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Let's pretend. Suppose you are wanting to get into wine making but you dont have the funds to buy a kit with everything that you need all at once. Now, let's also suppose that you CAN buy stuff one week at a time. Lets also say that you wanted to start today and actually START a wine batch today. What you buy today to be able to start? Bare minimum to get started right now. Im thinking just a carboy, SG tester, sanitizer, ingredients for the wine (yeast, juice, etc). What else would you buy TODAY to simply get started? Can buy the other stuff as I need it.
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So it is better to use the bucket than the carboy to ferment? Also, to make say 5 gallons of wine, and if I wanted to use Welch's grape concentrate for juice...how much juice would I need to start?
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So I will need 6 gallons of juice to get it going...Im going to use Welch's grape juice concentrate. Ill need 6 gallons of that or a mixture of the juice/water? just trying to figure ut what to buy where juice is concerned
Thanks for that, Saramc!
How much money will that 6 gallons of Welches juice cost? It doesn't make a very good wine, why not get real grape juice or a wine kit? You will at least be able to enjoy the year of your life you used to make it.
Just because something CAN ferment, does not mean it SHOULD be fermented.
I have found the best thing to use for cheap and very drinkable concord or niagara wine is the Welch's 100% frozen juice concentrate. I have a lot of wine snob friends and they all have liked it everytime we make it. I do 6 gallon batches and use 12 cans. It cost me $24 for the juice.


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The report examined attitudes and habits concerning credit scores, the numerical ratings calculated by credit bureaus as a way to measure borrowers' financial responsibility.
First, the good news. About eight in 10 Illinois millennials say they know how to manage their money in order to improve their credit scores, compared to just 72 percent on the national level. More than half of millennials in the state report checking their credit score every year. When asked to identify a good credit score, millennials nationwide said it should be 625; Illinois millennials had higher standards, saying on average that a good score would be 654.
"Our survey shows that most feel they are knowledgeable about credit, although their idea of a good score is slightly below what it should be," stated Julie Curran, Chicago-area regional president at BMO Harris, in a news release. Curran said BMO considers a good credit score to be "in the 680-720 range."
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Hi -- I'm 15 and this is my second year of attempting a garden. My mom doesn't garden but does have some very limited knowledge from her grandmother, so we are both annoying newbies. So, I apologize if my questions are silly. The first is that my cucumbers, which were growing beautifully if at sometimes a little yellow in the leaves, produced gorgeous round golfballs. They taste like cucumbers, but they stopped growing after about a week and I had these nice, green round things with a little tiny tail on a couple of them.
Some of my other plants this year also produced tiny versions: radishes and carrots. The plants were beautiful, but the "eating" part just never really grew. Don't know if that's related to the other. I might want to mention, these all were grown in bathtubs outside in mostly full sun. I used an organic potting soil and heirloom seeds. Last year I only had success with my cantaloupes and even they were only the size of my fist. So it seems as if everything is stunted. I do know that where we live my great-grandmother always said had nematodes. Would that explain the cucumbers and the other problems? Thanks. |
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4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish young men, [nor] bring up virgins | 4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: "I have neither been in labor nor given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters. |
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I came up short with Drescher. I can only confirm that she was still single (as Lilian Drescher) in 1987. She dropped off the tour in early 1988.
I found this article while confirming the spelling for Lidy Venneboer. My Dutch is non-existent, but the article seems to suggest that Jansen was just part of her family name and she married a German named Kirsch circa 1971.
Am I correct or off on Lidy?
Her father's name is Jan Jansen Venneboer (no hyphen!) where Jan is his Christian name and Jansen Venneboer is his family name. As a consequence, Lidy's official name is Jansen Venneboer. However, in the tennis world I only come across the simplified form Lidy Venneboer.
Indeed she married a German named Günter Kirsch. They have two children: Claudia (1970 or 1971) and Olaf (1973 or 1974). Age of daughter suggests marriage around 1970.
At the time of the article (2008-03-19) Lidy was 61 years old; i.e. born in either 1946 or 1947. She stopped playing tennis at age 22, which is around 1969. She played first round on Wimbledon 1968 (lost from P Lamm, USA).
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More high schools across Minnesota and the nation are starting later each morning — a move that could help teens not just in the classroom, but also on the road.
