Taoism's UNCONVENTIONAL Advice on Doing Nothing

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In this podcast, we will explain Taoism's unconventional advice on doing nothing. This is the thirty-seventh episode of the 81 Meditations of the Tao Te Ching, a series where we explore each chapter of the Tao Te Ching. We will dissect chapter thirty-seven of the Tao Te Ching to give you ultimate clarity on the meaning of this chapter.
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0:00 Introduction
0:16 Tao Te Ching Chapter 37
1:06 Nature self-organizes when left alone
3:03 The natural concept of Ziran
4:48 Tao is constant in your life
6:35 Taoism in not ideological or separatist
7:52 Why we forget we are nature
8:53 What happens when we emulate the Tao?
10:22 Lao Tzu's warning
11:56 Become an instrument of the Tao
13:10 The integral Advaita of Taoism
14:48 The aimless essence of Tao
16:29 Why being overly rational and logical suppresses intuition
19:16 The problems younger generations face on the spiritual path
21:57 Zhuangzi's happiness of fish story
25:05 Ancient India's intuition about nothingness
26:59 Free your mind from distractions to connect with Tao
28:08 Why the Tao gravitates towards an empty mind
29:58 The concept of Ying
31:40 Understanding the core Taoist principle of humility
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@JasonGregoryAuthor Жыл бұрын

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@applesnicolle5144 Жыл бұрын

Jason great talk! Are you two married? I bet!🌞

@creamrising Жыл бұрын

"Nature is a self organizating intelligence." No further understanding is required. Beautiful.

@jerseydevil4102 Жыл бұрын

When she said that, it stopped me dead in my tracks and I had to hit the pause button for a bit.

@usarmyveteran177 9 ай бұрын

This means everything we try to do to the earth to “help” it, is all in vain. Homeostasis with it’s 1,000’s of feedback loops will sort our mess out and fix the damage. We run interference when we try to fix what we did. The earth is not a stupid rock floating around in space. It’s course is guided and is based in nature. We just need to trust nature and hand the direction of nature over to nature. Problem is many people don’t trust nature because it will occasionally let us down, but that is the risk of life. “When the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work the wrong way.” ~Chinese proverb …or as we say in the West, The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

@amandabrutus-phillips9624 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Just this weekend I was driving and it hit me, I don’t have to find meaning in life. I am the meaning. Just my mere existence is. There’s nothing that needs to be done but to show up and enjoy the existence. To do what brings joy and allow that to be. Realizing that the energy used to figure something out can be redirected to being rather than doing. Love you both.

@francescazammitcutajar4397 Жыл бұрын

Agreed ! More being, less doing , all the better for more loving ;-) (of self and other)

@SaturnaliaJones Жыл бұрын

Agree this as baseline, and inspiration to "do" coming from what Source desires to express through us, through our incarnation.

@ArtByHazel Жыл бұрын

The power of surrender. Being is the new doing. Thank you. ❤

@laravladimir493 Жыл бұрын

This is SO perfect for me , thankyou !! My life totally reflects this. Divine timing . I always felt secretly guilty for not being an active " go getter" but the sit back and allow approach is much more naturally me. And my life is full of miracles ! As soon as I completly let things go , that's when it comes to me !

@ashasingh6923 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful👍

@CarldeFigueiredo-lf2gc Жыл бұрын

Lara Light: So very true what you say. In surrendering to the Universe or the Dao, ones attitude to life changes; it feels as if in trusting, the Universe takes over and things fall into place. It's only in doing it, that one can have the wonderful experiences. Thank you for sharing.

@cherylpoole7521 Жыл бұрын

Truth as it's called is revealed in absolute silence without words otherwise it becomes an intellectual spiritual exercise like school

@johnmiller0000 Жыл бұрын

The Tao manifests as the second law of thermodynamics! In a meditation recently, I had this thought: it's all just energy and information. I'm a physical chemist and physical chemistry often involves describing spontaneous processes, so for the next few days, I started digging into the reasons for the 2nd law and, somehow, ended up listening to a reading of the Tao Te Ching by Wayne Dyer. Needing to learn more about the Tao, I found your channel. Thank you for your explanations.

