Tao Lectures and Seminars
The Valley Spirit lectures and seminars
In these lectures and seminars I explore some of the fundamental themes in the writings of Laozi and Zhuangzi. The wisdom of these texts is deep and playful, paradoxical and practical. It is an invitation to an inner journey, a journey often described as a return: a return to the source, a return to the simplicity of ‘uncarved wood’, a return to the ‘state of the newborn’. We shall endeavour to meet the humour and challenge of this fluid wisdom that cannot be frozen into a doctrine and goes beyond a purely intellectual understanding.
The nameless Dao
Emptiness
The world’s mother
Simplicity
Measure
The water’s way
Non-doing
Complementarity
The man of Dao
Small and great understanding
My words are easy
Lectures are typically one or two hours long. Seminars can be one, two or three days long.
For upcoming lectures or seminars please see Upcoming events
If you would like to organize a lecture or a seminar The Valley Spirit at your center or institute please write to me.