Findings of a University of Minnesota study released Wednesday are the first to conclusively link later morning school starts to higher test scores, better grades and fewer teen car crashes.
The latest study puts weight behind an issue hotly debated by parents, students and school leaders nationwide.
"People keep asking me, 'Is this [later school start times] really making a difference?' " said project director Kyla Wahlstrom, a former North St. Paul principal who's studied school start times for 17 years. "We didn't have the proof until now."
For three years, researchers at the university's Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement analyzed data from more than 9,000 students at eight high schools in Minnesota, Colorado and Wyoming. Overall results showed a boost in attendance, test scores and grades in math, English, science and social studies for schools that shifted the school day later into the morning.
Schools also saw a decrease in tardiness, substance abuse and symptoms of depression. Some even had a dramatic drop in teen car crashes.
"The eight hours of sleep seems to be a tipping point for making healthy or unhealthy behavioral decisions," Wahlstrom said.
But, the study found, only 34 percent of students are getting the recommended eight hours of sleep when school starts at 7:30 a.m. compared with 66 percent of students getting eight hours of sleep at schools that start as late as 8:55 a.m.
The study, funded by a $300,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, reaffirms what experts and school leaders have long suspected about better syncing school schedules to teen sleep patterns.
"There's really no downside in terms of outcomes for kids," Wahlstrom said.
Parents approve
The findings are catching the attention of schools nationwide, including Minnesota school leaders at Alexandria's high school, which just approved a later, 8:25 a.m. start next school year.
Years ago, Edina and Minneapolis high schools were among the first to make the change.
"A well-rested student body is a good, productive student body," Edina High School Principal Bruce Locklear said, adding that it would be difficult to revert to the earlier time. "It's a culture thing; the students believe in it and embrace it."
Parent Leanne Montgomery said the high school's 8:25 a.m. start worked better for her daughter before she graduated, while others, like her son, a sophomore, prefer an optional earlier arrival at 7:25 a.m. to take extra advanced classes.
"It's not for everybody; some just need to sleep," she said. "But for others, their internal clocks are different."
When Edina initially made the switch from a 7:20 a.m. start, some parents worried about the impact on busing, sports and child care. But according to another of Wahlstrom's previous studies, after one year, 92 percent of Edina parents surveyed preferred the later time. She also analyzed Minneapolis high schools' move from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m., finding a decrease in dropout rates and students' depression and an increase in grades.
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BYU opens against DePaul in Chicago at 6:30 ET Saturday on ESPN2
Haley Steed has seen a lot of basketball for someone who thought her career was over before it really started.
But as with any story spanning large swaths of history, it's best to start at the beginning.
In the second game Jayne Appel ever played for Stanford, she turned in one of least imposing lines of her college career, scoring four points in 15 minutes off the bench in a loss against BYU. Appel's contributions, of course, grew more substantial in short order, including All-America honors aplenty and three Final Four appearances.
Another newcomer was rather more productive in that game between the Cardinal and Cougars on Nov. 12, 2006. Also coming off the bench that day, BYU freshman Steed (then Haley Hall) scored a game-high 15 points to pace her team in a upset that set the tone for a season that ended with a trip to the NCAA tournament.
Appel will begin her third season in the WNBA in a few weeks. On Saturday, Steed, who married Bo Steed last May, will lead BYU into the NCAA tournament for the first time since the season that began with the win against Stanford. A sixth-year player who has the option of returning for a seventh season, she is still there, a generational orphan and a holdout against the speed at which time demands college sports move. To the Cougars, she is also a point guard worth waiting for.
"In some ways it feels like it was just yesterday, but when I really sit here and think about it, it feels like forever," Steed said of her tenure. "I feel like I've been at BYU for a long time, and that was the very first year, so I think about everything that's happened in the last five years and it does feel like forever ago."
A few weeks after her star turn against Stanford as a freshman, Steed suffered a torn ACL in her left knee and missed the final 25 games of the season, including the team's NCAA tournament game against Louisville. She worked her way back from the injury and was cleared to play when practice began the following fall, most of one season lost but a career still long on promise.
On the first day the team was on the court together that second season, she drove left and came to a jump stop, just as she had in almost the same spot on the floor a year earlier. And just as it had a year before, the ligament tore. The second ACL tear sidelined her before BYU even played a game. A second season was gone.
