Overthinking also leads to a failure to pay attention to what one is doing at the moment, and that’s how many accidents happen. In other words, you make yourself unable to go with the flow. If you do things self-consciously, you become tense, you make things more complicated than they should be, you try to force your own way on them, and you fail to see easy and obvious solutions. Wei Wu Wei ( 為無為 ): “doing without meddlesome, combative, or egotistical effort” We are all useful as long as we appreciate our natural abilities. Piglet’s small size may be seen a weakness, but he can easily go places that others can’t. Qualities that may seem to be weaknesses or limitations in one context can be strengths or advantages in another. According to Taoism, we should always try to “go with the flow.” Likewise, we should accept who we are instead of trying to be something we’re not. “Everything has its own place and function.” When we appreciate things for what they are and don’t try to force them to be or do something else, we achieve harmony and avoid conflict and difficulty. “Knowledge for the sake of knowledge” leads to complications and problems in life instead of simple enjoyment. The goal of life should not be to analyze the world from an intellectual distance, but to live in it and be a part of it Taoism emphasizes direct experience instead of scholarly knowledge. If you try to analyze and define yourself, your behavior is no longer natural and spontaneous.
Those who think too intellectually or try too hard (too self-consciously), like Rabbit, make things more complicated and difficult those who think simply and follow their instincts (the pots of honey “calling” Pooh) come up with easy and practical solutions quite naturally.įollowing the natural order of one’s self (one’s natural personality and inclinations) means being an “uncarved block” ( 樸 ) with nothing forced or artificial in one’s behavior. Being in harmony with natural laws leads to “happy serenity.” “The Tao of Who?” Taoists see the world as a naturally harmonious place that should be embraced and enjoyed for what it is.įrom the Taoist perspective, Confucian thinking is flawed because natural laws should be accepted and obeyed attempts to impose an outside, artificial order only create conflict and discomfort.
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Buddhists see the world as a place full of suffering that should be rejected.Confucians see the world as an imperfect place in need of being ordered by human beings.“Pooh just is.” He doesn’t think too much, worry, or plan.
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