Living with an Independent Mind Favor and disgrace seem alarming. High status greatly afflicts your person. Why are favor and disgrace alarming? Seeking favor is degrading: alarming when it is gotten, alarming when it is lost. Why does high status greatly … [Read more...]
7 Day Challenge – Meditating On The Essence of Life
For those of you who are part of the My Tao Year 2016, you may be finding your enthusiasm for the task of consciously living each verse of the Tao for 4-5 days is waning. I know mine is. It's not that I don't love the messages and wisdom in the Tao Te Ching. Nothing can … [Read more...]
My Tao Year: 11th Verse – Living in the Void
Living in the Void Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub; it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. Shape clay into a vessel; it is the space within that makes it useful. Carve fine doors and windows, but the room is useful in this … [Read more...]
The Wellness Quest – About Page Extended Version
(I didn't want to scare all you lovely Wellness Questers off with a lengthy About Page, so this is the extended version if you wish to read more!) My name is Louise Bibby and I have been on a wellness quest for most of my life. My wellness quest has taken the form of … [Read more...]