Posts tagged “taoism”

• The Sage Falls Asleep Because He Is Sleepy
  14 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Wu wei is widely misread as a technique for non-striving — but through the lens of essentially byproduct states, it becomes clear that wu wei is a description of mastery, not a practice for achieving it. Cook Ding wasn't practicing wu wei. He was practicing carving.
• The Sage Falls Asleep Because He Is Sleepy
  14 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Wu wei is widely misread as a technique for non-striving — but through the lens of essentially byproduct states, it becomes clear that wu wei is a description of mastery, not a practice for achieving it. Cook Ding wasn't practicing wu wei. He was practicing carving.