Dao De Jing or Tao Te Ching - Book of the way

Author: Lao Tzu
This is the Stephen Mitchell translation of the Dao De Jing or Tao Te Ching
Voice Narrator: Unsure, found online awhile back and could not refind, someone linked me to another channel but that to was not the original narration just another linking.

[@RebouteuxNutritionnist]

“Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is…life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you.”

[@chansuite5008]

Excellent summary 🤙

[@karenloveland1428]

Please allow me to share these words with others.

[@RebouteuxNutritionnist]

@@karenloveland1428 Those words do not belong to me but to all that resonate with them. If you are interested on the "way " Don't hesitate to private message me. I can only share as it was shared in the ancient times heart to heart.

[@JamesChanvipas]

说得太好，太对啦。Well said.

[@jackgharen]

Kewl

[@manufacturedreality8706]

“My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. If you want to know me, Look inside your heart.” ― Lao Tzu,

[@Harrower13]

Whenever I am in my darkest places, I come back to this.

[@alwaysanovice]

I have no way of knowing if you get this reply. But I agree with you. The Tao, and this recording in Particular , have pulled me from an internal hell of my own creation. Be well, and do nothing. Much Love...Coop

[@stugramajo3197]

God bless you, brother, in the deepest sense I know to make of that word.

[@pedrojlanza]

Imagine what could happen if you come here when you are shining!

[@Madasin_Paine]

Inspiration is like an overdue shower. Each time is appreciated and sort of uniquely welcomed . More things missed -? -when too long absent, off the beaten path . 🌛

[@70schild420]

I have listened to this wonderful price of work 1000 times and I hear something I haven’t heard before every time.i feel like it changed my life❤️☯️♾

[@WorkerBeesUnite]

That’s exactly how I feel about it. And then sometimes also something you hear and it applies directly to something going on in the moment. It’s nice also to listen to and read different translations of it.

[@aya_x9x]

Exactly this. Also what ​ @Gabriel H says. I specifically have experienced that i will put on repeat and pause/play periodically or let drift into background for several days or a couple weeks -- Almost like a periodical revisiting that, at this point, i can feel when it is time again surprisingly consistently. Usually this coincides with more 'big deal' kind of changes in my life, especially when personal growth has compounded, perhaps a recent sense of 'overcoming' of some grand challenge or something i have struggle with for years or whole life, i finally have breakthrough about. Such times i consider that, perhaps, i have crafted new "tools" or obtained new "resources" to carry with me forward in life, and thus i am compelled to revisit this text, and i will certainly connect concepts/ideas which i had missed prior, or perhaps simply realize how something applies in a way anew in life, blah blah... lots of things. this text holds up 'better' than any other i have read. It also directly coincides with another, vast, set of texts, which i occasionally revisit. Those texts are more focused upon Economy and 'Politics' and Societies as a whole, however the very same concepts, namely "dialectics" and "dialectical thinking" are core tenants of those texts, all the same as the Dao De Jing. If anyone curious, those texts i refer to are select parts of the works from authors such as Engels and Marx from the 1800s. There are vast swathes of their work and some others in related topics, which are by no means 'political' in nature. (tends to be the political parts that scare people away from their contributions to human history and thought). 💖may the best be upon you all~💖

[@jackgharen]

It is a great price.

[@juliecousens7358]

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[@Madasin_Paine]

The same listener never rings twice.

[@manufacturedreality8706]

"The Dao doesn't take sides, it gives birth to both good and evil."

[@Chalchiuitlyollotl]

THE best interpretation I've heard. Simple yet profound

[@thedreamer215]

I'm so relieved that I found my way back here today. I've listened to this video many times and it always calms my soul. Recently I hadn't realized how consumed with the self I had become and I was miserable. I've been in a dark place for a while now and this is the first time I feel okay again. Like many others, I struggle with depression and anxiety and this video has a way of making life make sense to me again. Thank you for making this video. Sending positive vibes to everyone 💞

[@kenney1987]

Try searching : tao in everyday life

[@Efitlove1970]

I hear you, I respect and honor you!

[@TemiArinola88]

I've been allowing spirit to guide me now for the past few months and it always brings me to where i need to be in my spiritual walk. Listening to this reading on tbe Tao is more confirmation in remembering who I AM! A lot resonated and it feels good knowining that i need to just BE. Thank you!

