Taoist Wisdom
Taoist wisdom begins with the Way and the name: the ever-changing way life unfolds, and the changing meanings carried by the names we give to life.
Essays, talks, and practices on the Tao, qi, wuwei, I Ching, yinyang, simplicity, balance, and the wisdom of living in harmony with the changing body and life, with the world and nature.
Article · 10 Min
The Name and the Measure
Tao Te Ching Chapter 2: “When we all see some things as beautiful, we make other things ugly. When we all see some things as good, we make other things bad.”
Naming brings a mutually arising pair into being, yet we rarely stop at difference alone: one side quietly becomes the measure by which the other is judged and pushed away.
September 9, 2026
Article · 10 Min
The Way and the Name
Tao Te Ching Chapter 1: “The Way that can be spoken is not the eternal Way. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”
Our lived experience keeps changing, yet the forms and names we give it often remain, asking permanence of what was never meant to hold still.