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The Lieh Tzu contains many stories with philosophical themes like the nature of reality, the purpose of life, and the workings of the mind. One theme that runs like a thread through this ancient scripture is the tendency of human beings to stand in their own way and thereby sabotaging a spontaneous, effortless mode of living.
Dominated by a mind burning with desire, anxiously trying to control the uncontrollable, we’ve become unwilling and unable to let the universe run its natural course, as we have exchanged spontaneity for fear. And the more we fight the universe, the more painful our lives become, as things inevitably change in directions we don’t like.
But how can we re-embark the natural flow of life? What if we dare to let go of our attachments and desires, our fears and inhibitions, and become as light as a feather, like Lieh Tzu? This video explores the Taoist philosophy of Lieh Tzu on how to let go and ride the wind.
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00:00 – Intro
01:57 – Lieh Tzu: the Sage Who Rode the Wind
03:31 – The Yellow Emperor
06:43 – How to Ride the Wind
#TAOISM #LETGO #LETTINGGO
IME, 10% of everything is what occurs, and 90% is how you react to it. Sometimes I sit and consider that in spite of everything I've been through, I'm still here today, without any of those problems, therefore, the problems only taught me, and didn't permanently effect me.
For those people saying it's so easy if you let go, while I agree to some degree, it's easier said than done. To do it is one thing, but to do it and then maintain it is another.
So, is it better to play the spectator rather than the actor??
May the force be with you.
Is the wind my desires and thoughts or whatever reality throws at me?
This was amazing and life changing
alive, there is no joy for a day, when you die, there is a reputation 生無一日之歡，死有萬世之名。
出自《列子·楊朱》though, maybe 楊朱 is having a unique style, offbeat.
Yes. Excellent. Thank you.
I feel so peaceful sometimes when I listen to your video. The music helps.
The Tao is always here, it manifests in infinite forms. To truly recognize it in everything we need to let go of our preferences and biases on what we think it should be, observing reality for what it really it, as the Zhuangzi says: “Don’t listen with your ears listen with your mind. No, don’t listen with the mind, listen with your spirit (Chi). Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but the spirit is empty and waits on all things. The Tao gathers in emptiness alone. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind” 🙏☯️❤️
Precedes to show a 'trail' from a plane as an example of "ride the wind" lol
Have you ever read the poetry of the great airbending guru, Laghima?
Guru Laghima lived four thousand years ago in the Northern Air Temple. It is said that he unlocked the secret of weightlessness and became untethered from the earth, living his final forty years without ever touching the ground.
Thank you so much🥰
Laotze not Lieh Tze.
The Old Child, literal meaning.
He never owned a boat
This is the ancient and fundamental Hindu philosophy of Advaita. It means non-duality.
All is perfect. The nature of Nature. Of itself so. The blowing wind makes the sound in the hollows and the echo only cares to repeat its message. "Do you realize that being a mixed up human being is in and of itself an expression of nature?"
edit: control is an illusion and so is good grammar when the apostrophe changes a word to escape ownership. 🙂
I've found wu Wie to be better translated as not forcing instead of inaction
Ride Like the Wind🎶🎸🎤
Life is good,if you don't make it bad.
-Fuk Tzu
💚 Thanks 🤲🏿🧎🏿
What is to fear when the outcome is irrelevant😌
I see it as reductionism. Essentially: "Don't try to be rational, just follow your instincts". "Don't resist, just go with the flow" feels conservative and lazy.
One of your best creation, thanks
I’ve never loved learning more than I do when I learn about Taoism it just feels like a fog is being lifted from my mind each time I learn something 🙏🏽 I’m grateful
Stop trying to control the flow but also stop being taken over by the sensual desires 😂
This is all so true for me. I find myself able to let go of the outcome more and more often, and then focus on the task at hand. This allows me to enjoy cooking dinner, washing and folding my laundry and just driving to my destination. Now, I do not dread the chore. I immerse my true self in it and life is much more enjoyable. ❤
The aerodynamic of human body is a bit hard to stay afloat on air, but a aerodynamic of a flatten
body like a big long leaf is very possibly to stay afloat and even dance on air.