The Precarious Nature of Ayahuasca
Jonathon Miller-Weisberger – Western audiences are just beginning to understand the challenges of working with ayahuasca.
TAG: Taoism
Bruce Lee’s Private Letters Explain What He Really Meant by ‘Be Like Water’
Dylan Charles – How did Bruce Lee arrive at this understanding of life?
Essential Taoist Wisdom for Living in Politically Charged and Chaotic Times
Dylan Charles – There’s an ancient Chinese curse, that’s been a favorite in the West for some time now. “May you live in interesting times.”
Taoist Ascended Masters Comment on How Religions Enslave Us Instead of Awaken Us
Dylan Charles – What is the difference between religion and true spirituality?
A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation
Dylan Charles – What if people had a real plan for spiritual cultivation rather than a belief system?
Lao Tzu’s 2500 Year-Old Message to ‘The People of the Future’ Tells How to Approach Our Global Crisis
Dylan Charles – The venerable sage Lao Tzu looked at human nature to foresee our current predicament.
The Taoist View of the Universe as Explained by Alan Watts
Alan Watts – Taoists view the universe as inseparable from themselves.
How A Fourth-Century Taoist Concept is Treating Anxiety
Derek Beres – An ancient philosophical perspective to help us understand modern crises.
Taoist Master Explains How Negative Chi Affects Us and Why Turning Inward is So Important Today
Dylan Charles – With so much going on, it’s more important than ever to conserve your chi.
The Three Taoist Treasures of the Energy Body
Dylan Charles – Chi is thought of as “the natural force which fills the universe,” and is available to all.
Six Healing Sounds to Transform Your Emotional State
Infographic – Discover how to transform negative emotions to positive ones using the ancient Taoist practice of healing sounds.
How to Connect With Your Inner-Guide and Why it Matters
David James Lees – Never doubt that you have a powerful, creative, supremely wise and resourceful Inner-Guide within.
The Dual Search for the Philosophers’ Stone
Richard Smoley, – To say what the Philosophers’ Stone – the great goal of alchemy – is, one has to know. And to know, one must have attained it.
The 3 Lies That Block The Flow of Love
David James Lees – Love is your natural state of being. Love is the energy that is all around you. It is the vibration and essence of every part of the Cosmos and every living thing.
The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan
Avery Morrow – What sort of stories do the Japanese people know about Japan’s ancient history?
The Hidden Meanings of Yin and Yang
Video – Why we all contain the spirit of yin and yang — and how we can achieve a balance of both in our lives.
The Five Animals of Tai Chi, Hsing-I, and Bagua
Hal Mosher, Guest Waking Times Animals are an integral part of our lives as they serve as reminders of our deep connection to nature. The animal mind has not been tainted by societal conventions, and more importantly neither has its instincts. In martial arts practice, we try to cultivate the sense of ourselves we had …
8 Branches of the Tao Healing Arts
Jeff Nagel, MA, LAc, Guest Waking Times According to the ancient “Keepers of the Knowledge” from the Taoist Tradition, the evolutionary roots of Chinese Wholistic Medicine came into being at least 8,000 years ago through the first two of the 8 Branches of the Tao Healing Arts. Over the centuries the other 6 branches evolved …
The Way of the Tao
Paul Cavel, Contributor Waking Times Taoists Have Trained In Nature throughout the Ages Human beings, with all our complexity and potential, have diversified, populated and thrived around the globe. Since the breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution, we have spent 200 years becoming specialists in manipulating our environment and making radical changes to the way in …
The Power of Three
David James Lees, Guest Writer Waking Times In my last Wu Wei Wisdom workshop at Peak House Practice I shared with my students the concept of the ‘power of three’, which is the most fundamental Taoist teaching I received from my Master in China and which is as relevant today in the West as it was in …