danger, the Enterprise is refitted above Earth, and crowds on Earth begin receiving impressions that the second coming of God is near. A massive alien ship approaches, destroys another Starfleet vessel, and sends a holographic probe aboard the Enterprise. The hologram appears as Jesus, leading Kirk to identify it as God, but the crew eventually discovers that the being is not divine. Instead, the article describes it as an alien computer-ship entity pretending to be God. Project Blue Beam Echoes and a Holographic Second Coming Kevin and Johnny Boy connect Roddenberry's script to Project Blue Beam and the idea of a staged alien invasion or false second coming. They note that the script was completed in 1975, around the same general era in which Werner von Braun is said to have warned about a fake alien threat. The hosts suggest that Roddenberry may have been foreshadowing or exposing a false religious event involving holographic deception. They emphasize that in the script, the supposed God figure is eventually revealed as Lucifer, a deceiver tied to religious manipulation across planets. Pleasure, Pain, and the Old Empire Trap The discussion turns to a graphic scene from the script involving Kirk being tested through sexual temptation and physical discomfort. Kevin and Johnny Boy interpret this as symbolic of what the article calls the Old Empire's capture systems, which lure spirits through euphoric pleasure mixed with pain. They connect this to Q-related teachings about death, the tunnel of light, memory erasure, and reincarnation traps. Kevin says this reminds him of warnings not to automatically “go into the light,” while Johnny Boy adds that such systems are presented as a way spirits are allegedly captured, erased, and recycled. The Roswell Thread and the Memory of the Spirit The hosts then move into Roswell-related material from the article, referencing the alien pilot Airl and the 1947 Roswell interview narrative. The article describes Airl as speaking about the Domain Expeditionary Force and its efforts to counter Old Empire religious systems. Kevin and Johnny Boy discuss claims that powerful beings from the “creation light ship” incarnated on Earth as teachers to help humanity regain memory and spiritual power. They mention Buddha, Lao Tzu, Jesus, and other figures as examples of beings whose teachings were allegedly distorted by Old Empire operatives. Jesus, Forgotten Power, and the Original Sin of Amnesia Kevin and Johnny Boy emphasize the article's interpretation that Jesus taught humans they could do the works he did and even greater things, suggesting equality of spiritual potential rather than permanent inferiority. They connect humanity's loss of memory and spiritual power to electrocution, DNA manipulation, and Old Empire control systems. Johnny Boy suggests that this manipulation may be the real “original sin,” while Kevin imagines a future in which medical and energetic technologies remove fear of death, restore bodies, extend life, and allow people to retain memory and identity without repeating cycles of amnesia. A Warning About Old Empire Scripts and Religious Defense The hosts discuss the article's claim that Old Empire operatives promoted the idea that Lucifer would come speaking against all religions, thereby conditioning people to defend old doctrines rather than listen to their own spirit. Kevin and Johnny Boy interpret this as a clever control mechanism meant to keep people locked into religious programming. They also discuss the idea that Project Blue Beam has already been stopped by White Hats, President Trump, and military operations that allegedly destroyed the relevant technology, preventing a false alien invasion or fake religious spectacle from being used against humanity. The Blue Angel, Moses, and a Radical Reinterpretation After a music break, the hosts return with the article's section on the Blue Angel, a Byzantine mosaic figure described in the article as the fallen angel Lucifer. They examine claims about the Church of Saint Apollonaris in Ravenna, Italy, and its mosaic of the sheep and goats, with red, purple, and blue symbolism. The article associates blue with coldness, cruelty, underworld energy, and death, while red represents warmth, light, life, and love. Kevin and Johnny Boy also discuss the article's controversial claim that Moses was connected to Lucifer or the fallen angel, citing Michelangelo's horned sculpture of Moses as part of that interpretation. Disclosure Day, Spielberg, and the Claimed Collapse of Blue Beam The hosts then cover material involving Serge Monast, Project Blue Beam, Jeff Bezos, DARPA, Epstein, Mossad, the CIA, Jesuits, Chinese Communist Party operations, Canadian bases, and alleged military actions shutting down Blue Beam infrastructure. They also discuss the article's claims about Steven Spielberg's film Disclosure Day, which the article says was originally intended to help launch Project Blue Beam but was altered after White Hat operations dismantled key parts of the plan. Kevin and Johnny Boy present the material as part of a larger disclosure narrative in which fear-based alien manipulation is being replaced by truth. Mark Twain, Being Fooled, and the Challenge of Disclosure The hosts briefly move to a second, shorter article about Mark Twain, centered on the quote, “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled.” Kevin and Johnny Boy connect that idea to future disclosure, the expected EBS, and the challenge of helping “normies” accept information they may have rejected when hearing it from friends or family. They suggest that when official disclosure arrives, many people may remember that they had previously been told similar things and begin to understand that they were fooled by old systems. Old Monkeys, Bad Jokes, and a Lighthearted Landing Near the end, Kevin and Johnny Boy shift into humor, trading jokes about aging, aches, natural resources, attention deficit, hearing problems, marriage, and dating. This lighthearted ending balances the heavier discussion of spiritual deception, false gods, and disclosure. They thank listeners for spending time with “a couple of old monkeys on the bar,” and remind everyone to go within the heart, stay in loving frequencies, stay calm, flow like water, remain grounded, reduce phone and computer use, and spend time in nature and the sun. Closing the Perspective With Heart and Grounding The episode closes with Kevin and Johnny Boy saying they enjoyed the discussion, even though it mostly focused on one major ForThePeople.Space article. They emphasize that the material was important and worth exploring carefully. The hosts tell listeners they will return the following Saturday, June 20, for another live show on BBS Radio TV, continuing their discussions of ForThePeople.Space articles on A Qmen Perspective. Their final message is rooted in love, grounding, inner awareness, and preparing for future disclosure.

