Spring water is pure in an emerald stream
moonlight is white on Cold Mountain
silence thoughts and the spirit becomes clear
focus on emptiness and the world grows still

— Cold Mountain (Han-shan)

from "The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain" -Red Pine (tr.)

#taoism
#silence
#buddhism
#emptiness
#meditation
#coldmountain

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/using-the-ring-of-control-and-bodily?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Daoism #Taoism #philosophy

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊

Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?

Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/

#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero

You know those moments when you meditate and have some real profound and insightful experiences? So what's next? I discuss my findings from my own work and how not to mess it up - https://www.xenofact.com/2026/04/27/nurturing-not-grasping/

#meditation #psychology #taoism #meditative practice

Nurturing Not Grasping