[@kaiven2429]

The same is for me exactly.....

[@xXTumblinXx]

I like the fact that the author is a long time practitioner of zen, who corroborated with scholars in writing this, so he has first hand experience with it's meaning, not just intellectual.

[@mysticoversoul]

The text of the immortal Tao Te Ching begins at 10:38.

[@jamesmanning8269]

Thanks brother

[@shellyrahme8065]

I've been listening to this for months. I could listen forever.

[@CaptainSaveaHomeLLCMilwaukee]

Me too. This is my favorite reading of the book too because the voice is relaxing and well timed

[@seba180789]

Me too

[@dagi171717]

You will. That's been my experience 🙂

[@plusone8015]

​@@seba180789 me three

[@1k0nx]

10:44 1 ~ Eternal 11:56 2 ~ Forever 13:22 3 ~ Not Doing 14:13 4 ~ Well 14:45 5 ~ Center 15:28 6 ~ Greatmother 15:55 7 ~ Selfless

[@ccnbou3347]

Thank you for keeping this up to date among the non sense comments. Much appreciated

[@Rerbun]

16:50 8

[@silentkayak]

This is such a wonderful translation and reading. I cried throughout the introduction with such joy. Thank you so much for sharing this translation and reading. It is brilliant.

[@sign.that.artist]

You've managed to stretch a 30 min read to 1hr and 43min and keep my attention. You my friend, are the MASTER! "Kung Fu Panda voice"

[@lovealways2609]

🕊 awesome! ~isn't it🔆♡

[@aaronmplsmn]

I love the way you presented this! I saw Lao Tzu on the morning train. He STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE AISLE and didn't have to hold onto anything and YET he never wavered. He didn't look a day over 900. The whole car of passengers was mesmerized! BUT I KNEW. Signed, CUZ.

[@turtle19707]

Eh?

[@insitemc]

lol

[@maxonmendel5757]

You're here all the time?

[@indigojax7853]

This is truly truly beautiful. Like bathing in words and vision. I cannot grasp with with my mind, but I can feel it in the cells of my being, shifting my soul into new spaces. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@tootsieb11]

Big Thank you to the Late Dr Wayne Dyer for introducing me to The Dao. I'll need to listen to it a number of times but it resonates beautifully 🙏🏼💜

[@77XTINA]

I could cry at how beautiful this is. This book has given me so much, it's almost ineffable. The only words I do have are thank you

[@ekene.agunechemba]

i really do cry every time i hear this

[@rodbennett1133]

After struggling through other translations, this is the miracle in my life.😊

[@uncomplicated-iching]

The Dao De Jing is like life’s ultimate cheat sheet: - trying too hard is often the problem, not the solution - doing nothing (but doing it well) can achieve everything - flow like water-soft, calm, and unstoppable - laugh at anyone still chasing success on tiptoe

[@victoriahampson1602]

Stephen... your translation has changed my life.. namaste... namaha....

[@poetryjones7946]

The best translation I’ve ever heard, beautifully read. Thank you. 🙏🏼🌷

[@jerryanderson2374]

Listening to this reading cleanses my spirit. Everyday becomes fresher than the day before. We are all Starlight and Stories told without language. The DAO suspends us in a webs of Starlight. Birth and Death's endless cycle.

[@simplitia]

Bought this version by S. Mitchell over 20 yrs ago and for me its the best translation. Glad to have to find this on youtube and read very well as well, thanks.

[@michaeljones7372]

Easily one of the best videos on KZbin, thank you for posting this.

[@hadee8464]

I love this translation ,the reader is great, and the video background is very beautiful . THANK YOU ,THANK YOU

[@AreteSr]

The reader is translator Stephen Mitchell himself.

[@ArtTravelandSpirituality]

Awesome translation of the Tao, and incredible narrator. Its helping me a lot to find peace within. Thanks !

[@alexborghiphotography]

Absolutely amazing. Best version ever. Your voice and pace is so relaxing. I listen every week for years. Thank you.

[@70schild420]

The most important audio book on the internet ❤

[@gps8958]

The Dao has brought us here in this moment and lets us go, lighter than when we came.

[@xontm]

First time listening to the teachings of the DAO. Very wise. I've heard this audiobook twice already, and planing to buy the book to have at hand.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Consider getting the pocket-sized edition, so you'll never have to leave home without it!

