Zhuangzi Series 44 articles
Inherent wholeness, living in the present, and freedom to wander
Humans Are Divine Birds, Born to Soar, Rather Than Mushrooms Meant to Rot in the MudGradual Change in Life: Sudden Insight and Gradual TransformationThose Who Play the Game of Life and Those Who Are PlayedClassifying People by LevelReturning from Peace to Pain, or from Pain to Peace? The Truth About Spiritual PracticeFacing a Midlife Crisis with Marx and Zhuangzi: Refactoring the Shitpile of Code Behind Your Worldview and ValuesRest Is at the Heart of Daoist PhilosophyStaying Full: Keeping Your Mental Energy Abundant Comes First, Just as a Ship Must Not Sink Below Its WaterlineAllow Yourself to DespairStarting a Business and Investing Both Happen Naturally, So There Is No Need to AgonizeEffort Is a False Concept: Forcing Falls Short; Let Things Take Their Natural CourseA Brief Reflection on Balancing Work and RestZhuangzi: I Will Die an Ordinary DeathZhuangzi: We Were Meant to Live with Calm and EaseZhuangzi: Benefiting Others Through StillnessZhuangzi: The Ordinary Mind Is the DaoZhuangzi: Smelling Osmanthus Blossoms, I Reflect That Everyone Holds the Seed of Immortality and BuddhahoodZhuangzi: The Id Becomes a ButterflyZhuangzi: Understanding "Attachment to Self" and Innate Wholeness Through the Accidental Loss of a Hand. If Someone Loses a Hand in an Accident, Are They Still a Whole Person? This Is Nature; Many People with Disabilities Have Whole and Noble Characters and Happy Lives. Clearly, Our Limbs Are Not "Me." If Our Limbs Are Not Me, Then Worrying About Whether We Look Good or Bad, Beautiful or Ugly, Is Even More Foolish. We Usually Cling Obsessively to Possessions, Only to Discover That Even Our Hands Are Not Ours to Possess.Zhuangzi: On CockroachesZhuangzi and Nature Heal Existential Crises: Unease, Loneliness, Meaninglessness, Freedom and Responsibility, and DeathThe Similarities and Connections Between Zhuangzi and MarxismSimilarities Between Zhuangzi's Philosophy and Later Greek Philosophy: Epicureanism, Stoicism, and CynicismZhuangzi's Autumn Floods: People Are Like Water—Formless, Colorless, and Empty of Inherent Nature, at One with HeavenZhuangzi's Discussion on Making All Things Equal: Words Are Meaningless; Forget the Self, See All Things as Equal, and Follow NatureZhuangzi's Discussion on Making All Things Equal and Marx: Returning from Surface-Level Verbal Thought to the Deeper MindZhuangzi's Discussion on Making All Things Equal: The Tower of Babel of Karmic ObstructionsAccepting Your Limited Spiritual Attainment Is Itself an AttainmentOrdinary People Around 30: Let Go of Excess and Shed Your ShacklesThe Most Fundamental Psychological ModelRecording Innate Wholeness: Keep a Diary of the Times You Feel Happy, Internally Motivated, Positive, Energetic, and PeacefulYour Capacity for Living in the Present Is a Core Measure of LifeLiving in the Deeper Mind: Returning to the Realm of the DaoSimplicity, Kindness, and Sincerity Shine Like Gems in Everyday LifeThe Historical Development of "Innate Wholeness" in Chan BuddhismLife Experience Is a False Concept: Live in the OrdinaryA Conversation with a Reader: If We "Don't Practice," How Should We "Apply Ourselves"?"Self-Discipline Brings Freedom" Is a False Concept: Freedom Brings Self-DisciplineThe Cycle of Natural Unfolding, Questions, and AnswersSeeing Your True Nature: Recognizing ItOn StrollingOn Poverty and HardshipLet Things Take Their Natural CourseAbundant Mental Energy Is the Buddha; Rest Is the Dharma