En el presente episodio tendremos ocasión de compartir una de las obras filosóficas más importantes de todos los tiempos, atribuida a Lao Tzu o Lao Tsé, según sea pronunciado, aunque muchos historiadores consideran que pudo ser una obra colectiva compilada a lo largo del tiempo y basada en enseñanzas orales taoístas. Hablamos de Tao Te Ching o el libro del sendero, un libro breve y poético que describe el Tao como el principio eterno e indefinible del universo, la fuente de todas las cosas y un orden natural que fluye espontáneamente. El Tao surge en la antigua China, alrededor de los siglos VI al IV a. C. en un contexto de crisis social y política conocido como el período de primaveras y otoños y los reinos combatientes. En dicho tiempo muchos pensadores buscaban comprender el orden natural y la mejor forma de vivir en armonía. Aunque el Tao no puede explicarse completamente con palabras, solo puede experimentarse viviendo en armonía con él. Conformado por 81 breves capítulos, he deseado elaborar este personal audiolibro para el propio disfrute de todos los oyentes y poder adentrarse en esta maravillosa obra e imperecedera filosofía. CONTACTO: eliniciado@yahoo.com Este programa no tiene ánimo de lucro ni será monetizado, por el contrario el único afán es la máxima difusión de cuestiones que nos atañen a todos.

What happens when humanity reaches a spiritual breaking point?In this extraordinary conversation, Anjie Hipple channels some of history's greatest ascended masters — including Babaji, Lao Tzu, Quan Yin, Confucius, Yeshua (Jesus), Krishna, Mary Magdalene, Buddha, and Paramahansa Yogananda — each delivering profound teachings about the collapse of old systems, humanity's spiritual awakening, and the rebirth now unfolding on Earth.Throughout this deeply transformational episode, the masters speak about consciousness, divine love, stillness, sovereignty, fear, femininity, spiritual evolution, and humanity's future. Their messages reveal why the world appears chaotic, what humanity is truly being prepared for, and how each soul can move into peace, awakening, and higher consciousness during this monumental shift.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/next-level-soul-podcast-with-alex-ferrari--4858435/support.Take your spiritual journey to the next level with Next Level Soul TV — our dedicated streaming home for conscious storytelling and soulful transformation.Experience exclusive programs, original series, movies, tv shows, workshops, audiobooks, meditations, and a growing library of inspiring content created to elevate, heal, and awaken. Begin your membership or explore our free titles here: https://www.nextlevelsoul.tv

Lao Tzu is known for the saying 'the journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step.' And those of us on the Divine Love path can likewise take a step at a time.  Go to divinelovesanctuary.ca to learn more about God's Divine Love. Or visit facebook.com/divinelovesanctuaryfoundation/live for previous circle recordings or soul-truth.ca and new-birth.net to browse transcripts of previous messages.

In this episode, we step away from the cultural demand for constant optimization and sit with Verse 14 of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell translation). Lao Tzu takes us to the very edge of language, dismantling our reliance on seeing, hearing, and grasping to verify reality. We explore the concept of "negative space" in life, why you can't think your way into the Tao, and what it truly means to be "at ease in your own life"—not by arriving somewhere new, but by remembering where you came from.Look, and it can't be seen.Listen, and it can't be heard.Reach, and it can't be grasped.Above, it isn't bright.Below, it isn't dark.Seamless, unnameable, it returns to the realm of nothing.Form that includes all forms, image without an image, subtle, beyond all conception.Approach it and there is no beginning; follow it and there is no end.You can't know it, but you can be it, at ease in your own life.Just realize where you come from: this is the essence of wisdom.The Verse— Tao Te Ching, Verse 14 (Trans. Stephen Mitchell)

Meet Kevin Deasy, Fractional Director and Senior Management Consultant in IT Digital Transformation. To Kevin, leadership is the art of influencing and guiding a group toward a shared destination, standing in stark contrast to the "command and control" nature of managers. He believes true leaders don't need a title; instead, they rely on deep self-awareness and the wisdom to surround themselves with people more talented than they are. Kevin views communication as the ultimate “differentiator” in the age of AI, prioritizing the ability to listen and maintain respect even when opinions clash. Outside of the digital world, he finds balance and joy in Irish history, hot yoga, and the stress-relieving power of the sea. A quote that resonates with him: A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the group will say they did it themselves – Lao Tzu.

Ever seen or doodled a yin-yang symbol? Does the proverb "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" ring a bell? You've brushed up against the Tao Te Ching, one of the most influential works of Ancient Chinese literature that's also the foundational text of Taoism (pronounced "daoism"), China's major native religion. Traditionally ascribed to a scholar called Lao-Tzu, the Tao Te Ching was likely a collection of related poems and proverbs by many authors, collected into an anthology around 350 BCE. In this episode, we walk through some of the main concepts, including the Tao as a cosmic force, the principle of wu wei, or non-action, and how you can see the tensions of China's Warring States Period (c. 475–221 BCE) shining through in the text.Want a transcript or access to the list of references we used for this episode? Click here. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Merel: When a Hub-and-Spoke Executive Hijacks Your Agile Transformation — And What to Do About It Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes.   "Either you're going to do what you know works, or you're going to step away. Either way, you're not going to do damage to your client." - Peter Merel   After a successful transformation at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Peter Merel moved to Westpac, another major Australian bank, expecting to replicate the same approach. He found an executive who appeared eager to support an agile transformation — but this executive saw agile as the ideal form of micromanagement. Everything and everyone revolved around this one individual, and as Peter began facilitating conversations that didn't hub on the executive, the executive felt disempowered. Peter was blind to this dynamic — he had never encountered it before. The situation deteriorated because Peter had been hired to run a push-based transformation, when he knew from experience that only pull-based transformation works. At Commonwealth Bank, he had built a thin steel thread from business through to DevOps with a small group, proved it worked, and then grown it organically. At Westpac, he let himself be persuaded to push change into the organization, and it compromised everything. The lesson Peter shares is stark: if you can't do what you know works, and you can't step away, then you are the problem. He also warns that when coaches fail this way, they make life harder for whoever comes next — a responsibility that's easy to overlook in the moment.   In this segment, we talk about pull-based transformation and why push-based change programs consistently fail in large organizations.   Self-reflection Question: Are you currently in a situation where you've compromised on your approach to change — and if so, are you doing more damage by staying than you would by stepping away? Featured Book of the Week: The Agile Way by Peter Merel Peter's own book, The Agile Way, is his modern translation of the Tao Te Ching — a 3,000-year-old text he argues was originally about how to achieve agile development in organizations large and small. Peter first started translating this text in 1989, and after decades of iteration, the book draws connections between ancient wisdom and modern agile practices — XP, Lean, Theory of Constraints, throughput accounting, and permaculture. As Peter explains, "The sage in Lao Tzu is Shang Ren — agile people. This is a book about agile people, agility, and it always was." The book is available at agile.way.pm, and Kent Beck, who wrote the foreword, calls it "a dangerous little book" — dangerous in the same sense as the word extreme.   [The Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