[@Ruby-ee2rx]

Which audiobook did you listen to, is it as good as this recording? Thank you.

[@oliviasusan8133]

Stephen Mitchell’s translation is my favorite! I believe this is what is being read from here. Best $1.99 I’ve ever spent for the iBook. Peace to all!

[@astalindroos7155]

I have lived 40 years of my life filled with Taoist life philosophy. I am grateful to Tao about all this wisdom which I have had to learn. Bai Yun Gùan in Beijing is my spiritual home.

[@marvymarier8988]

Yes......

[@jackgharen]

Yes. I will check that place out now. Thank you.

[@jackgharen]

The very best translation. I am grateful the audio continues to be available on here.

[@magichawk1087]

Wow! This is most beautiful and gentle way to teaching. Truly, when we empty our heart, the flow of DAO energy/power/sense will fill our heart. That is the truly PEACEFUL way of living!! Thank you for sharing..... My first time learning about Dao....through You Tube. Awesome!

[@cypressceleste8678]

I am spending time listening to it slowly, verse by verse, until I have some understanding of it. I believe this is key, to really study it. This is such a beautiful translation and the narrator's voice is so soothing and peaceful. I wasn't interested in it when I read another translation so thank you for posting this!

[@noelbohlsen]

I have learned a lot from this lesson due to the fact I listened to it knowing nothing.

[@thejjjwils]

But then you spoke and he who speaks knows nothing.....

[@Ponponhead]

+thejjjwils I've learned that part of learning how to learn is to learn that learning is simply experience without ignorance. One cannot learn language without experiencing language firsthand. Knowing "nothing" is fallacious, it is impossible to truly know nothing. Stating that one knows nothing is declaring that one lacks knowledge, therefore any addition of previously unknown knowledge to a lack of knowledge can be considered knowledge that is learned. Generally speaking however, one who speaks is attempting either to learn more about the subject of what is being spoken about, or to teach another with or without the intention of eliciting a particular reaction. The latter of those two motives is based on ego. Despite the fact that the ego itself is an illusion, the concept of ego is a necessary tool for making learning possible and enjoyable in a world where different people know different things dependent on their individual experiences. Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything. Between these two my life turns -Nisargadatta Maharaj In comparison to individuals who have gone through more ignorance-free experiences than I have, I am not wise. Believing that one's self is wise is clinging to a state of permanent knowing, which is naturally a delusion that is a detriment not only to oneself because it builds false confidence, but since nobody is perfect others see claims of wisdom to be arrogance. Not entirely sure why I wrote all of this but I enjoyed writing it, so I suppose that's reason enough.

[@eternalwisdom9788]

Wonderful narration! Taoism is more than philosophy, it sets you on the way to service and living to your own nature.

[@Luther84695]

Dao De Jing is not at all Taoism. It's more like Buddhism. Taoism more like I-Ching stuff.

[@2633babe]

Very interesting. See what you think are real.

[@lavabeard5939]

@@Luther84695 "the dao de jing isnt like daoism" k

[@joshl.8950]

@@Luther84695 Is there no correlation between TAOism and the TAO te ching?

[@Luther84695]

@@joshl.8950 none whatsoever. Taoism is more like Magick and Tao te ching is more like philosophy. If you become a Taoist priest, the first you will learn is a banishment ritual to get rid of evil spirits. You don't see that in Tao te ching. Tao te ching is one of the most overrated book ever.

[@rswinnen]

Thanks for doing this. Appreciate the recording. Love the calmness of the voice ... thanks much

[@XQzamWA]

Beautiful in its simplicity. A lovely translation.

[@maumihajohn]

very, very cool. this was my first time listening to the tao de ching. Thank you for uploading. the birds and the water were a nice touch, as well as the imagery. nicely done.

[@hiloandjo]

Total silence...This is a memory from long ago...I was in a crib as a baby...and I remember floating up into a starry night and a voice said ''do not forget this'' being so new I often wondered how a baby would understand words, but the experience is remembered, but that openness is lost behind some kind of wall that seems tightly closed.

[@mikebills9414]

Thank you for this translation and reading, I've listened many times and find something new each time. Just beautiful truth.

