Taoism beliefs

References to gender can be found throughout the history, philosophy, and practice of Taoism, including deities, rituals, scripture, and beliefs.

Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism. The Tao (道) is the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists, and Taoism teaches about achieving perfection by becoming one with the universe. Tao ethics generally emphasize “wu wei” (action without intention), naturalness, simplicity, spontaneity and the Three Treasures: “慈” (compassion), “儉” (frugality), and “不敢為天下先” (humility).

Recently, I was invited to join an expedition to the Bermuda Triangle. I declined because of other commitments, but “the crew that never rests” (Sir Walter Scott’s name for the Intelligence – or idiocies – who keep pestering us with this kind of phenomenon) refused to let me off the hook that easily. A few days after the expedition left, I turned on the television and caught an advertisement for the new film, Airport 77. The advertisement began with an actor shouting “Flight 23 is down in…

The history of Taoism is an interweaving of historical events and the transmission of the internal experience that its practices reveal.

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