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To be at one with the Tao, one must practice wu-wei and refrain from forcing anything to happen that does not happen of its own accord. To be at one with the Tao is to accept that we must yield to a power much greater than ourselves. Through this acceptance of the natural flow of life, and by discarding all learned doctrines and knowledge, a person
... See moreAndrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Wei Wu Wei can be translated as ‘doing, non-doing’ or rather ‘doing until we reach the stage of non-doing’.
Damo Mitchell • A Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Nei Gong
The essential teaching of wu-wei can only be known if the individual is sincere in surrendering control and, as a result, giving his life over to something much bigger than himself
pg 17 Effortless living
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Here’s my draft for the poetic prose
Wi-Wei is the idea of Non-doing
It’s the opposite of
Common sense which says we must force things - hustle, strive, control -
The flow of dance comes from effortless action
Surprise movement
Not from the mind
From the body
Not predetermined
Created and destroyed in a moment
—-end
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... See moreWhile the shoguns and wealthy nobility often favored gold and other ostentatious colors, the Zen monks and the tea masters preferred the more mundane colors such as browns, greens, and grays.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
As we have seen, wu 吾 stands for a sort of self that is more like an unselfing.15 This would explain why acting with self-conscious knowledge, youwei 有為, really means losing your fundamental nature. Youwei 有為 could mean deeming yourself under a specific identity – a wo 我 – and thus losing sight of the undetermined, identityless nature of your wu 吾.
Alexander Douglas • Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self
HO-SHANG KUNG says, “To know the unchanging course of the Way is to be free of passion and desire and to yield. To yield is to be free of self-interest. To be free of self-interest is to rule the world. To rule the world is to merge your virtue with that of Heaven. And to merge your virtue with that of Heaven is to be one with the Way. If you can
... See moreRed Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
The most famous of all Japanese gardens, Ryoanji, was constructed in 1450 under the guidance of the artist Soami, and it displays a completely different philosophical axis to the garden designs of Europe, such as those of Versailles.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Virtue alone yields lasting and untroubled joy.*