We want to hear from you! Please, send us a text comment or suggestion. In this episode of Home Sweet Home, we explore a timeless and thought-provoking perspective on love through the wisdom of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching. Together, we unpack five distinct expressions of love, from the unhealthy patterns of possessiveness, codependency, and romantic illusion to the freer, more mature forms of love rooted in openness, compassion, and harmony. This conversation challenges the common cultural idea that love is about ownership, control, or finding the “perfect” person, and instead invites us to consider love as something deeper: a way of relating to others and to life itself. As we move through these five levels, we reflect on how fear, ego, and insecurity can distort love, and how awareness can help us move toward relationships that are healthier, more authentic, and less conditional. Ultimately, this episode is a reminder that love is not just something we seek—it is something we learn to embody. To find out more about Rod McCall and Eryk's Place of Hope check out https://fortheloveoferyk.com/ & https://eryksplaceofhope.com/Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Send us Fan MailIn this returning visit to the Spiritually Inspired Show, poet, artist, and holistic community builder Flowing River shares how three years of dedicated mantra meditation under a single spiritual teacher — Bahador Sangjee — fundamentally transformed his understanding of the spiritual path. Drawing on metaphors of mountain trails, digging one hole, and the wisdom of enlightened sages from Buddha to Guru Nanak to Lao Tzu, he makes the case that simplicity, devotion, and depth are far more powerful than the "rainbow path" of collecting spiritual experiences across many traditions. He weaves together his 19-year digital marketing background, his disillusionment with the ego-driven business world, the dangers of AI dependence, the science of tea and its L-theanine chemistry, and the philosophy behind Drishti House — his Daoist tea ceremony space in Santa Barbara — into a single, unified vision: that true creativity, true healing, and true leadership all flow from the same source — the willingness to go inward, stay still, and surrender to what is already within you. Contact Flowing River.Support the show

In this episode, we dive into one of the most practical and paradoxically profound chapters of the Tao Te Ching: Verse Eleven. We explore Lao Tzu's fascination with the "nothing" at the center of things—the hole in the wheel, the hollow of a pot, and the space within a room.Society teaches us to value what is tangible and "full," but this episode challenges that notion, reminding us that while we work with being, it is non-being that we actually use.The Load-Bearing Nothing: Why the most functional part of a wheel is the part that isn't there.Playing the Rests: Understanding "negative space" through the lens of music and silence.The Architecture of Life: A reminder that a house is only livable because of the space inside, not the walls themselves.Inventory vs. Utility: Moving away from a "full cup" mentality to create capacity for new experiences."A life that is all structure and no space — all doing and no room to receive — is like a house with no interior. It looks solid from the outside... but you can't even live in it yourself."We join spokes together in a wheel,but it is the center holethat makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot,but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house,but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being,but non-being is what we use.The "Hollow" Check:Look at your schedule for the day. Is there an intentional gap where you aren't producing or consuming? If your day is 100% "spokes" and 0% "center hole," how is your wagon supposed to move? Find five minutes today to simply be the vessel.Key Themes & ReflectionsFeatured QuoteThe Verse (Stephen Mitchell)Practical Takeaway

In this fifth-day talk, offered during the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Senko and Sensei Monshin explore the ninth ox-herding picture, Returning to the Source — the stage where effort ceases and life simply flows. Drawing on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the Xin Xin Ming, and the Song of the Grass Hut, Monshin traces the difference between striving and ease, and how returning to the source is not… Source

Today, Dr. Killeen reflects on a simple idea from Lao Tzu that carries real weight in leadership. While it is easy to focus on directing others, true growth comes from learning to manage your own reactions, habits, and mindset. Challenges show up daily and in dentistry. The schedules shift, patients get frustrated, and systems break down. The way you respond in those moments sets the tone for your team far more than any instruction you give. Self control is the foundation of strong leadership. When you lead yourself well, your team often follows naturally.

In this episode of The Coffee Buzz, we take a pause from the usual productivity hacks and fast-paced schedules to sit with Verse 10 of the Tao Te Ching. Unlike many of Lao Tzu's other passages that make deep, authoritative declarations, Verse 10 is simply a list of six profound questions.We explore what it means to gently coax our wandering minds back to stillness, why there is strength in remaining soft, and how to strip away our assumptions to see the world as it actually is. Finally, we discuss the "supreme virtue" (Te)—how to act, lead, and love with your whole heart while keeping your hands entirely open to the outcome.Pour yourself a cup of coffee, find your chair, and join us for a few quiet minutes of reflection.Key Reflections in This Episode:The Wandering Mind: The vital difference between forcing your mind to be quiet and gently coaxing it home.The Strength of Softness: Why hardening our opinions and our bodies limits our ability to truly connect with others.Cleansing the Vision: Overcoming our "perceptual sets" to see what is actually in front of us without the veil of our own commentary.The Supreme Virtue (Te): How to give birth and nourish, have without possessing, and lead without trying to control.Read Along: Verse 10 (Stephen Mitchell Translation)Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child's?Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?Giving birth and nourishing,having without possessing,acting with no expectations,leading and not trying to control:this is the supreme virtue.Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps others find this small space for stillness in their day.