@yoeyyoey8937 Жыл бұрын

Care to explain more I think chemistry reveals many important truth about the way our universe and perception works. Like in “resonance structures”

@JeffCaplan313 Жыл бұрын

Show some love for biology, too! 😜

@johnmiller0000 Жыл бұрын

@@JeffCaplan313Of course. Any scientific discipline that points us to truth should be a manifestation of the Tao.

@ashasingh6923 Жыл бұрын

👍

@johnmiller0000 Жыл бұрын

@@gpayne12100 Yes! I enjoy seeing the violet flame swirl around. I see it if I sit in the dark with my eyes open, too. Once, after an intense "moment", I saw the violet flame even when going about my everyday activities. This lasted about 4 days.

@SearchOfSelf Жыл бұрын

After watching the video, I believe the most important takeaway is balancing one's focus on doing and not doing. It's a sign of true wisdom to find the harmony between these two forces, allowing us to be in tune with the Dao 🙏

@M-i-k-a-e-l Жыл бұрын

Was on my way to write the same thing. Appreciate this. Have a blessed path.

@SearchOfSelf Жыл бұрын

@@M-i-k-a-e-l Thank you for the well wishes! It's always refreshing when we find a shared understanding. Blessings to you as well.

@M-i-k-a-e-l Жыл бұрын

@@SearchOfSelf ☀️🌿

@randybackgammon890 Жыл бұрын

Now THAT I can relate to.I was begining to think this all sounded like idleness and self defeating fatalism.But I'm inclining to the idea of a pick and mix between action and flow.Allowing things to happen as well as manufacture.I'm pretty convinced it's not all one or the other and chance which(to my eyes at least) obviously exists denies any cast iron guarantees of success within any specific time frame.Somtimes you gotta focus and some times you gotta ramble and gamble content in the faith that sooner or later you'll be back in the arms of love again✌️

@SearchOfSelf Жыл бұрын

@@randybackgammon890 Absolutely. I think it's so important to be mindful of both doing actions and allowing the world to show us opportunities 💜

@Mmmmmmmmmnmnn Жыл бұрын

How do you guys let go of expectations around other ppl who don’t live this way? Everyone I’m around is chasing money, fame, influence, attention. I just enjoy sitting in the sun, watching birds and feel like a weirdo cuz I dont come off “ambitious” in this hustle culture ☺️. I’m a new fan of this channel btw, thank you for talking on all this🙏🏻I’m relearning Eastern religions again

@Mmmmmmmmmnmnn Жыл бұрын

@@woodspriteful thank you! Well said. Comparing myself to others and letting go of expectations are 2 things I need to focus on. I appreciate the reply🙏🏻

@batcactus6046 Жыл бұрын

rewind, watch again

@KnucklesForSkull Жыл бұрын

People who have aligned themselves with the truth are always going to be seen as "weirdos" by those who live in delusions. The very same people chasing what you said, not everyone's going to get what they want, and the ones who don't get it, will usually end up depressed over literally nothing. The biggest delusion of humanity is their thinking that they can influence reality through force, which eventually ends up backfiring, often very badly. Align yourself with the truth my friend. Escape the Matrix of delusion....

@yaoliang1580 Жыл бұрын

@@woodspritefulwell said, we need to worry when we belong to the majority

@johnc.6645 Жыл бұрын

The greatest gift of Taoism, is to break the shackles of Group think. I have always enjoyed your interpretations of the tao.

@SoyElta Жыл бұрын

Terence Mckenna has a lecture about how intuition is considered feminine and hence maligned in the west. I think this speaks to this over abundance of Yang in our society.

@jamgamber0 Жыл бұрын

After many videos, you are helping me interiorize this knowledge, and make me understand that there is no better way than Taoism to understand reality. Once you start seeing it, it is hard to see it in any other way. Thanks.

