Daoism

The Sage doesn't cling to their own comfort, thus problems are no problems for them. Also in: Daoism.
That which has no substance enters where there is no space. Also in: Daoism.
What is certain is future difficulty. Attempt to embrace it. Also in: Resilience, Daoism.
Galling though it is at first, we need to stay in close contact with what we'd like to reject. Also in: Mindfulness, Daoism.
The silence we feel we want, that will give us ease and relaxation, is external. The true silence we seek is within. Also in: Daoism.
Spontaneous action, like laughing at a joke. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Pay more attention to how much of your actions feel mysterious. Also in: Buddhism, Daoism, Experience.
Effortless action as in: no sense of self taking action Also in: Daoism, Nondual, Buddhism.
Three jewels of Daoism: humility, compassion, simplicity. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Our life is a gift from everyone. None of us have earned our keep. Also in: Daoism, Human.
New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Choosing obscures the way. Also in: Buddhism, Daoism, Experience.
By focusing attention on a concept we create its opposite. Also in: Daoism, Nondual, Opposites.
The world doesn't happen to you, it happens through you. Also in: Daoism, Experience.
Seek action with softness, ease, suppleness. Also in: Daoism.
Recognise when you're on the Hedonic Treadmill. Also in: Stoicism, Daoism.
For the Sage, cravings happen in slow motion. Also in: Daoism, Slowness.
"The Tao is like muddy water" is a precise description of things as they are. Also in: Daoism, Experience, Nondual.
Reality has a profound adaptability, flux, mutability. Also in: Experience, Daoism.
Actions are changes made by a self-conscious agent, a manifestation of purpose. So the Tao has no actions. Also in: Daoism.
Let action emerge from experience. Also in: Buddhism, Daoism, Slowness.
If you don't accept both sides, you may end with the opposite of what you wanted. Also in: Daoism, Tmwt.
Things are often diminished by seeking to increase them, and increasing by seeking to diminish them. Also in: Daoism, Opposites.
True contentment is when desires have been diminished, not when they have been fulfilled. Also in: Daoism, Slowness.
The Sage puts themself behind, to be on top without crushing, to guide without leading into harm. Also in: Daoism, Opposites.
Opposites complete, test, determine, harmonise, give sequence to one another. Also in: Opposites, Daoism.
Language has evolved to describe purposive action, making it hard to describe spontaneous, actionless, activity. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Conquer by quiescence, by getting underneath. Also in: Daoism, Slowness.
Be kind to the kind. Be kind to the unkind. Also in: Daoism.
The "I am" prior to all. Also in: Buddhism, Daoism, Self.
To be noticed / perceived, something has to be different. We filter our sameness. Also in: Human, Daoism, Experience.
The Tao precedes difference, is prior to everything with form or fixedness. Also in: Daoism.
The Tao is the source, the unconditioned prior to conditioning. Also in: Daoism.
The potential infinite collapsing into the actual finite. Also in: Daoism.
Take problems seriously, but handle them calmly. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Put effort into the fundamentals, not the frills. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Nature's pattern-forming processes come from being off equilibrium. Also in: Daoism.
Growth instability: the feedback process of (bumps) self-amplifying. Also in: Daoism.
Form becomes a frozen memory of growth. Also in: Daoism.
Don't do anything except be open to the possibility of being more relaxed. Also in: Daoism, Mindfulness.
Life is the dancer, you are the dance. Notice that you can’t tell the dancer from the dance. Also in: Daoism, Nondual.
Take the lower position, the root, the base. Also in: Daoism, Mindfulness, Human.
Have little thought of self, and as few desires as possible. Also in: Daoism, Self.
Be as careful at the end as at the beginning. Also in: Daoism, Mindfulness.
Avoid excess, extravagance, arrogance. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose at hand. Also in: Daoism, Nondual.
Don't reduce a person to their temporary function. Also in: Buddhism, Daoism.
Polarities have rewards of focusing and risks of neglecting either pole. Also in: Human, Daoism, Nondual.
