A colleague from the Polarity Thinking community recently sent me a Fox News opinion piece with a simple note attached: “Thought you’d find this interesting.” I did. I’ve had this conversation before. Many times. The article could have come just as easily from several of my fraternity brothers from my undergraduate years at Lenoir-Rhyne University in [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapters 77 (Unpublished): It is like the bending bow. As bottom ascends, The top moves low. Yet we [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 62 (Unpublished): It is the infinite source, for good souls to find treasure, for those who are [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 80 (Unpublished): The grand country, Feels tiny. Weapons are kept. Unused. Food Satisfies. Clothing Suffices. Homes Hold [...]
I have been living inside an infinity symbol for years without fully noticing it. It sits at the center of the Cliff'sNOTES logo — the loop Barry Johnson and the Polarity Thinking community have used for decades to depict two interdependent poles, circling each other endlessly, neither one ever finally winning. I have drawn that loop [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 47 (Unpublished): Without passing through an exit, you can know It. Without looking through a window, you [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 23 (Unpublished): Nature doesn’t linger. The watcher and listener Sees. Fierce winds don’t last. Driving rains soon [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 46: When It flows warhorses pull plows Ignore It Mares deliver foals on battlefields. Look within. Know [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 72: Leaders who cannot see reality,lead followers to calamity. Refusing illusion,people keep their way. Learn from many.Follow [...]
See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapters 26 (Unpublished): Heavy roots light. Unmoved sources movement. Daily, hold on, to enough for the journey ocean [...]