Tao Te Ching

The Tao Explained: Everything and Nothing in Perfect Balance

~ admin ~ Leave a comment

Decoding the Tao

Decoding the TaoOwen Waters – Long ago, the first time I read the ancient Tao Te Ching (pronounced “Dow Day Jing”), I ran into so many apparent contradictions that I felt like I was going cross-eyed with confusion!

I have not been alone in that type of feeling. To most Western minds, the nature of the Tao is a huge mystery that makes little or no obvious sense. I ran into statements that suggested that the Tao was manifest as everything in the world and, yet, the Tao was nothing and nowhere. Well, which is it, I thought, everywhere or nowhere?

The problem lies with the limitations placed on Western translators, as they are part of a cultural tradition which rarely teaches that there is an original state of unchanging, perfect beingness that lies behind even the Creator. Continue reading →

What Is Chi? Exploring Our Eternal Reality

~ admin ~ Leave a comment

Rod Morin – Many, many sages, scholars, researchers and laymen have attempted to answer the perplexing question – What is Chi? The simplistic answer most often used is that Chi is “vital energy” or the “life force”, but this answer falls well short of addressing the apparent complexity of Chi.

Referring to Chi as just vital energy would be like me saying that I am Rod Morin. A name is just a label. A name does not address the millions of intricacies that combine to make me, who, and what I am.

Continue reading →