Mastodawn

Xenofact (he/him)

1d ago

#taoism #meme #wellkinda #wheresthealchemy

Waywords Studio 2d ago

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

thewanderer 2d ago

The Two Silks: Chan Si Jing and Cho Si Jing – On the Inner and Outer Path of Silk Reeling

There is an old story about a silk farmer who, early one morning, lowers a cocoon into warm water. With a single steady finger, she finds the thread’s beginning and begins to reel. Too much tension – the thread breaks. Too little – it tangles and is lost. The whole art lives in the middle: a continuous, alive, listening motion, neither forcing nor abandoning.

In the tradition of Taijiquan, this story is not just a metaphor. It is a technical instruction. And at the...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/taichi-taiji/the-two-silks-chan-si-jing-and-cho-si-jing-on-the-inner-and-outer-path-of-silk-reeling/

#TheWanderer #story #shortstory #inspiration #writing #taichi #qigong #taoism #tao #mindfulness #hereandnow #presence #innerpeace #slowliving #meditation #spiritualjourney #philosophy #wisdom

Xenofact (he/him)

Apr 27

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

Xenofact Apr 27

Nurturing Not Grasping

https://www.xenofact.com/2026/04/27/nurturing-not-grasping/

thewanderer Apr 25

Morning Mist Rising

I woke before dawn and walked to the meadow at the valley’s edge, drawn by some intuition I couldn’t name. The air hung thick with moisture, and as the first grey light touched the eastern sky, I realized the entire valley was filled with fog – a solid white mass that erased all detail, turning the familiar landscape into abstraction. I found a boulder at the meadow’s edge and settled there to wait, though I wasn’t sure what I was waiting for.

The fog felt alive so...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/morning-mist-rising/

#TheWanderer #story #shortstory #inspiration #writing #taichi #qigong #taoism #tao #mindfulness #hereandnow #presence #innerpeace #slowliving #meditation #spiritualjourney #philosophy #wisdom

Simon Hobeck Apr 23

I subscribe to the podcast : Alan Watts - Being in the way.
It packages Alan's talks into nicely produced episodes.
They don't release often so its always a pleasant surprise to find a new episode.
#alanwatts #beingInTheWay #taoism

Liberty Apr 21

We need a worldwide reformation movement to reform the world's religions to be environmentalist, feminist, anti-racist, socialist/communist, democratic, etc. #socialism #communism #anarchism #Christianity #Islam #Judaism #Hinduism #Buddhism #Taoism

Midnight Publishing Apr 17

Taoism vs Karma When the Two Collide in Disharmony by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7igXDe4ckdM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRTVWY3K This book has been compiled to invoke debate, question, discuss and more. No offense to anyone is intended, but rather it is my hope that bridges will be built, strengthened and forever forged strong, by those who seek to tear down walls of judgement and hostility, in favor of understanding, education and tolerance. To solve a mystery, to answer questions and to foster future hope in a world where we can discuss […]

https://midnight-publishing.org/2026/04/17/taoism-vs-karma-when-the-two-collide-in-disharmony-by-andrea-dean-van-scoyoc-2/

thewanderer Apr 17

Echo Canyon

The trail descended into a narrow gorge where red rock walls rose sheer on both sides, smooth and sculpted by ancient water. The path followed a dry streambed, sand and smooth stones underfoot, and the walls leaned inward, creating a roof of sky that seemed impossibly distant. Sound behaved strangely here – my footsteps echoed and re-echoed, bouncing between the walls until they became something other than footsteps, a rhythm that seemed to come from the canyon itself. I stopped walking...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/echo-canyon/

#TheWanderer #story #shortstory #inspiration #writing #taichi #qigong #taoism #tao #mindfulness #hereandnow #presence #innerpeace #slowliving #meditation #spiritualjourney #philosophy #wisdom