Effortless Living by Gregory, Jason -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword: Shedding Skin to Liberate the Mind Introduction: The Effortless Mind

THE HEART OF LIFE THE FUNDAMENTAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY OF WU-WEI THE PARADOX OF LANGUAGE

Part 1: The Origin of the Effortless Mind in the East

Chapter 1: The Way of Nature Is No Ideology or Theology

THE TAO OF THE OLD MASTER CONFUCIAN MORALITY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF JU LAO-TZU’S NATURAL INDIVIDUAL VERSUS CONFUCIUS’S SOCIAL ETHICS THE PHANTOMS OF CONTROL AND SECURITY THE SUPERIOR MAN

Chapter 2: The Way of Nature Is No Religion or Dogma

SAVE THE WORLD FROM WHOM? CONFUCIAN ROOTS OF RELIGIOUS TAOISM THE LOST MEANING OF RITUAL NATURE’S REBEL IS SOCIETY’S THREAT FILIAL PIETY AND THE OPPRESSED INDIVIDUAL

Chapter 3: The Way of the Tao Is Harmony

THE ORGANIC PATTERN OF LI LIVING THE ART OF WU-WEI

Part 2: The Science and Practice of an Effortless Mind

Chapter 4: The Virtue of the Nonvirtuous

VIRTUE OF TE ALLOWING THE LIGHT OF VIRTUE TO SHINE THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS OF MIND PATANJALI’S YOGA OF MUTUALITY BREAKING FREE OF THE MACHINE THROUGH VIRTUE

Chapter 5: Parasitic Patterns of the Unnatural World

ENTROPY AND DEATH? OR DEATH AND TRANSFORMATION? CHAOS OF THE LINEAR WORLD HARMONY OF NONCONFORMITY

Chapter 6: Natural Government Born of Tao

THE NATURALNESS OF TZU-JAN NATURE’S ANARCHY TRUST IN PEOPLE IS REAL GOVERNMENT

Chapter 7: Trust Is Unity

TRUST IN LIFE UNITY, TRUST, AND WU-WEI TRUST, AND THE UNIVERSE IS YOUR BODY

Chapter 8: The Practice of Yin Cultivation and the Art of the Skillful Craftsman

THE SKILL OF MARTIAL ARTS IS YIN OVER YANG A YIN-DEFICIENT WORLD CULTIVATING YIN

Part 3: The Art of Effortless Living

Chapter 9: Synchronicity Is the Language of the Effortless Mind

CHANCE OR FATE? SYNCHRONICITY IS THE SONG OF SPIRIT AND MATTER THE ORIGIN OF SYNCHRONICITY

Chapter 10: Nothing Is More Useless than Wu-Wei

USELESS SPACE IS USEFUL SIMPLE LIVING AND THE POWER OF HUMILITY

Chapter 11: Living Wu-Wei in the Tao of a New World

FLOWING AGAINST THE TAO OF LOVE ENLIGHTENING THE SHADOW THROUGH HARMONIC RELATIONSHIPS EMBRACING THE WORLD WU-WEI’S NATURAL FLOW OF TAO

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