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The Taoist Wu Wei: The Art of Effortless Action
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
The Modern Polymath@modern_polymath•3 min read
The Wisdom of Water1 / 3
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. What is soft is strong.
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The highest good is like water. It gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
Action Without Contrivance2 / 3
Wu Wei is not doing nothing; it is doing what arises naturally without neurotic calculation, forced ego, or anxious self-consciousness.
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Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
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