“Just Tao It” Series: Introduction, Part I — Welcome to Patterns & Mystery
We're in the business of choosing sides. Profit OR Planet. Progress OR Tradition. Human Wisdom OR Artificial Intelligence. My team/family OR Your team/family. And we're exhausted. Not because we're choosing wrong, but because we're treating tensions that require both as problems that can be solved [...]
“Just Tao It” Series: Introduction, Part II (“Tao-It” On-ramp)
Author Disclaimer: If “It” Feels Vague, We're On the Right Track Just Tao It Series Introduction, Part I If you’re coming into the Tao Te Ching for the first time, there’s usually a moment—sometimes early, sometimes a few chapters in—where you realize you’re not going [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 1: Patterns & Mystery
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Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE From my Cliff’sNOTES interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1 (Unpublished). You will see first in this Chapter and later throughout [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 9: Effort & Ease
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 9 (Unpublished): Brim-fill the teacup, it spills. Sharpen incessantly, the edge dulls. Overfill [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 10: Power & Love
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 10 (Unpublished): Do you travel in body, spirit, and soul, without losing their [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 11: Form & Space
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11 (Unpublished): Spokes unite at the [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 12: Hold On & Let Go
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 12 (Unpublished): Blindness for the color, when too many run together. Deafness for [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 22: Own & Question
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 22 (Unpublished): Be broken to be whole. Be empty to be full. Be [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 27: Direct & Allow…Steadiness & Fluidity
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 27 (Unpblished): Without forcing, It flows. Travelers move with It, and the journey [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 29: Power + Systems (Four Polarities Here!)
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 29 (Unpublished): Some reach for the powerful place Without concern for the whole. [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 63: Doing (What’s Yours) & Being (Let It Be)
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 63 (Unpublished): Act without ado. Serve what is. Be among the willing few. [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 64: Attend Early & Let It Work
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 64 (Unpublished): What’s recent is easily corrected. What’s brittle is easily shattered. What’s [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 36: Curious Alignment—Tao Te Ching Ch. + And V2
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 36 (Unpublished): Reduction, relies on expansion. Illumination, depends on hidden. Risen, comes from [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 48: Less is More (Apparently) Effort & Ease (Redux)
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 48 (Unpublished): Being in learning each day, There is accumulation. Being in It [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 66: Lead & 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 Chapter 66 of the Tao Te Ching (Unpublished): Streams and rivers flow down to valleys. Valleys hold the [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 2: Knowing & Wonder
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 Chapter 2 of the Tao Te Ching (Unpublished): When people see beautiful things, Ugly things arise. When people [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 76: Strength & Flexibility
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 Chapter 76 of the Tao Te Ching (Unpublished): Life comes— soft, supple. Death comes— hard, inflexible. Soft and [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 71: Brilliance & Patience
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 Chapter 71 of the Tao Te Ching (Unpublished): Seeing that you don’t know is brilliance. Not seeing that [...]