In this episode, we sit down with Verse Nine of the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu brings us into the kitchen and the workshop to show us how our obsession with "more"—more coffee in the bowl, more edge on the knife, more security in the bank—actually leads to the very things we're trying to avoid: a mess, a blunt tool, and a heart that forgot how to unclench. We explore the "gear shift" between doing good work and becoming a prisoner to approval, ending with the seven words that provide a path to true serenity.The Trap of the "Brim": Why filling the bowl to the very top ensures a spill. We discuss the human hunger to maximize every margin and why "more" isn't always "better."The Brittle Edge: A look at the "sharpened knife" metaphor. There is a point where over-preparation and constant refining actually dull the life out of our work and our presence.The Posture of Chasing: Understanding the "clenched heart" that comes from chasing security. Lao Tzu suggests that the search for safety often creates a permanent state of bracing for a future that hasn't happened yet.The Invisible Cell: How caring too deeply about the "committee" of public approval hands over the keys to your interior life.The Six-Word Solution: "Do your work, then step back." Analyzing why completion requires the grace to let go of the outcome."The bowl doesn't know that it's being maximized. The bowl just spills.""The person who cannot make a decision without first consulting the imagined reactions of people who may not even be paying attention...that person is in a cell.""The stepping back is not absence. It's completion."Where in your life are you pouring "to the brim," leaving no room for the walk across the kitchen?Is there a conversation or a project you are "over-sharpening" out of a fear of being unfinished?What would it feel like to treat your work like a garden—to plant the seeds fully, and then step back and trust the soil?"Do your work. Then step back."Thank you for listening to The Coffee Buzz. If you enjoyed this meditation on Verse Nine, consider sharing it with someone who needs to hear the reminder to "unclench." Don't forget to subscribe for our weekly reflections on the Tao.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understand Him. — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   "In the end, the treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go." — Lao Tzu 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the latest version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, at www.BuddyC.org. Feel free to share, post, and distribute this book wherever you believe it will be helpful. You can also sign up for a free daily Tao Recovery Email, access a list of podcasts, and find many other recovery resources.   Join our private Facebook group and continue the conversation! Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TaoPodcast/ or search Tao of Our understanding Podcast.   A Course in Miracles - Daily lessons from the 365-Day Course in Miracles Calendar. See the notes in each entry for a more detailed description.  Click Here to add the Course in Miracles Calendar to your Google Calendar   Daily Thought is a daily Google Calendar you can add to your  Google Calendar. It provides a daily thought that combines elements of Christian, ACIM, Tao, and AA. Click here to add the Daily Thought Calendar to your Google Calendar    Nightly 9 pm eastern Zoom A.A. Meeting www.ZoomAAMeetings.com   Would you like to receive a free daily topic email with the most popular A.A. resources, accompanied by a secret Facebook group for discussion? Go to www.DailyAAEmails.com for more information!

In this episode, we explore one of the most enduring metaphors in the Tao Te Ching: the nature of water. Lao Tzu describes water as the "supreme good," not because it is powerful or imposing, but because it nourishes everything without effort and contentedly flows to the low places that others avoid. We dive into why our modern obsession with "moving up" often leaves us exhausted, and how embracing the "downward" nature of water can lead to a more centered and meaningful life.The reflection centers on the six domains Lao Tzu highlights—from how we think and work to how we lead and show up for our families. We discuss the importance of living close to the ground, keeping our thoughts simple, and finding the natural "current" in our work where effort ceases to feel like a struggle. We also take a hard look at the high bar of being completely present in our family lives and why being "water" in a conflict—flowing around obstacles rather than crashing against them—is often more effective than trying to win.We wrap up by examining the exhaustion of constant comparison. Just as a stream doesn't wish it were a river, we find peace when we stop "pumping water uphill" to meet external expectations. When you are content to be simply yourself, the need for competition disappears, and a genuine, quiet respect from others naturally takes its place. This week, I invite you to consider where you might be fighting your own nature and what it would look feel like to finally stop competing with gravity.Featured Translation: Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell.

In this episode of The Poet (delayed), I am joined by returning guest Josh Baron for a wide-ranging conversation on uncertainty, growth, and what it means to truly live inside the unknown. Drawing from the Tao Te Ching's line—“darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding”—we explore a central idea: uncertainty isn't something to escape, but something to enter. Together, we examine why we instinctively avoid uncertainty—fear, discomfort, and the pressure to “have it figured out”—and what happens when we resist that impulse and instead choose to stay. Through personal stories, philosophy, and lived experience, they uncover several key insights: • That uncertainty is not the exception, but the condition of being alive • That clarity is not forced, but revealed over time • That many of our reactions are not to reality itself, but to our interpretation of it under pressure • And that growth often requires moving through discomfort rather than around it The conversation moves fluidly through topics like faith, science, parenting, identity, integrity, and even music theory—illustrating how tension, dissonance, and uncertainty are not obstacles to understanding, but necessary parts of it. At its core, this episode is an invitation: to sit a little longer, to resist the urge to resolve too quickly, and to discover what becomes visible when we don't leave the doorway. I'd love to hear what you have to say about the episode including thoughts on the poetry and the topics that were discussed. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com. My books of poetry are availabe for purchase at Amazon.com ["The Ghost of a Beating Heart", "My Mother Sleeps" and "Haiku Village"]()Special Guest: Josh Baron.

