The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 20: The One Who Does Not Fit

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 21: What the Source Leaves Behind

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit taoismteachings.substack.com [https://taoismteachings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode, Lao Tzu steps back from that intimate voice and turns to look at the source he was revering, and tries to describe what the source actually is. To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan [https://ko-fi.com/s/b618aefac8]and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading he… [https://wordsoftaoism.com/]

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 20: The One Who Does Not Fit

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit taoismteachings.substack.com [https://taoismteachings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast. I’m really glad you’re here again. In today’s episode, Lao Tzu describes himself as out of step with the world, as someone who doesn't fit, and there is a thread of melancholy running through his words that can catch us off guard. To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan [https://ko-fi.com/s/b618aefac8]and th… [https://wordsoftaoism.com/]

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 19: The Undyed Silk

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit taoismteachings.substack.com [https://taoismteachings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast. I’m really glad you’re here again. Lao Tzu loved the image of Undyed Silk, and he reached for it whenever he needed to describe what a human being looks like in their most essential state, not before virtue exactly, but before the ornaments of virtue, before we learned to perform ourselves for others. To follow alo…

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 18: When the River Runs Dry

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit taoismteachings.substack.com [https://taoismteachings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast. I’m really glad you’re here again. Today's chapter is short. Only four lines. But it is one of the most honest passages in the entire Tao Te Ching, and perhaps one of the most uncomfortable. So before we enter it, let yourself arrive without armor. To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the r… [https://ko-fi.com/s/b618aefac8]

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 16: Everything Returns

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit taoismteachings.substack.com [https://taoismteachings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast. I’m really glad you’re here again. Today, we’ll explore the chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching, where Lao Tzu teaches about returning to the root, the constancy at the heart of all cycles. To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan [https://ko-fi.com/s/b618aefac8]and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading her… [https://wordsoftaoism.com/]