Alan Watts — noted author and respected authority on Far Eastern
thought — studied Taoism extensively, and in his final years moved
to a quiet cabin in the mountains and dedicated himself almost
exclusively to meditating and writing on the Tao. This new book gives
us an opportunity to not only understand the concept of the Tao but to
experience the Tao as a personal practice of liberation from the
limitations imposed by the common beliefs within our culture. The
philosophy of the Tao offers a way to understand the value of
ourselves as free-willed individuals enfolded within the ever-changing
patterns of nature.The path of the Tao is perhaps the most puzzling
way of liberation to come to us from the Far East in the last century.
It is both practical and esoteric, and it has a surprisingly
comfortable quality of thought that is often overlooked by Western
readers who never venture beyond the unfamiliar quality of the word
Tao (pronounced "dow"). But those who do soon discover a way of
understanding and living with the world that has profound implications
for us today in so-called modern societies.The word Tao means the Way
— in the sense of a path, a way to go — but it also means nature,
in the sense of one's true nature, and the nature of the universe.
Often described as the philosophy of nature, we find the origins of
Taoism in the shamanic world of pre-Dynastic China. Living close to
the earth, one sees the wisdom of not interfering, and letting things
go their way. It is the wisdom of swimming with the current, splitting
wood along the grain, and seeking to understand human nature instead
of changing it. Every creature finds it's way according to the laws of
nature, and each of us has our own inner path — or Tao.
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ISBN
9781577318163
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
New World Library
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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