How To Attract Money Effortlessly (Without Chasing) - Lao Tzu (Taoism). In this podcast we will be talking about how to attract money without chasing from the philosophy of Taoism.  Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is known to be the founder of Taoism and the writer of Taoism's most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching.So with that in mind, here are 6 ways to attract money without chasing from the philosophy of  Lao Tzu - 01. Find the the direction of your River02. Respect your money03.  Repair the crack04. Balance The Yin and Yang of Wealth05. Trust your Pace06. Move money and Life TogetherWe hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Lao Tzu, helps you to buy your freedom in your life.Taoism is a Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu which contributed to the folk religion of the people primarily in the rural areas of China and became the official religion of the country under the Tang Dynasty. Taoism is therefore both a philosophy and a religion. Taoism teaches to embrace wonder and the joy in living gracefully with style. Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who is known to be the founder of Taoism. He is also credited as the writer of Taoism's most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching and his words can apply to people all over the world.

In this episode, we slow down to examine one of the most evocative passages in the Tao Te Ching. Using the Stephen Mitchell translation, we explore why Lao Tzu chooses the imagery of the "Great Mother" and what it means to possess a source of energy that is simultaneously empty and inexhaustible.The Radical Feminine: A look at why calling the Tao "Mother" was a revolutionary shift in a male-dominated philosophical landscape. Unlike a judge or a ruler, the Mother gives without requiring the recipient to "deserve" the gift first.The Paradox of Emptiness: Redefining "empty" not as depletion (like an empty gas tank), but as the openness of a spring. We discuss how the Tao remains inexhaustible precisely because it doesn't "grip" or try to manage its inventory.The "Always Present" Reality: Challenging the narrative that peace or clarity is a future destination. If the Tao is the source of our aliveness, then we are already standing in the room we've been trying to find the door to.An Open Invitation: Analyzing the final, strikingly casual line of the verse: "You can use it any way you want." There are no "approved methods"—only the reality that the source is yours to direct."The Tao is called the Great Mother:empty yet inexhaustible,it gives birth to infinite worlds.It is always present within you.You can use it any way you want."We often live as if the "important things" are somewhere else—waiting for us after we solve our problems or achieve our goals. Verse Six suggests that the "Great Mother" is the very aliveness within us right now. It isn't a destination; it is the fabric of our existence.What if you have been looking for something you never actually lost? How would your day change if you acted as if you already had everything you needed?

Lao Tzu - How to Buy Your Freedom Back (Without Getting rich) (Taoism). In this video we will be talking about how to how to buy your freedom without getting rich from the philosophy of Taoism.  Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is known to be the founder of Taoism and the writer of Taoism's most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching.So with that in mind, here are 5 ways to buy your freedom without getting rich  from the philosophy of  Lao Tzu- 01. Practice Zhi Zhu02. The Strategy of the Low Point03. Become the Uncarved Block04. Surrender05. Owning Your Time, Not ThingsWe hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope this video, from the philosophy of Lao Tzu, helps you to buy your freedom in your life.Taoism is a Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu which contributed to the folk religion of the people primarily in the rural areas of China and became the official religion of the country under the Tang Dynasty. Taoism is therefore both a philosophy and a religion. Taoism teaches to embrace wonder and the joy in living gracefully with style. Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who is known to be the founder of Taoism. He is also credited as the writer of Taoism's most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching and his words can apply to people all over the world.

"...Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream...”This week, I am reading a quote from Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu and a quote from A Theory of Guilt Appeals: A Review Showing the Importance of Investigating Cognitive Processes as Mediators between Emotion and Behavior, by Graton and Mailliez, published in 2019.Reflection question:With what are you watering the messages to donors? With guilt? Or, authentic giving?Reflection on quote:Today is our fourth episode in our series on authentic giving and avoiding transactional approaches.  We've discussed different approaches, donor demanding transactional approaches, and the root of loneliness in transactional donations.  Another root for transactional approaches is guilt.  Capital campaign donors can be guilted into a donation either by the campaign messages or through the donor's inner values.  What happens when a campaign rely too heavily on guilt? As we are building our case for support for the capital campaign, we are making intentional choices in the framing message and the images we use.  We can choose overtly guilt inducing messages and images to pressure donors to give; such as crying clients or a building falling down.  These images and messages coupled with an urgent call to action, such as “you must give now,” will provoke a backlash.  Instead, when we choose messages and images that show need, empower agency, and provide the opportunity to give as part of the solution, the donor can take any guilt they may feel and channel it into positive gift.  That is, we are watering authentic generosity.   To read: A Theory of Guilt Appeals: A Review Showing the Importance of Investigating Cognitive Processes as Mediators between Emotion and BehaviorThis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution.The quote from Lao Tzu is in the public domain.What do you think? Send me a text. To explore small town capital campaign coaching deeper and to schedule an free explore coaching call, visit ServingNonprofits.com.Music credit: Woeisuhmebop

The similarities and differences between the perspectives of Aristotle and Lao Tzu on the nature of happiness and how this relates to the ways in which we might navigate our precarious times. Inspired by Tao Te Ching chapter 72. We also spend some time discussing how this is all related to the Zen parable about the Master of Tea Ceremonies and a Ronin.

The Best Spiritual Teachers of All Time | 10 Masters That Can Change Your Life. What do Lao Tzu, Confucius, the Buddha, Peace Pilgrim, Rumi, Don Miguel Ruiz, Byron Katie, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Edgar Cayce have in common?They each left behind a spiritual blueprint that still transforms lives today.In this video, we journey through time to uncover the core teachings, timeless wisdom, and powerful tools of 10 of the world's most influential spiritual teachers. Whether you're drawn to Taoism, Buddhism, poetry, mysticism, intuitive healing, or modern non-duality, this is your launchpad.

