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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/]

The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 15: Those Who Do Not Shine

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 15 of the Tao Te Ching, where Lao Tzu turns from the mystery itself to the people who lived close to it. He paints portraits, not of the Tao, but of those who practiced it. And what he describes surprises us. Because the men and women who walked with the Tao did not look brilliant or confident or triumphant. They looked hesitant. They looked rough. They looked like muddy water. 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 here. [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] All episodes are available here. [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/podcast] With gratitude. Share [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/p/the-tao-te-ching-podcast-chapter-67c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDkyNTIxMDgsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4NzM4NjAxMSwiaWF0IjoxNzcyODc2ODY1LCJleHAiOjE3NzU0Njg4NjUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNzQyMDQ4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.B0Ji5_mMYeIPiir0JhPf7vTZFoP76I3wJQ3gaJ4S5vc] You can support the blog by subscribing to it. Here is what you can expect as a subscribed member: * Early access to podcasts: The Tao Te Ching Podcast [https://open.substack.com/pub/taoismteachings/p/the-tao-te-ching-podcast-chapter?r=44ec5o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] (multiple episodes per month). * Exclusive access to early excerpts of future long-form writings. * Receive a copy of “Peaceful: 7 taoists lessons to inner peace” and participate to the subscribers’ chat. Thank you to all subscribers who make my work possible.