The Tao Te Ching Journal:
A Path to Inner Quiet
A journaling practice for those who seek to connect with inner worlds, with the silence and peace within.
The Beauty and Mystery of the Tao Te Ching
Our life and work in the world are manifestations of our inner work. The heart of this work, and this journal, is a deepening friendship with yourself.
The Tao Te Ching Journal is a contemplative refuge of Taoist wisdom, art, and quiet. It offers a journaling practice, inspired by the ancient words of Laozi, for those who seek to create a life and work in harmony with the gentle arts of a well-lived life. Those arts are related, in part, to the questions we are willing to explore.
The quiet center of a human life needs to be nurtured. The ancient mysterious wisdom of the Tao can be an important guide in that practice. Journaling with the Tao invites us to consider our lives in the context of its central messages: surrender, patience, simplicity, a life connected to wild nature, and a life lived in harmony – in particular harmony with yourself, with your inner world, with your quiet center. Also, of course, harmony with others. Harmony with the natural world. Harmony with the great energy flows of the universe — yin and yang, the Watercourse Way.
About half the Tao Te Ching Journal consists of art, writing and questions to consider. The other half is blank, for your own notes and sketches. Printed on heavyweight (100lb text) Mohawk Superfine, a beautiful uncoated paper that renders color beautifully and provides an excellent writing surface. It is wire-o bound to lay flat. Hardcover. 9.5 x 8.5. 160 pages.
The Tao Te Ching Journal:
Example interior two-page spread.
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Example interior two-page spreads.
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Journaling has been a friend and guide to me at the significant turning points of my life. The hidden undercurrents that shape us — many of them taking form in childhood — affect the quality of our lives and our relationships, both with ourselves and with others. In this journal those currents weave together.
And so I offer you this work, which has grown out of a creative life lived on the edges of our culture. Some of those lessons were learned the hard way. Some I seem to be still struggling against, still resisting. Sometimes the easiest way forward — surrender — appears the least attractive.