Fresh off releasing one of the most beautiful hardcover books we've ever seen, Paul Millerd returns alongside Infinite Books CEO Jimmy Soni for a deep dive into the broken incentives of traditional publishing, why the industry breeds "cynicism at scale," and how the internet is powering a second Renaissance for creators. We get into what it means to build a creative life on your own terms, the Taoist approach to growing an audience, how to navigate financial uncertainty while raising a family, and why seemingly boring daily routines fuel extraordinary creative work. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For the full transcript, episode takeaways, and bucketloads of other goodies designed to make you go, "Hmm, that's interesting!," check out our Substack. Important Links: Paul's Website Paul's X Paul's Substack The Pathless Path Premium Hardcover Good Work Infinite Books Jimmy's X Show Notes: Make Books Beautiful Why Paul Turned Down Penguin Creative Work Should Inspire More Creative Work Cynicism at Scale in the Publishing Industry The Long Tail of Book Marketing Why Paul Launched a Hardcover Pathless Path Dre, Spielberg & Chappelle: Design Your Own System Playing Probabilistic Games How to Live a Pathless Life With a Family The Creative Perks of a Boring Life "What If I Do Less?" Books Are Win-Win Paul as World Emperor Books Mentioned: The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life; by Paul Millerd Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition; by Paul Millerd The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley; by Jimmy Soni What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy How to Retire Rich; by Jim O'Shaughnessy Walden (Steel Brothers reimagined edition); by Henry David Thoreau Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective; by Kenneth O. Stanley The Work Is the Win; by Billy Oppenheimer (forthcoming) Reclaim the Book; by Paul Millerd (essay) Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World; by Anne-Laure Le Cunff The Chronic; by Dr. Dre (album) Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing); by Lao Tzu  

We explore the ways in which New Age spiritualities and gurus might lead to disengagement from issues that matter in the world. Using chapter 67 of the Tao Te Ching, we contrast this with an engaged spirituality based on minimalism, compassion, and the way of non-domination. We also mention the potential problems with karmic thinking in Ram Dass and the value of a non-dogmatic inspiration from Jesus and his brother James on the importance of concern for the poor and downtrodden.

What is the Daoist concept of wu-wei? Is wu-wei similar to any concepts from Western philosophy? In this episode, Danny and Randy discuss the Daoist concept of wu-wei or effortless action.Thanks to listener Jon B. for suggesting this topic! Subscribe to ESP's YouTube Channel! Thanks for listening!  Do you have a question you want answered in a future episode? If so, send your question to: existentialstoic@protonmail.com 

"The hard and strong will fall, the soft and weak will overcome": two poems from the Tao Te Ching, read and then explored by Jay Leeming, poet and storyteller. www.JayLeeming.com

Questions? Comments?Predictions feel comforting—but they're usually nonsense. In this episode, Don and Tom dismantle the illusion of foresight by revisiting last year's loudest economic forecasts around tariffs, inflation, jobs, recessions, and markets. Drawing from a Wall Street Journal retrospective, they show how both political promises and expert predictions missed the mark, with reality landing squarely in the messy middle. The takeaway is classic Talking Real Money: nobody—not economists, not presidents, not pundits, and especially not you—has actionable insight into the future. That's why successful investing isn't about forecasts or hot takes, but about building a diversified portfolio, rebalancing when needed, and tuning out the noise. The episode wraps with listener questions on teen investing accounts and Roth conversion rules, plus a reminder that humility beats hubris every time markets get unpredictable.0:04 The future is unpredictable—even when we pretend it isn't0:26 Why we crave predictions and mistake luck for skill0:53 Being “right” once doesn't mean anything1:58 Tariffs, Trump, and the great forecasting divide2:27 Inflation predictions that never showed up3:53 Jobs, unemployment, and why both sides were wrong5:49 Who actually paid for tariffs (hint: not who you think)7:08 Recession fears vs. reality—and the AI wildcard8:55 Why short-term predictions fail and macro trends survive10:41 The truth usually lives between the extremes11:31 Lao Tzu, Yogi Berra, and why nobody knows the future13:20 The most dangerous “expert” investors trust: themselves14:43 Listener question: investing for a 16-year-old17:29 Roth IRA vs. UTMA/UGMA and simple fund choices18:06 Listener question: Roth conversions and the five-year rule20:54 Humor, offense, and why everyone needs to lighten up21:14 RetireMeet 2026 details and special guest preview23:14 Apella Wealth philosophy and free help reminder24:39 The number one word of the year (still shocking)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Predictions feel comforting—but they're usually nonsense. In this episode, Don and Tom dismantle the illusion of foresight by revisiting last year's loudest economic forecasts around tariffs, inflation, jobs, recessions, and markets. Drawing from a Wall Street Journal retrospective, they show how both political promises and expert predictions missed the mark, with reality landing squarely in the messy middle. The takeaway is classic Talking Real Money: nobody—not economists, not presidents, not pundits, and especially not you—has actionable insight into the future. That's why successful investing isn't about forecasts or hot takes, but about building a diversified portfolio, rebalancing when needed, and tuning out the noise. The episode wraps with listener questions on teen investing accounts and Roth conversion rules, plus a reminder that humility beats hubris every time markets get unpredictable. 0:04 The future is unpredictable—even when we pretend it isn't 0:26 Why we crave predictions and mistake luck for skill 0:53 Being “right” once doesn't mean anything 1:58 Tariffs, Trump, and the great forecasting divide 2:27 Inflation predictions that never showed up 3:53 Jobs, unemployment, and why both sides were wrong 5:49 Who actually paid for tariffs (hint: not who you think) 7:08 Recession fears vs. reality—and the AI wildcard 8:55 Why short-term predictions fail and macro trends survive 10:41 The truth usually lives between the extremes 11:31 Lao Tzu, Yogi Berra, and why nobody knows the future 13:20 The most dangerous “expert” investors trust: themselves 14:43 Listener question: investing for a 16-year-old 17:29 Roth IRA vs. UTMA/UGMA and simple fund choices 18:06 Listener question: Roth conversions and the five-year rule 20:54 Humor, offense, and why everyone needs to lighten up 21:14 RetireMeet 2026 details and special guest preview 23:14 Apella Wealth philosophy and free help reminder 24:39 The number one word of the year (still shocking) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A reading for meditation of selected verses from the The Tao Te Ching - translation by Tolbert McCarrollThe Tao Te Ching or Dào Dé Jīng, ('Classic of the Way and its Virtue'), is an ancient Chinese classic text, becoming a foundational work of Taoism. It is traditionally credited to the sage Lao Tzu, though with some several early versions recovered, the texts' authorship and dates of composition and compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates to the late 4th century BCE. While tradition places Laozi earlier, modern versions of the text could more conservatively be estimated to date back to the late Warring States period (475 – 221 BCE), not having been recovered that early.The Tao Te Ching is central to both philosophical and religious Taoism, and has been highly influential on Chinese philosophy and religious practice in general.

