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• The balance and patience factors are much more critical in surfing than they are in snowboarding ... if you're out surfing serious waves and you…
• Pure and simple, balance is happiness.
• Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter how hard you…
• The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the fool, the way…
• The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.
• Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.
• Water is the symbol of pure consciousness.
• Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life.
• Taoism is the gentle way. The path of least resistence.
• When it reaches a blockage, water find the easiest path around the blockage, or it continues to assemble, and flows over the blockage.
• Water uses itself to go beyond whatever it needs to go beyond.
• The Grand Canyon is living evidence of the power of water over a period of time. The power may not manifest immediately. Water can be…
• Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.
• Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree bends and does…
• Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.
• Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless…
• If you are interested in Taoism, I would suggest that you read the Way of Life by Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism. I personally…
• Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings.
• Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source, beyond understanding, and…
• Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it…

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