[@shelbyrayne5893]

Always helps with my anxiety and depression

[@FromPanictoParis]

Shelby Rayne that's what lead me to this audio I am looking to heal 🙏🏽

[@shelbyrayne5893]

glenn murphy me too. We can do this :) I wish you much luck and good energy on your journey

[@bknight3693]

Love. Emotional skills are handy you may find this audio book helpful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqPEkIOlq92dpq8

[@prettyfemme]

Shelby Rayne yooo frrr i was upset and stressing about boys and rent but now I'm blissful aff

[@josephlunder1092]

Not hard, easy.

[@ednavazquezmusica]

Thank you! Your voice is perfect for these brilliant poems. Very nice, and much appreciated.

[@kentnimmo]

There is nothing that can be said about tao.Contradiction intended=tao To lose yourself=tao To be the context=tao To be an expression and know it=tao To express words=tao To be a joke and find it hilarious=tao To be sleep=tao To be alive and dead while alive=tao To contradict a contradiction=tao To get it by knowing you cannot get it=tao To be a wave on the ocean's floor=tao To be shallow and deep=tao To be creation=tao To be everywhere while being exactly where you are=tao To be change=tao Beauty not tied an object=tao To have no choice=tao To not be tao and know why=tao To be exactly who you are=tao To be and not be thinking about it=tao To be with it by being it=tao To leave self and be else=tao To be the meaning between the lines=tao To explain by not explaining=tao In between too much and not enough=tao To blend into a crowd so well that you stand out=tao To do exactly what you should do by doing nothing=tao To be flow=ta To get out of your way=tao To feel the past turn to future=tao To have no reason to judge yourself=tao To be one with yourself=tao To be a relationship=tao

[@SQincognito-fb2zf]

Everything is Tao maybe

[@calcshifiar8168]

@@SQincognito-fb2zf thats kinda the point

[@albertsnow7111]

Tao directly translate can be road. Its like how the object work and running. Just like the road, the orbit that car, star running on it. That's the tao. So lose yourself is not the tao. Why you lose yourself at before, why you will go, why you be here. Why is Tao. Everything is not the Tao. But Tao is why everything is everything.

[@albertsnow7111]

That's the thought. They believe behind everything, have something to supply that. That's the tao. It's more like Newton's law. It's the key point, even the author live thousands of years ago. But he get the idea from the surface of world, and abstract of that.

[@nuriavinyals4892]

Wonderful translation. Thankyou so much. I listen to it with true pleasure and every time discover something new.

[@AreteSr]

The reader is translator Stephen Mitchell himself.

[@jeffscottbowman1]

I was very relaxed until I started reading the comments, It should be added in the Tao to not read You Tube comments about the Tao. You've been forewarned.

[@cherylhall1985]

@JeffBowman Best comment right there. Lol, thanks!

[@abdelabdel8089]

Hahahaa. You are so right!

[@vjkammi4932]

ah shit! uploader needs to pin this to the top!

[@JohnLee-lt9km]

Jeff Bowman

[@perry_123]

People who think they know....comment, and those who think.." don,t know...Don,t comment

[@sweetserendipity7392]

Thank you for the work you've put into this channel. I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of your uploads you've shared.

[@russellbarndt6579]

THANK YOU !( for sharing this for for those who seek out balance and harmony in the struggle of Life with ourselves and others) ....my good sir/mam

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

[@lovealways2609]

Yes. 🕊 This is nice. Shalom.🕊

[@marbleblue5127]

A refreshing way to end the year and set the path for the new one. Thank you.

[@bobbyholt2019]

Phenomenal. If your living in the present, your inside of the gift.

[@shushu5873]

It’s really helpful with the subtitle ,thank you, I have been listening to Tao over and over again 🙏

[@Sylinic]

This is a fantastic video! I love the video background, much better quality than other videos on KZbin. Appreciate it, Nervous Nerd. :)

[@danthedandruff9049]

Without doubt, my favorite narration and translation- great post

[@paulmertens5522]

Thanks for the upload; I love this version.

[@luciahamann9307]

Thank you Nervous Nerd for your authentic presentation. Living nervously is part of it. After all, they finished their lecture. So that was a success for you nervous nerd. Good way. Good greetings and bye

[@impraveenkumar432]

Hi brother and sisters.... Love from India 💖🇮🇳 The spirituality is true essence of peaceful life. I feel it like it came in by blood through ancestors that doesn't mean that my father also can feel it... I mean the descending blood through generation in inactive form activated only in some new born as I feel. Because, the degree of understanding and feeling spirituality in my life is not in my own brother. My words to universe: The source of true essence of love is inside us. It is the same love that flows through all of us. It's infinite. My Spiritual inspirations: Kabirdas, OSHO, Me.