The Tao Te Ching with San Qing San Qing is a Taoist Master of Qigong and Neigong. He is an ordained priest and a lineage holder of Taoism. He is also a spirit channeler and healer. He is author of Tao Te Ching, Magical Register, Immortality: Crystallized in the Material, The Ancient Practice of Synchronicity: How to Manifest and Realize You are the Universe, and Primordial Mother Crystallized. His websites are immortaltaoistrites.com and theway126.com. San delves into the profound teachings of the Tao Te Ching, exploring its significance, the essence of Lao Tzu, and the magical aspects of Taoism. He describes how the text serves as a manual for self-discovery and spiritual growth, emphasizing the importance of intuition, the paradoxes within the teachings, and the transformative power of reading and embodying the verses. He highlights the Tao Te Ching’s ability to enhance everyday life and foster a deeper connection with oneself and the universe. New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is a licensed occupational therapist, intuitive healer and coach, and spiritual guide based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Emmy is the founder of the Intuitive Connections and Holistic OT communities. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com (Recorded on September 25, 2025) For a short video on How to Get the Most From New Thinking Allowed, go to https://youtu.be/aVbfPFGxv9o Check out our new website for the New Thinking Allowed Foundation at http://www.newthinkingallowed.org. There you will find our incredible, searchable database as well as our new, FREE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. Also, opportunities to shop and to support our video productions. There, you can also subscribe to our FREE, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER! For a complete, updated list with links to all of our videos, see https://newthinkingallowed.com/Listings.html. Check out New Thinking Allowed’s AI chatbot. You can create a free account at https://ai.servicespace.org When you enter the space, you will see that our chatbot is one of several you can interact with. While it is still a work in progress, it has been trained on 1,600 NTA transcripts. It can provide intelligent answers about the contents of our interviews. It’s almost like having a conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove. To buy a high-quality, printed version of the New Thinking Allowed Magazine, go to nta-magazine.magcloud.com. To join the NTA Psi Experience Community on Facebook, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953031791426543/. To download and listen to audio versions of the New Thinking Allowed videos, visit our podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-thinking-allowed-audio-podcast/id1435178031. Download and read Jeffrey Mishlove’s Grand Prize essay in the Bigelow Institute competition, Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death. https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/docs/1st.pdf If you would like to join our team of volunteers, helping to promote the New Thinking Allowed YouTube channel on social media, editing and translating videos, creating short video trailers based on our interviews, helping to upgrade our website, or contributing in other ways (we may not even have thought of), please send an email to friends@newthinkingallowed.com. To order Intuitive Development by Emmy Vadnais, click here: https://amzn.to/35sbLIA. To order the book, Tao Te Ching, Magical Register, go to: https://immortaltaoistrites.com/ To order New Thinking Allowed Dialogues: Is There Life After Death? click on https://amzn.to/3LzLA7Y To order Russell Targ: Ninety Years of ESP, Remote Viewing, and Timeless Awareness, go to https://amzn.to/4aw2iyr To order UFOs and UAP – Are We Really Alone?, go to https://amzn.to/3Y0VOVh

Lao Tzu explains how to cook a small fish and govern a great nation. A discussion of how the Tao Te Ching has been seen differently over the ages, due to different emphases throughout the commentary traditions. Regardless of whether one assumes that the ghosts of our ancestors and the demons of our human nature are literal or figurative (or somewhere in between) this chapter teaches warns against authoritarianism and aggressive governments.Toward the end, there's a discussion of the ways in which Ancient Chinese shamanism might have conceived of spirits and demons. www.protectyournoggin.org

Drawing from Tao Te Ching 59, we critique the idea that cultures have a fixed life span. Surveying the longevity of various societies from the Indigenous Australians to the end of Imperial China in the twentieth century, we suggest that Lao Tzu was right that a deeply rooted, maternal, nurturing society that is adaptable and respects its natural resources can restrain its predation and outlast drastic changes. We also discuss why education in America doesn't just get a nice aesthetic boost from the humanities and creative art but depends on such things for its long term survival. www.protectyournoggin.orgwww.taosurfers.com

Tune in for the wisdom of Lao Tzu in this transformative episode of Exploring the Mystical Side of Life. Host Linda Lang welcomes Taoist Master San Qing, who channels a message from Lao Tzu, focused on discovering your innate wholeness and accelerating your spiritual evolution. San Qing shares a powerful breathing exercise—rooted in Taoist tradition—to help you reconnect to your heart, nurture self-love, and access your true nature beyond the confines of everyday struggles. Experience guidance on mastering emotions, cultivating patience, and igniting your divine spark. Plus, learn more about San Qing's teachings and practical tools for self-realization. Tune in for insights, inspiration, and a practical path to remembering who you truly are.Explore San Qing's podcast, The Way 126 Experience on all major podcast platforms and YouTube.Work with San Qing: ⁠https://immortaltaoistrites.com/⁠ Buy the TAO TE CHING transcribed by San Qing as a DIRECT Channel of Lao Tzu: ⁠https://bit.ly/SanQing-Tao-Te-Ching⁠The Way 126 app LIVE now on web, IOS and Android: ⁠https://theway126.com/ ⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theway_126⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theway126experience

