Tao
the watercourse way
by Alan Watts, Al Chung-liang Huang · first published 1975
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The concept that verse espouses is Wu Wei. It's worth anyone's time to understand. My favorite explanations of it come from Alan Watts in Tao: The Watercourse Way [0], but Wikipedia [1] is not terrible. The other concept indicated in the last paragraph on "results tank" not "effort tank" is lust of result. There aren't as many sources discussing…
on “Toss Your Expectations Into the Ocean” ↗Almost anything by Alan Watts. Tao: The Watercourse Way is good. He also has a bunch of lectures recorded in audio and available on bittorrent.
on “Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?” ↗