- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 1: The Toast Is Burned
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 1: The Toast Is Burned, HE WHO RULES MEN, LIVES IN CONFUSION; HE WHO IS RULED BY MEN LIVES IN SORROW. TAO THEREFORE DESIRED NEITHER TO INFLUENCE OTHERS NOR BE INFLUENCED BY THEM. THE WAY TO GET CLEAR OF CONFUSION AND FREE OF SORROW IS TO LIVE WITH TAO IN THE LAND OF THE VOID at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 2: The Man of Tao
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 2: The Man of Tao, THE MAN OF TAO ACTS WITHOUT IMPEDIMENT, HARMS NO OTHER BEING BY HIS ACTIONS, YET HE DOES NOT KNOW HIMSELF TO BE KIND AND GENTLE. HE DOES NOT STRUGGLE TO MAKE MONEY, AND HE DOES NOT MAKE A VIRTUE OF POVERTY. HE GOES HIS WAY WITHOUT RELYING ON OTHERS, AND DOES NOT PRIDE HIMSELF ON WALKING ALONE. THE MAN OF TAO REMAINS UNKNOWN. PERFECT VIRTUE PRODUCES NOTHING. NO SELF IS TRUE SELF. AND THE GREATEST MAN IS NOBODY at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 3: The Owl and the Phoenix
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 3: The Owl and the Phoenix, HUI TZU WAS PRIME MINISTER OF LIANG. HE HAD WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE INSIDE INFORMATION THAT CHUANG TZU COVETED HIS POST, AND WAS PLOTTING TO SUPPLANT HIM. WHEN CHUANG TZU CAME TO VISIT LIANG THE PRIME MINISTER SENT OUT POLICE TO ARREST HIM, BUT ALTHOUGH THEY SEARCHED FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS THEY COULD NOT FIND HIM at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 4: Apologies
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 4: Apologies, IF A MAN STEPS ON A STRANGER'S FOOT IN THE MARKETPLACE, HE MAKES A POLITE APOLOGY AND OFFERS AN EXPLANATION: 'THIS PLACE IS SO CROWDED' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 5: Three in the Morning
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 5: Three in the Morning, WHAT IS THIS THREE IN THE MORNING? IT IS ABOUT A MONKEY TRAINER WHO WENT TO HIS MONKEYS AND TOLD THEM: 'AS REGARDS YOUR CHESTNUTS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE MEASURES IN THE MORNING, AND FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 6: The Need to Win
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 6: The Need to Win, WHEN AN ARCHER IS SHOOTING FOR FUN HE HAS ALL HIS SKILL. IF HE SHOOTS FOR A BRASS BUCKLE HE IS ALREADY NERVOUS. IF HE SHOOTS FOR A PRIZE OF GOLD HE GOES BLIND OR SEES TWO TARGETS -- HE IS OUT OF HIS MIND. HIS SKILL HAS NOT CHANGED, BUT THE PRIZE DIVIDES HIM. HE CARES. HE THINKS MORE OF WINNING THAN OF SHOOTING -- AND THE NEED TO WIN DRAINS HIM OF POWER at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 7: Three Friends
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 7: Three Friends, THERE WERE THREE FRIENDS DISCUSSING LIFE. ONE SAID: 'CAN MEN LIVE TOGETHER AND KNOW NOTHING OF IT, WORK TOGETHER AND PRODUCE NOTHING? CAN THEY FLY AROUND IN SPACE AND FORGET TO EXIST, WORLD WITHOUT END?' THE THREE FRIENDS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND BURST OUT LAUGHING. THEY HAD NO EXPLANATION, THUS THEY WERE BETTER FRIENDS THAN BEFORE. THEN ONE FRIEND DIED. CONFUCIUS SENT A DISCIPLE TO HELP THE OTHER TWO CHANT HIS OBSEQUIES at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 8: The Useless
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 8: The Useless, HUI TZU SAID TO CHUANG TZU: 'ALL YOUR TEACHING IS CENTERED ON WHAT HAS NO USE.' CHUANG TZU REPLIED: 'IF YOU HAVE NO APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HAS NO USE YOU CANNOT BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE USED. THE EARTH, FOR EXAMPLE, IS BROAD AND VAST, BUT OF ALL THIS EXPANSE A MAN USES ONLY A FEW INCHES UPON WHICH HE HAPPENS TO BE STANDING AT THE TIME' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 9: Means and Ends
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 9: Means and Ends, THE PURPOSE OF A FISH TRAP IS TO CATCH FISH, AND WHEN THE FISH ARE CAUGHT THE TRAP IS FORGOTTEN. THE PURPOSE OF WORDS IS TO CONVEY IDEAS. WHEN THE IDEAS ARE GRASPED THE WORDS ARE FORGOTTEN. WHERE CAN I FIND A MAN WHO HAS FORGOTTEN WORDS? HE IS THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 10: Wholeness
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 10: Wholeness, HOW DOES THE TRUE MAN OF TAO WALK THROUGH WALLS WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION AND STAND IN FIRE WITHOUT BEING BURNT? NOT BECAUSE OF CUNNING OR DARING, NOT BECAUSE HE HAS LEARNED -- BUT BECAUSE HE HAS UNLEARNED. HIS NATURE SINKS TO ITS ROOT IN THE ONE. HIS VITALITY, HIS POWER, HIDE IN SECRET TAO at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 11: Chuang Tzu's Funeral
Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu, The Empty Boat Chapter 11: Chuang Tzu's Funeral, WHEN CHUANG TZU WAS ABOUT TO DIE, HIS DISCIPLES BEGAN PLANNING A GRAND FUNERAL. BUT CHUANG TZU SAID: 'I SHALL HAVE HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR MY COFFIN; THE SUN AND MOON WILL BE JADE SYMBOLS HANGING BY MY SIDE; PLANETS AND CONSTELLATIONS WILL SHINE AS JEWELS ALL AROUND ME, AND ALL BEINGS WILL BE PRESENT AS MOURNERS AT THE WAKE. WHAT MORE IS NEEDED? EVERYTHING IS AMPLY TAKEN CARE OF.' BUT THE DISCIPLES SAID: 'WE FEAR THAT THE CROWS AND KITES WILL EAT OUR MASTER.' CHUANG TZU REPLIED: 'WELL, ABOVE GROUND I SHALL BE EATEN BY CROWS AND KITES, AND BELOW GROUND BY ANTS AND WORMS. IN EITHER CASE I SHALL BE EATEN -- SO WHY ARE YOU FAVORING THE BIRDS?' at energyenhancement.org