“Just Tao It” Series: Introduction, Part I — Welcome to Patterns & Mystery
We’re in the habit of choosing sides. Profit OR Planet. Progress OR Tradition. Human Wisdom OR Artificial Intelligence. My people OR Your people. Much of the exhaustion surrounding modern life seems connected to this reflex of forcing reality into choices that cannot hold for very [...]
“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Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE From my Cliff’sNOTES interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1 (Unpublished).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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 9 (Unpublished): Brim-fill the teacup, it spills.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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 10 (Unpublished): Do you travel in body, spirit, and soul, without losing their [...]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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11 (Unpublished): Spokes unite at the [...]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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 12 (Unpublished): Blindness for the color, when too many run together.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 [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 54: Part & Whole
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 54 (Unpublished): There’s no uprooting a rooted center. What’s held truly endures. Allow [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 57: Truth & Trust
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 57 (Unpublished): Govern a country with justice. Address conflict with surprise. Conquer the [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 17: Claim Power & Share Power
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 17 (Unpublished): The best leaders, Dependence disappears. The next best leaders, Are praised. [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 3: Influence & Allow
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 3 (Unpublished): Avoid overpraise of the praiseworthy, And people will not act resentfully. [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 8: Forming & Adapting
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 8 (Unpublished): Acting as water, It is like water. A subtle necessity, It [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 18: Either/Or & Both/And
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 18 (Unpublished): When seeing It Fails to be clear, Justice and piety Come [...]
Just Tao It, Chapter 78: Masculine & Feminine
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 78 (Unpublished): There is nothing as soft and yielding as water. Yet against [...]