Pay attention to interior and exterior, individual and collective. Also in: Human, Daoism, Nondual.
Polarities create friction when they feel like opposites, contradictions. Also in: Nondual, Daoism, Opposites.
Notice, harmonise, and integrate patterns in polarities. Also in: Nondual, Daoism, Opposites.
Read and reread until you have an intuitive sense of what's behind the words. Also in: Daoism, Mindfulness.
If right differed from not-right clearly, there'd be no need for argument. Also in: Daoism, Opposites.
Have a mind like a mirror: chase nothing; welcome nothing; respond but don't store. Also in: Daoism, Mindfulness.
Don't draw forced, unnatural, distinctions. Also in: Daoism, Nondual.
The rivers all flow to the sea because it's beneath them. Also in: Daoism, Motion.
Quietly, discreetly, serve the common good. Also in: Daoism, Human.
Flow without forcing or coercing. Also in: Daoism.
Excess invites disaster. Also in: Daoism, Slowness, Mindfulness.
Each part is in the whole, the whole is in each part. Also in: Daoism, Tmwt.
Act without acting on, work without working at. Also in: Daoism.
See the bigger picture, the wider view, all the complex factors involved. Also in: Daoism, Tmwt.
Respond in ways that open up choices. Also in: Daoism, Waking-up.
(Re)connection, seeing interdependence, is more effective than strength or dominance. Also in: Human, Daoism.
Bring out the best in yourself and others. Also in: Human, Love, Daoism.
The harmony past knowing or saying (re)sounds more deeply. Also in: Daoism, Experience.
All things change and flow, continuously becoming their opposite. Also in: Daoism, Motion, Opposites, Nondual.
Navigating life is about proportion and balance. Also in: Daoism.
Accept the wider view of everything and its opposite. Also in: Daoism.
When getting there is the goal, the journey becomes a chore. Also in: Daoism.
Have wise ignorance. Stop frantically conceptualising. Also in: Daoism, Experience, Slowness.
Simplicity in one area allows for detail in another. Also in: Tmwt, Daoism.
Form is employed to make things clever. Emptiness is employed to make things useful. Also in: Daoism, Opposites.
Distinction is not the same as division. Also in: Tmwt, Daoism, Nondual.
Wu wei. Avoid assertion, practice inaction. Also in: Slowness, Daoism, Acceptance.
Withhold judgement. Also in: Slowness, Buddhism, Daoism.
Why can’t it be both? Some things that look like a dichotomy, aren't. Also in: Nondual, Opposites, Daoism.
Where the pot's not is where it's useful. Also in: Nondual, Daoism, Opposites.
Things can’t exist without their opposite. Also in: Opposites, Tmwt, Daoism.
Slow your tempo. Also in: Slowness, Daoism, Mindfulness.
Send out what retreats. Also in: Daoism.
Retain what comes in. Also in: Acceptance, Daoism, Resilience.
Reality is nondual. Also in: Nondual, Buddhism, Daoism.
Opposites reveal, create, support, define each other. Also in: Opposites, Tmwt, Daoism.
Opposites co-exist, making something new and taut and harmonious. Also in: Opposites, Tmwt, Daoism.
Nothing's worse than attacking what yields. Also in: Acceptance, Daoism, Resilience.
More sensitive to pleasure means more sensitive to pain. Also in: Human, Daoism, Experience.
Navigating and use the tides and currents, the growth and decay, of life. Don't fight against them. Also in: Resilience, Daoism, Stoicism.
All things are in process, rising and returning. Also in: Motion, Daoism, Tmwt.
Expert consciousness is nondual. The (constructed) boundary between doer and doing vanishes. Also in: Nondual, Daoism.
Curb your ambition. Also in: Slowness, Daoism.
Complementary forces, interacting to form a dynamic system. Also in: Opposites, Daoism, Motion, Tmwt.
A person can't be reduced to their usefulness. Also in: Human, Daoism.
Work with, not work against. Also in: Daoism, Acceptance.

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