Category: Tao

Spiritual Awareness

Group work must include spiritual awareness if it is to touch the existential anxiety of our […]

Polarities, Paradoxes, and Puzzles

All behaviors contain their opposites. Hyper-inflation leads to collapse. A show of strength suggests insecurity. What […]

Valley

Gu. Valley. The valley is low. Thus, all things flow toward it. It is receptive. Therefore, […]

Nation

Guo. Nation, country. The square around the perimeter of the symbol for guo represents the borders […]

Me

Wo. I, me. The symbol for wo is a person holding a spear. The very idea […]

Recovery

Quan. To be cured, recovery from illness. When illness is overcome, recovery is complete. Can we […]

Care

Quan. To care for, to love, family. Below in the symbol for quan is the character […]

Kindness

Hui. Kindness, benevolence, favor, charity. The deepest kindness comes not from simply thinking of others, but […]

Compassion

Ci. Compassion. At the root of the symbol for compassion is the symbol for “heart.” The […]

Combine

Lien. To combine, to connect. On the left of the character is the symbol for “ear.” […]