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The True Meaning of Cultivation

Cultivation is the heart of cultivation fantasy. But what does that word even mean? For most authors, cultivation is simply the means by which a character grows

Writing Gongfu and Cultivation

You can’t have a cultivation story without a cultivation system. Most cultivation fiction use easy systems. Drink a potion, take a pill, practice techniques from

Daoism & the School of Yin Yang

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Be virtuous as water, for water does not compete. Only when your heart ...

Be virtuous as water, for water does not compete. Only when your heart is that of heaven and earth. You can achieve the greater DAO.

After watching a documentary about the #SovietUnion under #Stalin . . I decided ...

After watching a documentary about the #SovietUnion under #Stalin . . I decided to take some time to tune into more calming ideas, something that can help me stay

The Nature of Flow (2)

The Human Anatomy of Blood flowing through the Hierarchical Network of Arteries, Veins and Capillaries . As with all Hierarchies in Nature... The structure consists

Collapse of Virtue

"When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost, right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the

Essence of Permanence

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." –Jim Elliot . The acceptance of Transience can grant permanence to one's Character

Character

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe . People are creatures of Pattern and Story... . In Life, One finds themselves

Luxury in Simplicity

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do

Union With God

“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing

Flow Familiarity

One can always see Dao at work... . One can see it at work in The Sky... . The Stars, The Waters . One can connect to Dao... Through the recognition of Pattern,

Mindfulness, Ambition, Power

"Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you"--Lao Tsu . In

The Wise Man Speaks

"Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate"--St. Thomas Aquinas . All flows within

The Metaphysics of the Dao and the Linguistic Epistemology

I can pontificate that one of the most difficult aspects of trying to translate the nature of the Dao, would be first to translate classical Chinese into English.

Chaos and Order

What do these things mean to you? Is it the left and right brain functioning, intuition and intellect? Are they literally darkness and light? Is it the struggle

Yin & Yang

The Yin and Yang. This symbol dates back thousands of years in Chinese history. Tao (/taʊ/) or Dao (/daʊ/ DOW; from Chinese: 道; pinyin: Dào [tâu] ( listen)) is

The Real You - Alan Watts

Who are you really? An amazing lecture given by Alan Watts a British philosopher, writer, and speaker. Speech extract from "Does it do you, or do you do it"

Daoism, Anarchy, and Murray Rothbard

A prolific writer, speaker, economist, and philosopher, Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) has often been branded an extremist by both the political right and the left.

Short introduction, which mentions I Ching, Lenin and travellings

Since quite long time ago I was thinking to start blogging on English. Somehow it happened so, that I have developed personal brand in Russian media. I am known