The Tao Arms With Love Those It Would Protect
Tao arms with love those it would protect.
- The Book of Tao, F.J. MacHovec
In the Tao, love is a vast energy field.
Like water love yields, nourishes,
And ultimately prevails over rock.
Love protects
Nourishes
Prevails.
. . .
In my meditations lately, love keeps coming up — the life-nourishing energy of deep caring, the work of love, the quiet expansion of self-love that spreads into the lives of others and into the greater world.
So when, earlier today, I came across the MacHovec quote in my files, it seemed that the time was right to explore that message.
And I’ve been thinking for a while about offering posters as a less expensive alternative to prints and originals, the time seemed right to do that as well.
The MacHovec translation captures something essential about Taoist love—not sentiment, but an active force that protects through yielding, nourishes through presence, and prevails through patience. Like water wearing stone, love in the Tao Te Ching is the softest power, the quietest strength.
The poster above, 24 x 16 inches in size, is available for $29 (including shipping and taxes) here.
An earlier poster exploring love and friendship, also available, is pictured below.
The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Zen Mountain Journal blends Taoist hermit poetry, contemplative art, and reflections drawn from a lifetime shaped by wilderness, solitude, and decades doing creative work on the outer boundaries of our culture. These journals are companions for seekers — guides in the reconnection with inner quiet, beauty, and the “soundless music” of a life lived with simplicity and meaning.
• Size: 9.25 × 8.5 inches — convenient size for desk or lap.
• Hardcover — the book can be written in without a table or desk.
• Double wire-o bound to lay flat.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine, a premium uncoated paper for a beautiful writing surface.
• 160 pages.