@carlastopher1686 Жыл бұрын

A perfect match to my present journey...confirmation of being on the correct path..Giving Thanks to the One-ness!🙏

@marilynwarbis7224 Жыл бұрын

This video perfectly encapsulates everything I need to understand, and even explains what I've instinctively already understood about life. After exploring the various other traditions such as Buddhism, Rosicrucianism etc etc, I'm delighted to 'come home' to The Tao way with its guidance regarding wu wei. (Have I got the spellings right?) To follow this way is to have the great burden of life lifted from our shoulders - we no longer feel we have to control everything. It also allows us to have consciousness of the love which cosmos has for us, because we are not blocking this love with the over-use of the intellect.

@ashischattopadhyay9598 Жыл бұрын

Niskama Karma! Grand manner of reiteration! Much appreciated & cherished 🪔🕊️💐

@laravladimir493 Жыл бұрын

The whole point is to live and be , almost aimlessly. LOVE IT! RAMBLE AT EASE ! YES!!!!!!! instead of missing the point and beauty right Infront of us. Wow

@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын

Such levels of Realisation.. That’s so profound 🌺🕎🕉️🛐☪️☦️🔯☯️🌺

@Skiz13435 Жыл бұрын

Thank you both, i needed to hear such wisdom 🙏

@tobinharris8107 Жыл бұрын

Excellent discussion. I sat here nodding my head throughout and really resonating with many points. I have experienced wu wei and it is indeed subtle and unexpected. Thank you so much for this series! 👍☯

@dharmabum69b 6 ай бұрын

I have lived my life since the age of 14 (when i left home) ~ going where life takes me ~ i am now 73 ~ what an incredible adventure it's been.

@johnc.6645 Жыл бұрын

It took me many years to break the bonds of group think. For me that is the greatest gift of the Tao.

@timallsopp9622 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the book, Power vs Force, also arrogance, when one thinks they know a better way, but is really only self serving, then one can see it was always the ego

@bellj753 Жыл бұрын

You're alive and you do absolutely nothing to manage that. You do not choose to digest food, it happens, you do not will your heart to beat, it happens. The very core of your being is action without any effort from the conscious mind. As above so below, if you follow your life path without judgement or force of will, something many unfold naturally just as easily as your very experience of being alive.

@thomgottberg7468 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your perspectives and depth...but had to chuckle today when you drove home the idea of younger generations. I catch myself thinking this all the time now that I am pushing 70. Hopefully you will be reaching the younger generations with this wisdom. Keep up the good work kids...

@yaoliang1580 Жыл бұрын

It's easier to learn spirituality in the later years bcos there is lesser attachment to materiality

@practicaliching2311 Жыл бұрын

From Cafe AU Soul hexagram 37. You seek a haven and find a stone. But the stone will shape you of your own likeness In the contrast of the family, life reveals your deeper color. ." There is no other pathway than to cultivate what is real for you. You often seek encouragement from the family and do not find it. You believe that they will provide a haven and instead, they offer a stone. Yet, this stone becomes your gift, because it will shape you in your own likeness.

@ShraddaNiche Жыл бұрын

Good Morning Friends. Beautiful rainy Sunday. I appreciate all your content. I feel supported and am grateful for the guidance. Namaste 🙏

@CaptainSanchez Жыл бұрын

Great lessons packed in this chapter of the Tao Te Ching commentary episode. Thank you so much! You guys break it down so beautifully and so practically and relatable. I greatly appreciate it and so do so many others. Thank you. Blessings to you all

@garysnider3000 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your chapter reviews ... OM Shanti Shanti Shanti

@selfchatter Жыл бұрын

This was cool. Came at the right time. Thanks.

@newpilgrim Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this deep reminder.

@JasonGregoryAuthor Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind support, Sarah. It means a lot. Hope you are well.

@DevinP2223 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video, Jason!

@Sophia-yo9rp Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your wisdom and love.

@watersprite333 Жыл бұрын

Love the both of you in conversation like this; thank you for sharing your pearls of wisdom with us. Listening to this also made me think of cause and effect; the conversation that Krishna has with Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, within the Bhagavad Gita, if he decides to take no action at all and simply goes with the flow and how discerning Arjuna became at that pivotal moment in time. Namaste, love & light!

@TiffanyLewis1987 Жыл бұрын

I adore listening to you guys discuss… 😊🙏🏽❤️

@billwhite9701 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great conversation

@melissaqualls5774 Жыл бұрын

I was in a class yesterday and the instructor said she noticed from my facial expression that I was confused and I was...Sadly, this experience I had is becoming less common because of addiction to cell phones and addiction to the ego...

