A Sage Named Lao Tzu
Many people are aware of the Taoist yin yang symbol, a ubiquitous icon spotted everywhere in America, from bumper stickers to tattoos, yet few know the origin or the concepts of this ancient Chinese philosophy. As the author of the acclaimed book Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu is credited with recording the tenets of Taoism well over two thousand years ago. Although little is known about him, some people believe Lao Tzu to be a contemporary of the renowned philosopher Confucius 551-479 B.C. . It is...
Quiet Mind Fearless Heart
The Taoist Path through Stress and Spirituality Copyright 2005 by Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley amp Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada The author gratefully acknowledges the following for permission to quote from page 34, If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules Ten Rules for Being Human by Dr. Ch rie Carter-Scott, Broadway Books, 1998 page 91, translation from Tao Te Ching courtesy ofJosh Zhou page 117, Stand Like Mountain,...
A Crazy Little Thing Called Stress
The moment I walked off the plane, I was greeted by a man holding a sign with my name on it, who then escorted me to a limousine. I had just flown out to Hollywood to tape a talk show on stress. Los Angeles, the epitome of stress, was nothing less than frenetic, from the airport to the freeways to the heart of the city. When I walked into the studio, I thought, You'd need an ax to cut through the tension in this place. People were running around like crazy beauticians from the makeup department...
A Lesson from Churchill
Perhaps the first time the world's inhabitants were acutely aware of global stress was during the height of World War II. But even before the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, ushering in the age of nuclear destruction, Britain was continuously being bombed by the Germans in the famous Blitz. Winston Churchill, the prime minister of England and a man known to never mince words, shared this thought with his countrymen If you're going through hell . . . keep going. Though slightly humorous, his...
The Winds of Change Are Brewing
W,'hen we forget our stories, then we forget our dreams. When we forget our dreams, we lose our spirit. Remember when the world seemed like a simpler place to live Not long ago, stores were closed on Sundays. Only girls wore earrings. There were just three television networks four, if you could get PBS . Cell phones were considered science fiction. Only NASA engineers and MIT professors used computers. Some cows were a bit unhappy, but none were mad, and there were seven words you could never...