Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast
In this podcast, we discuss mystical works of literature, primarily Taoist text, and how they relate to alcohol recovery. Taoist Philosophy can be an excellent tool for embracing the idea of a “Higher Power.” Nature offers all of the examples necessary for a concept of a source of all life, much different but yet very similar in many ways to more traditional religious thinking.
Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching; https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1
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Do you want to stop drinking? Does alcoholism or addiction run in your family? Are you considering how to get sober? Are you seriously thinking about sobriety for the first time being alcohol is controlling your life as never before? Has the idea of a "Higher Power" kept you out of Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12 Step recovery programs?
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 352
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Chuang Tzu – In My End Is My Beginning
“…fall into Unbeginning.” — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 75
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Wen Tzu – Verse 116 Acceptability!
“Acceptability is a matter of logic: if you do not pursue what is acceptable when you see it, and do not flee what is unacceptable when you see it, acceptability and unacceptability are to each othe…
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“Strange indeed: Nothingness who was not sent, who did not work to find it, had the night-colored Pearl!” — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 74
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Chuang Tzu – How Deep is the Tao!
“That which is not, goes his way. That which moves is what he stands on. Great is small for him, long is short for him, and all his distances are near.”
— Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Pag…
Chuang Tzu – The Kingly Man!
“His glory is in knowing that all things come together in one, and life and death are equal.”
— Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 71
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Chuang Tzu – Are the 8 Delights Running my Life?
“If men would stay as they really are, taking or leaving these eight delights would make no difference. But if they will not rest in their right state, the eight delights develop like malignant tumo…
Chuang Tzu – Leaving Things Alone
“Now the whole world is not enough reward for the ‘good,’ nor enough punishment for the ‘wicked.’ … How can they find time to be human?”
— Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 70
Chuang Tzu – Cracking the Safe Part 2
“The greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind.”
— Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 69
Chuang Tzu – Cracking the Safe Part 1
“Who is there among those called smart, who does not spend his time amassing loot for a bigger robber than himself?”
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 67
Chuang Tzu – Two Kings and No-Form
“They put holes in no form, one a day, for seven days. And when they finished the seventh opening, their friend lay dead.”— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 66
The Prodigal Son – How do you interact with others? Are you the older son, father, or younger son?
“My son, the father said, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is fo…
Chuang Tzu – Man is Born of Tao
“All the fish needs is to get lost in water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.”— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 65
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Chuang Tzu – Metamorphosis
“Every morning and every evening, and whenever anything happens to you, keep on saying, ‘Thank you for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever.’”
— Stephen Mitchell, The Gospel According to Jesus,…
Chuang Tzu – The True Man – Part 2
“They had no mind to fight Tao. They did not try, by their own contriving, to help Tao along. These are the ones we call true men.”— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 61
Chuang Tzu – The True Man – Part 1
Is it ok to make plans? What does it mean to plan for the future when walking this path?
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 60
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Chuang Tzu – Confucius and the Madman
“Every man knows how useful it is to be useful. No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless.”
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 59
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Chuang Tzu – Lao Tzu’s Wake
“We have seen a fire of sticks burn out. The fire now burns in some other place. Where? Who knows?”
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 57
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Chuang Tzu – Three Friends
“Hey, Sung Hu! Where'd you go? You have gonewhere you really were. And we are here."
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 55
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Chuang Tzu – The Fasting of the Heart!
“ It is easy to stand still and leave no trace, but it is hard to walk without touching the ground.”
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 53
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Chuang Tzu – Living Life Uncaged!
“The Man with One Foot and the Marsh Pheasant”
— Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 48
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