Effortless Living: Wu-Wei and the Spontaneous State of Natural Harmony
Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity
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wu-wei is understanding that you don’t have to push.
Stuart Wilde • Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
There’s a phrase in Chinese, “wu wei,” that describes how I felt. In English, its translation is “non-doing,” but not in the sense of doing nothing. Non-doing is not about escaping anything or being lazy but instead refers to a deep level of connectedness with the world. The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote about this more than 2,500 years ago in
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To be at one with the Tao, one must practice wu-wei and refrain from forcing anything to happen that does not happen of its own accord. To be at one with the Tao is to accept that we must yield to a power much greater than ourselves. Through this acceptance of the natural flow of life, and by discarding all learned doctrines and knowledge, a person
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