Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast

He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion, as if he were attending a funeral.

— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 31

30 Tools to Stay Sober Before, During, and After…

Self-acceptance is essential for good mental health. How do I accept me? How can I be okay with myself when I see so much damage I have caused prior to recovery? We discuss this and much more in tod…

In this podcast, we discussed the meaning of perfection. We also discussed our part in life and the meaning of effortless effort, the English translation of wu wei.

30 Tools to Stay Sober Before, …

The 28th verse of the Tao Te Ching offers us an example of the progression back to our natural state through three steps:

1. Receive all without resistance.

2. Set a pattern for all to follow.

3.…

Only a student who gives himself can receive the master’s gift. If you think otherwise, despite your knowledge, you have blundered. Giving and receiving are one.— Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Def…

If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are.— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 26

30 Tools to Sta…

Before the Tao discussion, we discussed the tools we use to stay sober all year round, and especially during the holidays.

In life, I am always seeking what does not change. Peace and joy exist in …

He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures. If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 24

30 Tools to Stay Sober B…

If you open yourself to loss,

you are at one with loss

and you can accept it completely.

Open yourself to the Tao,

then trust your natural responses;

and everything will fall into place

— …

When the ancient Masters said, “If you want to be given everything, give everything up,” they weren’t using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself. — Stephen Mitche…

Verse 21 gives us three tools to use in daily life;

1. Stop clinging to ideas. 2. Letting it happen rather than manipulation and control. 3. Looking within

We can only see within when we have stop…

Much of my problems in life are self-inflicted. I try to control many things that I am incapable of controlling. This "living letting go" is a very different lifestyle than I led before recovery.

W…

Living in the way can bring about a move from a fear-based existence toward a Love-based reality that makes rules a place to hide rather than flourish.

Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people wi…

Is it possible to live a life of Compassion, which lifts us above criticism and faultfinding?

When the greatness of the Tao is present, action arises from one's own heart.— Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ch…

To know Tao alone, without a trace of your own existence, is the highest. Next comes loving and praising it, then fearing it, then despising it.— Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition,…

What do I believe is the source? What actions have resulted in my life that brought about a feeling of peace? What part do I play? What are my actions for today?

If you can empty your mind of all th…

Everything in the world is cyclical and constantly changing. This verse expresses this principle and shares one thing that can be constant – our virtue! I hope you enjoy our discussion.

We are looki…

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. Not seeking, not expecting, she is present and can welcome all things.— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 15

Welcome is defined as greeting in a glad or frie…

An excellent discussion of verse 14 of the Tao Te Ching and how it relates to our recovery. Are there really any problems to solve? How can we move from living based on the need to know to compassio…

Marshall is a retired Southern Baptist pastor. Marshall has written over 20 books, including The Tao of Christ, a Christian version of the Tao Te Ching, and most recently, The Sermon on the Mount, a…