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Notes on Taoism, Buddhism, classical poetry, and intellectual history. Tracing the intersection of the past and the now, the timeless and the evanescent.
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The Freedom from Becoming Someone (opens the original)
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One of the most common perceptions about Taoism as a philosophy is its emphasis on individual freedom. Like other schools of thought, the Taoist conception of freedom is concerned with one’s relationship with oneself, with others in society, and with the prevailing political order.As keen observers of nature, early Taoist thinkers were fascinated by the individual’s search for a sense of self, especially how that self relates to the whole realm of existence. In that sense, this is largely a matt
Hexagram Bo 剝卦 — Following the Natural Course (opens the original)
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It starts small. At first, it was a leg of the sitting bed that had started to lose its footing. One begins to feel uncomfortable. Then, it was the frame. One faces a bigger problem, a potential systemic breakdown. At this stage, one starts to consider ditching the old sitting bed and just face the reality. Around the same time, other problems begin to emerge, with losses and surprises coming from all directions. One finally becomes aware that there is little one can do to reverse the trend of c
Stain, Brushstroke, and the Open Ground (opens the original)
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Note: This piece is a bit long. For a better reading experience, you might want to switch to a larger screen.When did you start thinking about your life’s meaning? Was it triggered by an unexpected encounter, or a wake-up call? For most of our lives, especially when we were young, we were operating on autopilot, on a script already written before we were old enough to understand and question it.This is part of the process of socialization. We learn to identify ourselves as part of a group, train
Walks, Meditations, and Silence (opens the original)
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Have you ever felt stuck somewhere in life?You are somehow trapped in a situation where the way out is hidden from sight. No matter how hard you try to break free, life simply seems to stagnate.Your spirit feels pinned to the ground by something unspeakably heavy, and it persists. Every day, life becomes more dreadful because you know this is not the place you wanted to be. With each failed attempt to change your situation, you become enclosed by thickening anxiety, self-consciousness, self-doub
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