One more time Steed sweated through the long, solitary hours of rehab, a basketball player without a basketball in her hands. Again she followed the familiar routine of ACL tears as she strengthened the muscles in her legs weakened after surgery, and again she brought herself back to playing shape in time for the start of basketball season, her third at BYU.
And during the first regular-season game of the 2008-09 season, she tore her ACL. Again.
Three seasons into her college career, Steed had played a grand total of nine games.
There was a sense of shock after the first ACL tear, but for someone who previously had suffered nothing more severe than the occasional sprained ankle, the very newness of such a serious injury pushed her to come back. After the second, there was frustration, to be sure, but also a familiarity with what came next and a sense of urgency to start the clock on a comeback.
The third tear was different. To be sent back to the starting line yet again brought only darkness and doubt.
"The third one was kind of a more devastating feeling of it's probably not in the cards for me to play basketball," Steed said.
That realization was all the more crushing because Steed for so many years looked like she was born to play basketball. She was a high school star in Syracuse, Utah, a big-time scorer in a 5-foot-4 frame who ranks seventh in state history in career points. She was a prolific 3-point shooter and no easier to stop when she took off on a foray to the basket.
"She was very, very explosive," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said. "She was one of the best players I've seen in this state for a long, long time."
But in the days after her third ACL tear, Judkins thought Steed might be done. So did she. The emotional and mental strain of going through all that rehab again was just one part of it. She knew how to cope with that. Processing the uncertainty that lay beyond was the truly frightening part. Friends and family commiserated. Only a few told her to try again.
"I thought there was no way I could ever trust my body to the point where I could go out and play basketball hard again and trust that I'm not going to get hurt," Steed said.
Yet she kept showing up at practice every day to be with her teammates. She continued to travel with the team on road trips, and before long, she started to realize why she couldn't stay away, that she wanted to try one more time to play college basketball.
"I don't know if at that time I really expected to come back," Steed said. "But I did have a desire inside to want to play again."
She told Judkins she wasn't going to come back afraid when she made the decision to try a third time, but that's easier stated than done. It wasn't until at least midway through her first season back on the court, 2009-10, that she began to believe this comeback might be for real, that she might be able to trust her body. It was only this season that she began to trust herself penetrating into the lane. She attempted just 28 free throws in each of her first two seasons back on the court, despite playing more than 1,000 minutes each season. This season, she has already gone to the line 55 times. Steed even left Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie exasperated with her own players by pulling down 15 rebounds in Duke's narrow 61-55 win in November.
Some of her old game will never come back. Judkins estimates she's about two-thirds of the physical player she was in high school, and she doesn't sound like she disagrees. But instead of fighting that, she worked with what was left.
"I don't think I'm exactly the same," Steed said. "I think I'm better in some ways, and I'm not as good in other ways. I still am not the same attacking player I was before. Before I was ever injured, I was way more of a penetrator, drive-to-the-basket kind of player. And I've kind of had to shift my game into something else. Now I'm more of a shooter, more of a come-off-screens type of player. This year, definitely more than the last two years, I've been more willing to drive and penetrate and kind of get inside. All three of my injuries came from penetration to the hoop, and I think there was just a big mental block the first two years back that I honestly didn't believe I could do it."
Steed also happens to be one of the best point guards in the country this season, one of eight finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award. She is fourth nationally in assists per game and third in assist-to-turnover ratio, joining Hampton's Jericka Jenkins as the only players in the top 10 of both categories. And in that regard, she might be a better player for all the injuries. After spending just about every second on the court growing up, Steed had to watch the game for three seasons, sitting with the coaches during games and making mental notes.
"That was the biggest help and blessing through it all," Steed said. "That I think I learned the game of basketball in a way that there was no way I would have been able to do if I was on the court."
These days she's as likely to put a line like she did against Nevada (11 assists, no turnovers, no field goal attempts in 23 minutes) as she is a big scoring night (17 points, eight assists in the West Coast Conference championship game against Gonzaga). It's her job to put teammates like Kristen Riley, the WCC player of the year, and freshman Lexi Eaton, who bumped her down a spot on the high school scoring charts in Utah, in the best position to succeed. She has been around "Juddy," as she calls Judkins, so long that he'll sometimes pause in a timeout and ask her what she thinks they should run.
