It often happens that people speak about bringing their lives in balance because, apparently, they are getting too much of A, and not getting enough […]

I wish that we could all attain happiness by simply bringing the Yin and Yang into balance. The Yin and Yang doctrine is easy enough […]

Lao-Tzu didn’t come up with the yin and yang concepts and he would have been appalled at seeing yin-and-yang logos on a martial arts attire. […]

I find it incomprehensible that people try to achieve balance in their lives by sitting on the floor and meditating for hours. I find it […]

In contrast to the demanding physical and mental training shown in martial arts movies, Taoists do nothing special in real life to achieve balance with […]

For the Western mind, Taoist paradoxes are at the same time intriguing and annoying. On the one hand, they may arouse curiosity; on the other […]

The Taoist concept of spiritual enlightenment represents the direct opposite of other philosophies. Instead of a supernatural quest, Lao-Tzu called for earthly alignment with the […]

Balance, physical and philosophical, is the Taoist recipe for mental clarity. It rests on the habit of doing things carefully and with measure, not too […]

Denying reality seems like a full-time job for many people. If they are confronted with problems, they will try to play them down and pretend […]