[@sammiller2617]

I love this translation. The natural background sounds are beautiful. Thank you.

[@sammiller2617]

I hear what u say re Mitchell's interpretation being less complete and complex than many others, truer to the original Chinese, but it serves as a brilliant gateway to the Tao and its deep truths and beckons the reader to enter further into study.

[@blackawesomemanbam2427]

The dao is the eqaul sign of the world... To elevate into it and use it's power is to know how it works by knowing nothing and accepting whatever comes and applying dao to it

[@ryanbe2275]

it's nice to see people from different backgrounds listing to this.

[@peacelovedove7080]

On this highly spiritual day, I Love this, I Love all of you. 💜❤🔥🔥✨🙏 Gratitude, Virgo

[@lovealways2609]

🕊 you are sweet. ♡

[@Sandylgray]

The translator AND the narrator is Stephen Mitchell. Wonderful!

[@bastideans4631]

Yes, This IS Stephen Mitchell reading His own translation

[@lovealways2609]

🕊 This is awesome! ♡

[@gamebr0vip188]

The way of harmony through nothing. Simple, patient, and compassionate for others by realizing nature is empty. Relaxed, relating, and respectful

[@tomsl7111]

10:44 is when the actual book begins. ;)

[@superstitionskiller1291]

Thanx for this nice video, the introduction was amazing, it could be a nice idea to have some kind of final explanation or interpretation of some passages of the book . This is my number one book , because the book itself is not about itself, meaning that the words and names can be changed without changing the essence of the book, also each chapter in the book is self sufficient, meaning that the order of chapters doesn't affect the understanding of it, and not to forget that each chapter is worth a lot, meaning that each chapter could "give birth" to many new books, And I think this is the purpose of the book, to be short or the shortest path possible, I think the way the book was written was made in such a way that anyone can easily understand at that time, now the Chinese speakers find it difficult, it is old and not easy to understand unless the level of Chinese is above average, but the English translation like this one is super easy to understand, now this is said, it sure would take years to practice before some one can become a teacher or a "Taoist graduate " .

[@mikaellundqvist]

I think it IS Stephen Mitchell himself reading. I've listened to Mitchell in other circumstances and I hear identical voices. I too think his translation is the most beautiful and poetic. It also feels the most "right".

[@AreteSr]

Yes, it is indeed Stephen Mitchell himself.

[@batshuamibeityehonatan1371]

@@AreteSr Is this the background music that comes with the "with music" version of the CD, though? Looking to replace a missing chapter.

[@Sandylgray]

The narrator IS Stephen Mitchell.

[@kronnos9]

I just got the BOOK itself!!! It is great to see the written words

[@calebfi]

Well I'm about an hour in and I feel like I'm standing on the edge of reality lol.

[@chaosenergy1990]

Caleb Fischer You are reality. The edge is an illusion.

[@maxonmendel5757]

I don't like that feeling

[@InnerLuminosity]

@@chaosenergy1990 we are INFINITY

[@DjRickeyRicardo]

This is amazing if been following this book and it really works I'm seeing my life change for positve but there is still some Quotes I don't understand I need meaning of bless for this !🙏🙌

[@FoxenGlow]

This Version was read and translated by Stephen Mitchell

[@Burton_aka]

Thank you. Its an interesting, organic -even elemental way of lookin at life and events. At one point, was contended to read the verses and inevitably came to recognize the elemental correspondences. Its a good guide, although the Ways in Life are at their core, limitless...

[@drzakir123]

simplicity,patience,and compassion,i feel like I am listening to Koran.same message in a gist.all praises belong to allah/God/Tao/paramathma/elohim

[@Doriesep6622]

+truth God doesn't need praise.

[@drzakir123]

Doriesep6622 yes ur right but when we praise God what it means is try to be humble and don't oppressed ppl.being arrogant is not good. learn to read between the lines otherwise u will deviate from the straight path.

[@Doriesep6622]

empty yourself of beliefs; don't define

[@drzakir123]

Doriesep6622 yes ur right one can't define allah/God or tao and everything else is definable.

