Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast

The Chuang Tzu – Active Life

"They are pressed down and crushed by external forces, fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind! The active

The Chuang Tzu – Advising The Prince

"Abandon your plan to be a 'loving and equitable ruler.' Try to respond to the demands of inner truth. Stop vexing yourself and your people with these obsessions! Your pe

The Chuang Tzu – Apologies

"Perfect love is without demonstration." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 138                                                                               

The Chuang Tzu – The Inner Law

"When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 136                                 

The Chuang Tzu – The Tower of the Spirit

"…actions go astray when they become deliberate, reflexive, and intentional." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 134   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools t

The Chuang Tzu – Keng's Disciple

"Can you rest where there is rest? Do you know when to stop?" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 132                                                         

The Chuang Tzu – Keng Sang Chu

"The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfect as he can." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 126   G

The Chuang Tzu – Starlight and Non-Being?

"If now, on top of all this, Non-Being IS, who can comprehend it?" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 125   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay So

The Chuang Tzu – Where is Tao?

"What shall we there say—that Tao is simplicity, stillness, indifference, purity, harmony, and ease? All these names leave me indifferent for their distinctions have disa

The Chuang Tzu – The Importance of Being Toothless

"His mind could not bite on the meat of doctrine." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 121 Being toothless is a state of being that helps us live in the "I d

The Chuang Tzu - When Knowledge Went North

"By what system of thought and what technique of meditation can I apprehend Tao? By what renunciation of what solitary retirement may I rest in Tao?" — Thomas Merton, T

The Tao – Step 12

"12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all of our affairs."

The Tao – Step 11

"11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power

The Tao – Step 10

"10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 "Take on difficulties while they are still eas

The Tao – Step 9

"9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 "Though the Tao of Heaven

The Tao – Step 8

"8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   "If you want to take something, you m

The Tao – Step 7

"7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   "Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself." — Stephen Mitchell

The Tao – Step 6

"6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59  "Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting even

The Tao – Step 5

"5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 "A great nation is like a great man: Wh

The Tao – Step 4

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses; and ev