@yaoliang1580 Жыл бұрын

The cell phone is the most wonderful gift, but like all good things in life, too much indulgence become bad

@higgsking Жыл бұрын

Awesome as always. Thank you

@eddiehughes371 Жыл бұрын

Again, thank you 🙏. Easy to understand explanations about the things in life we all need to learn.

@christineweathers1965 4 ай бұрын

This is a staple daily listen for me at this time.

@wissoetewey9295 Жыл бұрын

Wow! great, clear, deep...thank both of you!

@yuval2248 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much , very inspiring and relaxing ❤

@griffingrinnell1582 Жыл бұрын

Always helpful

@williamcagliostro9506 Жыл бұрын

I love everything Lao Tzu taught.Thank you Jason for blessing us with his teachings.

@surabhik7835 Жыл бұрын

Om namah sivaya, Thank you for the video. I think that bhagavan Sri Krishna explains also well what is non-action in the Bhagavad Gita. Non action doesn't mean that there is no efforts to be made, or that one should not act, for it is impossible. On the contrary, I think that non-action means to act without the thought "I ( the ego) am the doer." Which is equivalent to selfless or egoless action .❤

@colemarsh13 Жыл бұрын

Thank you both ❤❤

@nicolaslogie7509 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your teachings 🙏

@billzepp69 Жыл бұрын

This was great. Thank you 🙏 I really don’t know what changed but this episode felt way more inviting. All about the pin stripes I guess.

@wendyfarrall1355 Жыл бұрын

Excellent So good Thank you 😊

@dianesmith8183 Жыл бұрын

Thank you as always for your wonderful insights. It seems so simple, empty the mind so the water can flow thru. I remind myself to just let go and let Tao. LOVE & HUGS

@Kumargaret 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful presentation, thank you❤❤ it feels retrospectively that yes initially we seem to be doers with a task of rising something. The hardworking Agents. Sooner or later we discover gifts of Tao, Yoga, Vedanta, Zen... so we could see we have created a sand castle, at best. Yet, we are still here, so we may become a humble Instrument. We are at service. Some guard and reflect the Light at a Lighthouse, others at Inner Temples, at Homes, Academias, Communities; keeping alive our magnificient Eden on Earth and seeding potent human aerosols across. We acctually turn from Light to Light with Love❤ don't we?

@rebeccamackinnon97 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful explanation ❤️🙏🏻

@matrazke Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@josephinerooney8393 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your truthful talk blessings to you both ❤

@raycosmic9019 10 ай бұрын

Letting Now be as pleasant as possible.

@lilithx6992 7 ай бұрын

I watch your video’s to hear the shanti, shanti, shanti at the end!

@PamelaCardinale 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@lyellmurray7355 Жыл бұрын

H2OK That adds depth to my practice. Thank You!💜🕉️

@chevalia Жыл бұрын

Wu Wei is getting out of our own way so to speak. Entering the state of Turia opens up the flood gates of nature to navigate without our ego and attachments pinching us off from the flow and power of the Tao. The Tao resolves obstacles much more brilliantly than the ego can. Trust is a part of being able to release control and force and practice Wu Wei.

@Anders01 Жыл бұрын

One idea I got recently is that free will has to do with strong emergence. Weak emergence is when things happen only from the laws of physics. Strong emergence is when things happen that's more than just the sum of the parts.

@Ron-rk6iz Жыл бұрын

Without modern technology, I would not have seen this video, a great Video by the way. It seems a contradiction that people who are preaching; "nondoing" have a KZfaq channel. I think "doing" as an extension of awareness, makes a lot of sense, human beings are explorers equipped with a body, mind, and soul to DO so. Matter, the toys for us to manifest ourselves, are there to "do" something with..... Hence: Science without Spiritualism is lame, and Spiritualism without Science is blind.

