Anxiety Is Not Chasing You
Daoist ThoughtThere was once a man who was terrified of his own shadow. He also hated the footprints he left behind.…
Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Let all things be as they are
Daoist ThoughtChapter 23 of the Daodejing says: Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of the nature. A…
Oct 12, 2026 · 4 min read
The Sleep Calendar, 1,300 Years Early
Daoist ThoughtIn the seventh century, the Chinese physician Sun Simiao — later revered across East Asia as the King of Medicine…
Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read
The Mountain Books of Daoism
Daoist ThoughtIn the long history of human cartography, maps have been drawn by those who travelled — by surveyors, pilgrims, merchants,…
Oct 6, 2026 · 8 min read
Sleep Was Their Prayer — Dream Temples of Ancient China
Daoist ThoughtThe imperial examination was the most consequential test a person could face in traditional China. Candidates wrote for days in…
Oct 6, 2026 · 7 min read
Can’t Sleep? Stop Trying
Daoist ThoughtThe Daoist Practice of Non-Intending Many people cannot sleep not because they are not tired, but because they are trying…
Oct 4, 2026 · 4 min read
The Proper Role of Xu You
Daoist ThoughtIn Zhuangzi “Free and Easy Wandering” there is a story about Yao, the sage king of high antiquity in China,…
Oct 4, 2026 · 4 min read
The Transformation of Kun/Peng and the Spiritual Sublimation
Daoist ThoughtIn the Northern Ocean there is a fish, called the Kun, no one knows how many thousand miles in its…
Sep 28, 2026 · 4 min read
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 41: The Three Types Who Hear the Tao
Daoist ThoughtWhat Is the Dao? From ancient times to the present, sages have each held to their own views, yet none…
Sep 20, 2026 · 4 min read