The Tao Te Ching Journal:
A Path to Inner Quiet
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 their vision of a quality life. That quality is related, in part, to the questions we are willing to explore.
The quiet center of a human life needs to be nurtured. This journal is for those who manifest an inner life in some creative work or project that contributes to the lives of others. It is for those who choose a quiet, contemplative life in nature. It is for those who march to a different drummer, who live a set of values outside of those of the dominant culture.
About half the book 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:
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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.