@yaoliang1580 Жыл бұрын

Life is meant for action, though we occasionally need to sit down to reflect n relax

@Searchforfulltruth911 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@argile5 11 ай бұрын

I had a wu wei experience at the bus stop. There was a fight. One guy punched the other in the face while he was sitting down. I was sitting next to him. I could have just left the area altogether and let the man get beat up. Instead I instinctively stayed there but didn't join the fight. I told the attacker I was calling the police. He was angry at me and threatened me. I just stayed present until the police got there. The wu wei was that I didn't over react or under react. I followed intuition.

@nielsandersen4753 Жыл бұрын

I understand all the logic and philosophy in this, but ive yet to find a way to dismantle this coating of compulsive machinery that my consciousness has been swallowed by and uncover Tao.

@Orlandomatheus Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JasonGregoryAuthor Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind support, my friend.

@garyjohnson1466 Жыл бұрын

Peace

@plusone8015 Жыл бұрын

Add kototama books by MM Nakozono, aiki and macrobiotics and the Tao ☯️ will embrace you as kindly as a loving grandmother ❤❤

@laravladimir493 Жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me of Abraham Hicks law of attraction. Allowing life's forces to come in with out getting in the way

@steviebecoming850 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason for sharing with us but I couldn't catch the names of the authors of both of the translations that you both red from. Can you please let me know their names. Thank you ❤

@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын

Amazing & simply so profound and poignant 👌🙏🇮🇳🌺🕉️🛐☯️🔯☦️☪️🕎🌺🇮🇳🙏👌

@walgekaaren1783 Жыл бұрын

Blaming intuitive errors on Intuition is like blaming murder on a gun or knife.

@ToddSloanIAAN Жыл бұрын

If you do something about the volume input it will be better and nothing will be left undone.

@WisdomofMindBody 6 ай бұрын

What is the word he said that everything is of its own, spontaneous because it is natural, called sichuan? I never heard of this term. I only heard of WuWei.

@EddieAdolf Жыл бұрын

I like that this video ends in 33:39 3+3+3=9+9=18 8+1=9 333, the way to 9.

@ZeroManO3 Жыл бұрын

I’m distracted by Nothing Relaxing is exciting

@traceysheneman8652 10 ай бұрын

Wu wei is in agreement with charis (koine Greek meaning "grace" in Christian teaching). Charis is meritless favor, or kindness without attachment to effort.

@PatMeruseye Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly ENJ☯️YED this !!! 🙏🏻

@williamkauffman5745 9 ай бұрын

🙏

@ranurene2018 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын

🙏🇮🇳🌺☪️🛐☦️🔯☯️🕉️🕎🌺🇮🇳🙏… All the Divine Blessings of the Divine Free Will & all as Divinely Ordained 🌺🌺🌺

@genomedia44 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jason, at 1:10 you mention Wei Wu Wei (vs Wu Wei) which I'd like to go into in contrast to this discussion. I've searched through your videos here on KZfaq, and not found anything specifically on this (unless I miss it by looking at the title/descriptions) , can you point me in the right direction? Thanks

@intp-akil3127 Жыл бұрын

It’s akin to “becoming self” or “Just Being” there’s an phenomenal thing attached like a bridge to said essence and the other is just said essence without qualities. It’s like Nirguna Brahman vs Sirguna Brahman. One has qualities and one transcends all phenomenality and non phenomena absolutely.

@nara8587 Жыл бұрын

An interesting, sensible discussion. Just wondering why the Lady is stating the avarage and low standards of smartness as being common and general. If every experience is a subjective one, what right we have to state "it is so for majority"? Each one of us is having his own perception and experience of reality? The dumb low standards majority is a thing of the past. It is as I say❤

@dharmabum69b 6 ай бұрын

IMHO ~ there have been several civilization on this planet before ours and they all failed because they went the same way that we have ~ getting caught up in this materialistic illusional instead of following a spiritual path ~ our life is the instrument we use to find truth in this dimention.

@XX-qi5eu Жыл бұрын

The world's graveyards are filled with the indispensable.

@mybe1130 Жыл бұрын

❤

@Utube1024 Жыл бұрын

Quite true. If human were to do as told on doing nothing we might not be able to see this video at all. No improvement, no quarrels between countries that are separated by huge area of water. Another word to be human is just waiting for death to come.