Category: Nature
You Cannot Force a Flower to Bloom
A seed buried in the dark grows toward the light on its own. A seed pressed onto bare ground, no matter how hard you push, never roots at all. Alan Watts often pointed out a simple thing about nature that we tend to ignore the moment it comes to our own lives: nothing alive can […]
Continue reading You Cannot Force a Flower to BloomThe Watercourse Way — Flowing Like Water (Wu Wei)
Wu wei, or effortless action, shows up in the body as the absence of unnecessary resistance — and the nervous system notices the difference.
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