Wu wei | Flow | Effortless Action 🌊
Be as fluid as water. As solid as a mountain. As spacious as the sky.
How would you perceive the world if you were looking for patterns around you without interpreting them? How would you make sense of your present experiences if you were oblivious to their antecedents or future implications? Researchers have discovered that this is how the right hemisphere perceives reality. It focuses on spatial patterns between th
... See moreJeremy Lent • The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom
Wu-wei is thus the life-style of one who follows the Tao, and must be understood primarily as a form of intelligence—that is, of knowing the principles, structures, and trends of human and natural affairs so well that one uses the least amount of energy in dealing with them. But this intelligence is, as we have seen, not simply intellectual; it is
... See moreAlan Watts • Tao: The Watercourse Way
The full experience of wu-wei occurs, not so much when we’re on autopilot, but when we integrate automatic activity with conscious attention. In terms of dual system theory, wu-wei happens when both Systems 1 and 2 are in smooth synchrony. As Slingerland describes it, ‘for a person in wu-wei, the mind is embodied and the body is mindful; the two sy
... See moreJeremy Lent • The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom
Wu-wei is to roll with experiences and feelings as they come and go, like a ball in a mountain stream, though actually there is no ball apart from the convolutions and wiggles of the stream itself.
