Lao Tzu's Wu Wei

[@austinchoi9802]

Bruce Lee said once on T.V. "be water." Thanks, that was beautifully said. I am learning internal martial arts on my own, and I am learning to allow ripples of energy to pass through me by relaxation and acceptance.

[@BikeriderMihai]

無為（Wúwéi）means non-action，but，老子（Lǎozi） he doesn't refere to do not act at all，but to act according nature low imitating water，to content with nothing and to following the natural course of thing as water does.無為is one of the bigest conception of 老子。 This video is very intersting thx.

[@aperezNWO]

Thanks for your posting. A really simple and honest explanation.

[@bentuur20]

Bhagavad Gita says the same , and it is referred to as "Nishkaam Karma" . If anybody's interested ,research .

[@laurencegoldman4639]

There isn’t anyone who acts, or who has ever done anything. When this is recognized everything spoken (with Lao Tzu ) naturally is the case without practicing anything.

[@YannisHourdakisPhD]

The use of word "action" in the second instance is misleading. So, "action without action", makes no good sense for someone who has no experience of doing something without attachment to the result. Perhaps, a more appropriate phrasing would be "action without tension", for whenever there is tension, there is attachment. Also, this phrasing would be more indicative of the way to attain "wu wei". Starting to observe the tension while doing things and attempting to let go of it, will gradually and inescapably lead to the state of wu wei. Tension, here, does not refer to the physical strain of muscles while performing actions, but rather to an "additional" internal tension that usually accompanies it.

[@HintonburgRep]

in english it doesnt make much sense... but in china... it does... translations are not perfect, i hope u get to be enlightened and rise to a higher level of consciousness

[@sonofliberty08]

wu wei doesn't mean seat there doing nothing like tony tiger said, it means react naturally when we have to react, like when we are hungry, we have to eat in naturalness, if we don't, then we are fighting it unnaturalness, we will die in hungry; if we are full, we will stop eating in naturalness, if we don't stop, then we are fighting it unnaturalness, we will die for eating too much. sleep when we have to sleep, awake when we have to be awake, don't stay awake when we have to sleep, don't sleep when we have to be awake. this is only a simple, real Tao cannot be explain with words, there were lot more to learn from meaning of wu wei, like react in natural unnaturalness or unnatural naturalness, combine it and keep the balancing, we will be in harmony. not react > over react unnaturalness > unnaturalness

[@MindBat]

_"Be water, my friend"_ - Bruce Lee

[@windhorse61]

Well done, thanks for the great vid. Non-acceptance drains our physical and creative energy.

[@nicoramos2329]

How does wu wei apply to that retro kitchen? It looks like a snap shot from a 60's edition of Better Homes.

[@Rhythmrancher]

beautiful :-)

[@Kafei]

By, "We do not act or do anything at all," do you mean a fatalism? I always thought exactly that. Ramesh Balsekar directly admits that this is what it means. For if everything is predetermined, then anything you do was always going to happen, it wasn't of your own doing, but the universe's doing, so therefore no merit or success should be taken by the ego. A sage person deals with his/her affairs with non-action, because the sage is aware of the insight that everything is predetermined.

[@nalcow]

be like water. my friend.. bruce lee.

[@McHenryBruiserFamily]

lady when my crapper at home breaks i dont wanna fight it, i wanna fix it if i practice non action, the bathroom is gonna stink and i might get sick for all the shit i keep doing on top of a broken down crapper cause thats really practicing non action oh you got a nosebleed? oh dont fight it, bleed yourself to death oh what? you are been attacked by a bear/bees/street thugs? oh dont fight it, let it happen LADY I LL DIE A PAINFULL DEATH! unless thats your goal, death in that case, wu wei away

[@HanemanHunters]

Bruce Lee!

[@jesselsj]

A nearly Taoist interpretation

[@domclarke92]

You've misunderstood Wu Wei and have not listened to the video.

[@MagnaCartaTwo]

three cup trickle

[@McHenryBruiserFamily]

you know why that is dont ya? i m practicing wu wei

[@domclarke92]

No.

[@Coffee5432]

Beautiful idea ,not practical