[@rayw6339]

قوله تعالى: ﴿وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ عِندَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ ۖ فَإِن قَاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ﴾ وقوله تعالى: ﴿وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَاءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا﴾. وقوله تعالى: ﴿سَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُواْ قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوَاْ إلى الْفِتْنِةِ أُرْكِسُواْ فِيِهَا فَإِن لَّمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانًا مُّبِينًا﴾.

[@dawnbern2917]

I recently heard the term "Taoist Utopia" ... there are small communities popping up that are using the foundation of Lao Tzu's teachings. So wonderful.

[@paulpinedo1892]

I listen to this to go to sleep

[@sfctapia4529]

Me too

[@benevolencia4203]

Me 3

[@luckylenny2506]

I find that starting my day with a light meditation followed by popping in this audio jump starts my day. I usually alternate this with the Dhammadapa or Bhgavad Gita ...

[@vjkammi4932]

Wow that was amazing! Man the world is so far off track....

[@manufacturedreality8706]

Indeed

[@kayokk-]

Amazing! Just so beautiful. Thank you🙏🏼

[@timmbrockmann959]

Following the Tao is easy, yet very hard at the same time, showing the paradox of the words again. If you just let yourself flow in the river, you don´t have to do anything, but if you question it - like wondering why things are the way they are, and why you just can´t find happiness or success - then you struggle, because you try to swim against the current. The Way is not "fair" and not personal, it´s very hard to accept though, because your experience is always personal.

[@ToughTitty]

You Buddha

[@soul5788]

Fairness is an illusion. Everything has a natural resolution; this you can trust. Life is born from nature and to nature it will return. One variant in particular that has always drawn me to Daoism is that the school of thought doesn’t necessarily create a distinction between humans and nature. My point being, we don’t flow with the river; we are the river. We are one of the many manifestations of the Dao, and when we die our essence, and or, Qi(chi) remains as another manifestation of the Dao. Understanding the manifestations of the world is good for the mind. Understanding the obscurity of the Dao is good for the heart. I enjoyed your first sentence because it is very true. “ My teachings are easy to understand and even easier to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them you’ll fail. My teachings are older then the world. How can your grasp there meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.” -Lao Tzu I believe this captures your thoughts perfectly.

[@yolandamabs3968]

@HUNNI I found this on your playlist n I'll save it. I read a comment you made on Meagan's page and just wanted to appreciate you! I call for you, (from a place of love to) stumble across this at some point !

[@rockyfjord4710]

The Chinese and Indian civilizations are the only unbroken ones over a period of 5000 years. I wonder if that may be why the knowledge of the Tao or the yogis' nirvana, has come to awareness in China and India. The Greeks, Egyptians, and Sumerians had knowledge and some experience of the soul or spiritu sanctu et al, but each of those civilizations collapsed at some point. The destruction of the library at Alexandria may have cut humanity off from these other roots of mystical experience. For all its wisdom, it did not lead to scientific knowledge and technological development as occurred in the West. But the West is also played out and the world is in jeopardy of environmental, climatic, or nuclear radioactive collapse. So it may be timely to seek outside the lexiconic circle that traps the human inside the circle, cut off from outside of the circle, nature, earth, universe, Tao...

[@DowntoEarthThinkingcom]

excellent comment. I have often wondered where we might be had the libraries at Alexandria not been burned ? A major event here on planet earth for mankind. Very few people would even consider such a thing, so good on ya !

[@impraveenkumar432]

Hi brother.... Love from India 🇮🇳 The spirituality is true essence of peaceful life. I feel it like it came in by blood through ancestors that doesn't mean that my father also can feel it... I mean the descending blood through generation in inactive form activated only in some new born as I feel. Because, the degree of understanding and feeling spirituality in my life is not in my own brother. My words to universe: The source of true essence of love is inside us. It is the same love that flows through all of us. It's infinite. My Spiritual inspirations: Kabirdas, OSHO, Me.

[@Psyle_]

The Sumerians recovered and shared the lost Hermetic Tradition during the silver age of Taurus, then Ancient Egypt in the bronze age of Aries brought this Tradition into the Mystery Schools which ultimately leaked to Ancient Greece, which in turn forged the occult alchemical legacy that spread through medieval Europe in the age of Pisces. All in all, the Tradition remained underground until our modern times. Soon let's hope that the coming age of Aquarius (2060) will unveil this Tradition for the benefit of the whole world.

