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The Taoism webring has been in existence since 1998, and is a collection of websites related to Taoism and Taoist topics. Tao (or Dao) means "path" or "way", although it has taken on more abstract meanings. Taoist propriety and ethics emphasize the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Taoist thought generally focuses on nature, health, longevity, wu wei (effortless action), liberty, immortality and spontaneity. Sites in this ring offer content relating to all of the above, and also yin-yang, Tao-te ching, I-ching, Lao-tzu, plus personal reflections and experiences relating to the way of Taoism.
Unseasonably warm New England days are guaranteed to give way to cool nights. An open fire in my 1977 Vermont Castings Vigilant wood stove warms and brightens the mood and the room. It may be that when I leave here when the home is sold, I will also make provisions that the stove will go too. Over the years it has been tradition to ...
For thirty years I have accompanied my friend Dairy Jon, to northeast farm and dairy meetings where everything "cow" is scrutinized, evaluated, scientifically measured, analyzed and recorded. It's sole purpose is to provide the dairy farmer with the best information possible enabling the farmer to achieve maximum milk yield while produc...
For thirty years I have accompanied my friend Dairy Jon, to northeast farm and dairy meetings where everything "cow" is scrutinized, evaluated, scientifically measured, analyzed and recorded. It's sole purpose is to provide the dairy farmer with the best information possible enabling the farmer to achieve maximum milk yield while produc...
Our eggs are spoken for before we have them! I could easily sell many more dozen than the chickens can supply. Early Spring and fifteen chickens = tens eggs a day on average. We are hoping to increase our little village of ladies to twenty five. Now, with this house going up for sale, where we end up is being hinted at but all is not cer...
I'm relaxing with a large cup of steaming Chai hoping that the effects from the Solar Flare Geomagnetic storm are over. Taoists, who practice the Drawing in of Heaven and Earth and who actively work with the Wei Qi Field as it moves around their bodies, find their Qi disrupted and very suscep...
Gaia Girl (seen here) settles into the lowlands of that grand State of Vermont and partakes in a little ritual of "Pass the what?" Pine resin incense. Known as a purifier of homes. Used to heal, balance and clear energies: does it work? What do you smell? How do you feel? What do you think? It is amazing when you stop and think about it. We are su...
Gaia Girl has begun her nine month odyssey into the world of herbal plants and healing. This weekend marked the beginning of a one weekend a month immersion into the Sacred Plant Medicine Apprenticeship that will continue on and into the month of November. In my reviewing of the course syllabus I am impressed; and that is a rarity for me...
There is something special about the radiant heat from a wood stove. On the coldest day of the year I have seen the thermometer on the thermostat maxed out at over ninety degrees. No one complained. Summer PJ's on a winter day is grand. As you can see, the Buddha seems to agree with the cat. I just hope that he doesn't get too attached. ...
No, really. Fried lice. As in, here today - gone tomorrow. TaoSpring has been filled will activity, yet we offer this as no excuse. We were a tad self flagellating having missed the fact that the girls had lice. A thorough cleaning of the coop and a dusting of the birds saw to extermination of the little blood sucking creatures and the happy littl...
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Darwin Feb. 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882.
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