Wu Wei Within the Dao
Bryan Bodnar, Kyle Thomson, Riley Prescott
Carroll College
Wu Wei
I.Intro
A.Attention: According to Lao Tzu, “the highest virtue is to act without a sense of self. The highest kindness is to give without a condition. The highest justice is to see without a preference. When tao is lost one must learn the rules of virtue. When virtue is lost, the rules of kindness. When kindness is lost, the rules of justice. When justice is lost, the rules of conduct.”
1.Wu wei, also known as non-action is achieved when we cultivate our state of being to the point in which we act without thinking about our actions. In other words, non-action is like going with the flow. When our hopes of non-action become a reality …show more content…
Man becomes one with Nature or Heaven… and merges himself with Dao, or the Way.”
a.By focusing on becoming virtuous we miss the target completely. Instead, when we ground ourselves with the world around us, we become one with the way.
b.In the movie “The Rivers and the Tides” we can see Goldsworthy becoming one with nature declaring, “I’ve shook hands with the place.”
1.Andy Goldsworthy makes a wonderful example for non-action, as he is not searching for “the Way.” Instead, he allows it to come to him through letting things be the way they are meant to be. By not persistently searching for “the Way” he has been able to become virtuous.
a.A quote found in the Tao Te Ching says “Whoever does anything to it will ruin it; whoever lays hold of it will lose it. Therefore the sage, because he does nothing, never ruins anything; and, because he does not lay hold of anything, loses nothing.”
i.Much like a butterfly, when chased it flees. However, when still, it may land on your shoulder.
2.According to the Dao, when it enacts itself it goes hand in hand with wu
Bryan Bodnar, Kyle Thomson, Riley Prescott
Carroll College
Wu Wei
I.Intro
A.Attention: According to Lao Tzu, “the highest virtue is to act without a sense of self. The highest kindness is to give without a condition. The highest justice is to see without a preference. When tao is lost one must learn the rules of virtue. When virtue is lost, the rules of kindness. When kindness is lost, the rules of justice. When justice is lost, the rules of conduct.”
1.Wu wei, also known as non-action is achieved when we cultivate our state of being to the point in which we act without thinking about our actions. In other words, non-action is like going with the flow. When our hopes of non-action become a reality …show more content…
Man becomes one with Nature or Heaven… and merges himself with Dao, or the Way.”
a.By focusing on becoming virtuous we miss the target completely. Instead, when we ground ourselves with the world around us, we become one with the way.
b.In the movie “The Rivers and the Tides” we can see Goldsworthy becoming one with nature declaring, “I’ve shook hands with the place.”
1.Andy Goldsworthy makes a wonderful example for non-action, as he is not searching for “the Way.” Instead, he allows it to come to him through letting things be the way they are meant to be. By not persistently searching for “the Way” he has been able to become virtuous.
a.A quote found in the Tao Te Ching says “Whoever does anything to it will ruin it; whoever lays hold of it will lose it. Therefore the sage, because he does nothing, never ruins anything; and, because he does not lay hold of anything, loses nothing.”
i.Much like a butterfly, when chased it flees. However, when still, it may land on your shoulder.
2.According to the Dao, when it enacts itself it goes hand in hand with wu