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philjreese🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a>, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/zhuangzhou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zhuangzhou</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ChuangTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChuangTzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/doist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a>

philjreeseGreat straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward. — Gia-Fu Feng, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a>, Verse 45<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laozi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laotzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoteching</a>

Author-ized L.J.How wonderful is existence, to be one of the many emanations of a world always longing to know itself again whether in the skin of a frog, a rock, a rose, the sky, or me! We give and take and feel and think and breathe in all in our infinite variations and ever-living connectedness. Each of us has never been before and will never be again, and through us the world delights anew.And what sweet, dark peace when this form, too, crumbles away, like a wave upon the rocks spraying back into the vastness it was always part of. What bone-deep surrender in relaxing back into the Oneness, releasing that lovely fleeting illusion of individuality like a butterfly that you may admire and enjoy, but never clutch in a crushing grip. Bless the illusion that is life and the dream that is death! What is has always been and always will be. You are One and never alone, vaster than the limitations of your current form could ever dare to understand and you are forever. <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/TootEssay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TootEssay</a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/mysticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mysticism</a>

philjreeseFill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 9<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoteching</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> zi <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a>

寒山Here is a short essay by “China’s first political anarchist” that goes against the traditional views of Confucianism by offering a Daoist critique.Hierarchies, structures of power and domination are criticized for going against the Tao.Although <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> are set apart both in time and space—the former took shape in the West one hundred and a half year ago whereas the latter is one thousand and a half year old and originated in China—they share a common aversion to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hierarchy</a> and coercion.<a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/neither-lord-nor-subject" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/neither-lord-nor-subject</a>

nathanlovestrees"The hundred bones, the nine openings, the six internal organs are all present here as my body. Which one is most dear to me? Do you delight in all equally, or do you have some favorites among them? Or are they all mere servants and concubines? Are these servants and concubines unable to govern one another? Or do they take turns as master and servant?“<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> Ziporyn translation<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a>

maijisometimes it’s enough to reflect another’s light— unresisting moon🌕 Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: <a href="https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5518275" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5518275</a> 💧 Haiku Ink series: <a href="https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series</a><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FountainPenInk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FountainPenInk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autumn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a>

Mark Saltveit<a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@overholt</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@researchbuzz</a> Fun fact: Oscar Wilde was one of the first Westerners to publish anything about the Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu), the crazier and more fun early classic of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> (<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a>) alongside the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching).

Vijay PremaSpotted this poster in Lisbon, Portugal.Or as the wise philosopher Whinnie the Pooh once put it: "Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something"<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chill</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rest</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/relax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#relax</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mindfulness</a>

nathanlovestrees“All beings are seeds of one another, yielding back and forth their different forms, beginning and ending like a circle, so that no fixed groupings apply.”<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> (Ziporyn translation)<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a>

Strypey"And to draw on the popular teaching of Yoda, as well as the more obscure work of Moshe Feldenkrais , “trying” to do anything tires and frustrates, while “doing” unfolds without excess strain or parasitic effort."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/JimSchubert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JimSchubert</a>, 2012<a href="https://meaningness.com/preview-eternalism-and-nihilism/comments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meaningness.com/preview-eternalism-and-nihilism/comments</a>It's amazing how often people reference the core ideas of Daoism without giving Laozi due credit. He wrote about this in Daodejing millennia before George Lucas or Feldenkrais.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laozi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a>

Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆Today is the <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a> / <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> Ghost/Ullambana festival in <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taiwan</a>. <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a>, we put out offerings for the wandering ghosts and our ancestors. Variations of the festival origin exist, but at its core is a story about Maugdalyayana saving his mother from a hunger ghost status. This is one of the earliest memories I had about ghosts. The mother was eventually saved, but the imagery and the metaphor of her distress stay with me since. <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://drosophila.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a>

nathanlovestreesAnother striking similarity is between what I was writing about regarding the butterfly story in the Zhuangzi and this passage from "Beyond Nature and Culture" by anthropologist Philippe Descola: <a href="https://freeanduneasy.blog/humanity-as-a-condition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freeanduneasy.blog/humanity-as-a-condition/</a><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anthropology</a>

nathanlovestreesI know this is the *ideal* time to post a nearly 4000 word blog post on selfhood, identity, fungi, and butterflies. Who doesn't want to spend their Friday night reading long personal musings about Daoism and indigenous knowledge??? <a href="https://freeanduneasy.blog/we-are-the-morning-mushrooms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freeanduneasy.blog/we-are-the-morning-mushrooms/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BraidingSweetgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BraidingSweetgrass</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousKnowledge</a>

nathanlovestreesShamefully sharing my latest blog post again, this time with fewer typos. A long post on the struggle to find my way in a world I wasn't prepared for, and the challenges of making and keeping relationships while caring for another.<a href="https://freeanduneasy.blog/becoming-friends-with-the-depths/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freeanduneasy.blog/becoming-friends-with-the-depths/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caregiving</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a>

nathanlovestreesIf you're looking for a 3000 word personal reflection on the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> and how it relates to my own struggle to make and keep close relationships while being a <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caregiver</a> to my disabled brother, then I have just the thing for you:<a href="https://freeanduneasy.blog/becoming-friends-with-the-depths/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freeanduneasy.blog/becoming-friends-with-the-depths/</a><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LongRead</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogging</a> (Bonus quote by <a href="https://zirk.us/@TaoJiang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TaoJiang</a>)

nathanlovestreesFrom chapter 6 of the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a>:"What makes my life good is what makes my death good; that I consider my life good is what makes me consider my death good."<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#death</a>

nathanlovestreesMy hair is thinning.Even though there are many other signs that I'm aging, that was the one that was the hardest to accept. So here's a reflection on aging from a Daoist perspective:<a href="https://freeanduneasy.blog/what-makes-my-life-good/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freeanduneasy.blog/what-makes-my-life-good/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/taoism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@taoism</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aging</a>

GrahamIt's publication day for Red Enlightenment!An exploration of how to approach spirituality in a way that engages with both science and social justiceGo grab a copy, link is in my bio!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spirituality</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/spiritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiritual</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#complexsystems</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/systemsthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#systemsthinking</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentalism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/marx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marx</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theology</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/liberationtheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberationtheology</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#christianity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buddhism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judaism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hindu</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/confucianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#confucianism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activist</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communist</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commons</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/utopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#utopia</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialjustice</a>

nathanlovestreesWhen I first learned about <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> almost 20 years ago, there was one concept that had an outsized influence on me: wuwei, sometimes translated as nonaction or non-doing. It took me that whole time to realize my understanding of it was all wrong. Not only was that translation incomplete at best, it actually strengthened a burgeoning anthropocentrism I didn't realize was there.Yard work and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousKnowledge</a> finally made me realize the error of my ways. <a href="https://link.medium.com/5t3PJmn9Dzb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.medium.com/5t3PJmn9Dzb</a>

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