Welcome to a new episode of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. In this installment, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach/journalist Jo Confino explore the importance of silence and its role in personal transformation and spiritual practice.  They further discuss noble silence in the Plum Village tradition – a fundamental practice that allows for deep reflection, self-awareness, and connection with the present moment; silence as a space that enables practitioners to listen deeply; the challenges of silence; the contrast between the mainstream emphasis on productivity, noise, and external validation, and the Buddhist approach of valuing stillness, presence, and inner listening as a path to true well-being and happiness; silence as a means to engage more deeply with life, rather than as an escape; embodied listening; and more. The episode concludes with an invitation to take time for silent reflection and to explore the transformative power of silence in our lives. Enjoy! Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/   And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resourcesInterbeinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnouthttps://www.parallax.org/product/being-with-busyness/ Calm in the Storm: Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious Worldhttps://www.parallax.org/product/calm-in-the-storm/ Buddha Path https://buddhapath.com ‘The Four Dharma Seals of Plum Village'https://plumvillage.org/articles/the-four-dharma-seals-of-plum-village Brother Spirithttps://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/brother-phap-linh Brother Phap Unghttps://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/brother-chan-phap-ung ‘Three Resources Explaining the Plum Village Tradition of Lazy Days'https://plumvillage.app/three-resources-explaining-the-plum-village-tradition-of-lazy-days/ Tao Te Ching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching Bimbisarahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbisara Devadattahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devadatta Quotes “When we learn to allow ourselves to be in silence, the silence becomes delicious because it gives us an immense feeling of spaciousness. But silence is also very scary if we are not trained in it – scary because we get to see our restlessness.” “The silence that we are learning to cultivate is the stillness that we all need.” “When we engage with the world, we don’t know how to be silent. That is not engaged Buddhism. That is not applied Buddhism. So the middle way is very important. Silence is not to suppress or to bypass what is going on; in our practice, there’s a space and time for everything.” “Silence allows us spaces of deep reflection. Silence is also to hear ourselves.” “Noble silence is the silence of being present.” “There’s a lot to learn in silence, and a lot to discover, as well as to celebrate.” “The silence of listening is an art form and a practice of embodied listening. And that means that we’re not just listening with our minds, but that we need to learn to listen with our whole body.” “We’re not here trying to gain more to enhance our ‘label'; actually, Zen is about seeing our label and letting it go, in order to see our wholeness. Because our wholeness is not limited to ‘I am a monk', ‘I am a journalist', ‘I am a coach', ‘I am a business leader', ‘I am my technician'. We’re so much more than this.” “Learn to let go. That’s the hardest practice.” “A lotus to you, a Buddha to be.” “Don’t just do something, sit there.” “There’s nothing to learn, but there is a lot to unlearn. Because, actually, when we strip away all the fears, judgments, and sufferings, home is already there. It’s already present, it’s never gone away; we just traveled a long way from it.” “So much of life is about feeling safe, and about knowing that we’re not on our own and that we are going to be supported.” “Colors blind the eye. Sounds deafen the ears. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the heart. The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky” – from the Tao Te Ching, credited to Lao Tzu. “There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way.”

True leadership isn't about how far ahead you stand — it's about how deeply you serve.What if your legacy wasn't measured by your title, achievements, or income… but by your character when no one's watching?In this solo episode, George invites us into a vulnerable conversation about leadership — not the kind that comes with a spotlight, but the kind that's forged in silence, service, and sacrifice. Anchored by wisdom from Viktor Frankl, Lao Tzu, C.S. Lewis, and Pastor Rich Wilkerson, George shares his personal journey, the leadership mistakes he's made, and the daily practices that keep him grounded in service over self.If you've ever questioned your impact, your posture, or your integrity as a leader — this episode is the mirror you didn't know you needed.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Why servant leadership is more impactful than ambition or statusThe 3 signs of character-driven leadership (from Pastor Rich Wilkerson)The internal battles leaders face — and how to overcome themGeorge's personal reflections on ego, growth, and faithHow to show up with integrity in business, family, and life Key Takeaways:✔️Character vs Accomplishments — Your bank balance won't be on your headstone. But your impact will.✔️True humility isn't thinking less of yourself — it's thinking of yourself less. (C.S. Lewis)✔️Play the long game. Leadership is about sowing into others — even when no one sees it.✔️Do more than you want. Choose character over comfort in moments when no one's watching.✔️Give more than you have. The smallest act of kindness or investment can change someone's life.✔️Self-leadership matters. Leadership starts with the words you say to yourself in silence.✔️Let who you are speak louder than what you say. Timestamps:[00:00] – Leadership is about service, not standing out[01:22] – Why titles don't define leadership — character does[03:09] – Confession: George reflects on his leadership growth[04:55] – Five quotes that redefine leadership (C.S. Lewis, Lao Tzu, Maxwell, Frankl, Schweitzer)[09:58] – Pastor Rich Wilkerson's 3 character-based principles of leadership[10:24] – #1: See more than yourself[12:05] – #2: Do more than you want[14:26] – #3: Give more than you have[16:18] – Your character is shaped daily — by what (or who)?[18:30] – Leadership is everyday influence, not appointed power[20:05] – The mission of “playing the long game”[21:10] – The morning prayer that changed George's life[23:09] – A story of sowing into a stranger on a flight[24:22] – Final reflections on legacy, service, and identity[25:47] – 3 questions to grow your leadershipYour Challenge This WeekWhich quote hit you hardest today?Message George on Instagram, shoot him an email, or book a 15-min call to go deeper. And don't let this episode be an echo chamber — reflect, journal, or share this episode with someone you lead (or are led by).Here are 3 ways to grow with us:Join The Alliance – The Relationship Beats Algorithms™ community for entrepreneurs who scale with trust and connectionApply for 1:1 Coaching – Ready to build your business with sustainability, impact, and ease? Apply hereLive Events – Get in the room where long-term success is built: mindofgeorge.com/event