[@believen_uboo3705]

I appreciate the simpleness of Stephens version, however the smoothness of your narration is gold star on an A+. Your name caught my attention, as I too have many of those same moments, and it gave me a giggle. Thank you.

[@facialhair4680]

I have this on SoundCloud if you want to listen to it on your phone with the screen off. My username is Sahandroid.

[@doejames7016]

I can just download it to my phone mp3 or 4

[@alextayam-powis2348]

thank you!

[@Zamal512]

Thank you!

[@therainmakersdaughter3684]

I enjoy this! It gives me peace and helps me center myself.

[@jmuir-hardinge6445]

very simple and life changing messages.

[@geffreybolster3780]

'What decisions do you think you make? What choices do you believe there are? Can you say what your next thought will be? What power do you claim to have to control fulfillment of your expectetions, answers to your questions, relent to your demands? All is in motion a split second before you even see it. All you have is your vision of life s (Tao, God, universe, Spirit,.)guidance of you and assignment of intent and sincerity to you. The outcome is beyond you. Intent only influences the outcome. It doesn t determine it. Sincerity influences intent.'

[@sarahclayton1064]

Thank you so much for this. I have been exploring Eastern philosophy for a year now so many concepts are new to me still. I cried when I heard the Tao described as the mother. Being brought up with western religion everything is taught as being patriarchal and has fixed rules. I never could connect with this. Understanding the Tao as the mother I can understand all is born from nurturing non conditional and everlasting love.

[@nsebast]

The Tao has no sex. The sex comes from the limitation of the English language. Actually even in Christianity, God is a spirit. A spirit is sexless or both sex.

[@neshayrobinson]

True but it is referred to interchangeably and that was her point. No one ever refers to the ALL as female in Christianity, Baptist, Catholic, etc. so I can see where she's coming from.❤

[@cyndykated358]

This is a treasure! Thank you.❤️

[@hitheshyogi3630]

Love Nature.Enjoy the beauty of Nature.Serve animals,birds and other species.Think about everlasting Universe...'Universal Arrow',Kerala,India. ·

[@mrb6938]

One of the most important things on KZbin.

[@BuceGar]

Without watching KZbin, you can watch all of KZbin.

[@marktorres770]

lol

[@themacocko6311]

Pretty sure that's wrong.

[@ricardolynch31]

Chapter 82

[@br41nc3ll]

This is the way.

[@70schild420]

Thank you for this supreme price of work❤

[@tomgeorgearts]

What a beautiful way to experience this teaching. Lovely images and wonderful narration. I don't think there can be a definitive translation of this book. I'm a beginner and I aim to remain one. x

[@doamaker6674]

This and Jason Gregory's Effortless Living are my two favorite ones to listen.

[@alesantsipenka3364]

Great and brilliant translation. Great! Great and Brilliant!

[@lovealways2609]

🕊 thank you, ~ ⛩ For your approval.🤗 I am 'new' to this view.🤔 Glad~ to hear THIS is a reliable⛩, authentic💎 translation.💦 ~ ° 🕊 I, also love the intro.🤔 Perfect, for myself.💎 SHALOM.🕊 * {any OTHER🔅?, ~ suggestions🤔 ~ would be ~ greatly appreciated.😇🔆} "i" would like~ to learn🤔 MORE, and inter-act♻️ ~ with other like minded~ persons.🕊

[@kundavanriel6142]

This great reminder in this de attached society we live in. Thanks a lot

[@70schild420]

The Tao is truly the gateway to understanding ❤️☯️

[@jimmydeer695]

For whomever doesn't know, the narrator is the author/translator-Stephen Mitchell

[@lovealways2609]

Thank you. Hope~HE, and you, are doing well... ~ Shalom.🕊

[@bigkurz]

The reader is Stephen Mitchell. He is reading it verbatim from his translation of the text.

[@lynnlavoy6778]

+Nathan Kurz Byron Katie's husband??

[@jay-emmarcos3312]

+Nathan Kurz thanks for the info... I like how he read it; it's so clear and with emotion unlike others who does it on monotone.

[@bambinyclady]

+Jing Marcos this is my favorite English translation... :)

[@Doriesep6622]

+Nathan Kurz Stephen Mitchell translated it? He is a wonderful reader.

[@reihanatipoki8423]

Thanks for the info - good to know