For example, the Chinese word 道 in the Wade-Giles system is Tao, and this is the romanization that many people are familiar with. The older and more familiar one is known as the Wade-Giles, while the new standard and more precise one is the Pinyin romanization. Note on the Romanization of Chinese Words There are two commonly known romanization systems for Chinese words. Nothing Is More Useless than Wu-Wei 10 Living Wu-Wei in the Tao of a NewOnly World 11 For Review The Art of Effortless Living Synchronicity Is the Language of the 9 Effortless Mind Natural Government Born of Tao 6 Trust Is Unity 7 The Practice of Yin Cultivation and the 8 Art of the Skillful Craftsman The Science and Practice of an Effortless Mind The Virtue of the Nonvirtuous 4 Parasitic Patterns of the Unnatural World 5 The Way of Nature Is No Religion or Dogma 2 The Way of the Tao Is Harmony 3 The Origin of the Effortless Mind in the East The Way of Nature Is No Ideology 1 or Theology
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Equating “being in the zone” with a stillness of the mind, Gregory shares meditation practices coupled with yoga exercises from Patanjali that allow you to approach life with a mastery of acceptance, releasing deluded beliefs of how to achieve success that make your mind “sticky” and poised for conflict. Merging Taoist philosophy, Hindu principles, and Confucianism along with scientific findings, Jason Gregory outlines the practice of wu-wei as a vehicle to realize our innate freedom, revealing that when we release our ego and allow life to unfold as it will, we align ourselves more closely with our goals and cultivate skill and mastery along the way. Experienced by the greatest artists, athletes, musicians, and writers, this heightened state of consciousness, referred to as “being in the zone,” is where intelligent spontaneity and effortless action flourish via a practice rooted in permitting the natural harmony of the cosmos to prevail. Attributed to the great sage Lao-tzu, the philosophy of wu-wei teaches you how to develop a natural state of consciousness not bound by thought or preconceived limitations. The practice of non-doing, non-forcing is an essential aspect of Taoism known as wu-wei. Explains how wu-wei practitioners cultivate intelligent spontaneity and effortless action to allow the natural harmony of the cosmos to prevail.Builds on Taoist, Confucian, and Hindu principles along with scientific findings to support wu-wei-the art of non-doing, non-forcing-as a way of life.Details meditation practices, focused on stillness of the mind, along with Patanjali’s yoga methods to maintain a consciousness referred to as “being in the zone”.Effortless Living Wu-Wei and the Spontaneous State of Natural Harmony JASON GREGORY Foreword by DAMO MITCHELL A guide for achieving an enlightened mind through the art of non-doing