"She's been a coach on the court," Judkins said. "For me, I haven't had to control as many things as I used to because of her. And then I think she just sets a great example. I can get on her, and she takes it in a positive way. She's very, very focused all the time, and I think that sets a great tone for my team."
As a result of all the time she lost early in her career, Steed is eligible to return for a seventh season. Her marriage to Bo helped provide a sense of security off the court, that she wasn't still stuck in the college social scene and that not every part of her life was stuck in some sort of suspended animation. It doesn't hurt that he's an avid sports fan and her biggest supporter. And the body that made it difficult to walk the morning after games her first two seasons back on the court has never felt better, even at the end of a long season.
For his part, Judkins said he'll offer his best recruiting pitch to try to convince her to return to a team that loses just two other players, albeit good ones in Riley and Dani Peterson.
But it doesn't really sound like it's going to be a hard sell. When you've seen as much college basketball as Steed, you know better than most what you would be giving up.
"There's a lot of people you talk to who are done who would die to have one more year," Steed said. "I don't know. I haven't made a decision yet, but I think I love basketball way too much to not come back."
That much she long ago proved.
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We've had much to celebrate over here at OFPC! Not only have we hustled our way into our fifth year as an organization with increased leadership but we had a big win this year. City Council supported Oaklanders in their right to feed themselves! Read more here. We brought in the fifth year with our supporters at Warehouse 416 while being graced by the sounds of DJ Leydis and Earth Amplified! Food First covered the event nicely here. We are looking forward to the coming year at OFPC. With many amazing members joining us, we expect a bountiful year.
Imagine A Food Secure Oakland
OFPC continues our work to access land for growing food by recommending Priority Conservation Areas that will provide climate protection and food space. We invite you to join an upcoming community gathering to share your ideas! Where can Oakland be more Green? Where should green infrastructure be planned for the health and sustainability of Oakland and our most vulnerable residents?
Place your Priority Conservation Areas on Oakland's map. Help identify spaces that: help reduce greenhouse gases; encourage people to walk, ride, bike & skate; beautify and inspire; reduce urban heat island, flood risk, food insecurity, air pollution; provide recreation and open space, urban gardens & access to nature; protect areas of natural habitat/biodiversity … all while creating job opportunities for Oakland residents!
What: Community Mapping Session
When: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 6th Floor "Planning Café"
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Urban Ag Campaign Update: The Real Win
Last night's City Council meeting proved successful! Our recommendations for expanded zones for growing food by right were well received and approved unanimously by City Council. While the policy proposal will go through one last step on November 18th, it is as good as done! However the real win has been the coming together of community, city staff, and decision makers to work collectively to make food a basic right in Oakland. In fact, not only food as a basic right but GROWING food a right, as well as sharing/selling it freely within our community. While OFPC has received much kudos for our work on this, we are only a few who reflect back the many that have been involved. This win is a clear example of how an activated public can create the policy solutions that meet our needs. I do not think for one second that this would have been possible through my work or OFPC's work alone. This path has been forged by hundreds of advocates and supporters. From the die hards that have shown up at each and every City Council meeting, the staff out in the field cultivating change in Oakland, to the 450 signatories that responded in a narrow 48 hour window to inform the Planning Commission that they believe growing food is a right!
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Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White sent an e-mail to some Key residents Wednesday explaining the Town Commission's decision to let its Planning and Zoning Board review town codes could lead to a long review of the town code.
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We are currently working on a new book and also many audio projects!I have been asked many times how to find a Temple, Master or how best to learn Taoism. Here is a brief Taoism 101 course outline on how to discover Taoism.
This is a different type of guide to learning Taoism. Taoism teaches a person to follow their breath, to embrace wonder and the joy in living gracefully with style. So here is the modern practical guide to living as a Taoist!
To many people, a confusing aspect of Taoism is its very definition. Many religions will happily teach a Philosophy/Dogma which in reflection defines a person. Taoism flips this around. It starts by teaching a truth; "The Tao" is indefinable. It then follows up by teaching that each person can discover the Tao in their own terms. A teaching like this can be very hard to grasp when most people desire very concrete definitions in their own life.
A simply way to start learning the definition of Taoism is to start within yourself. Here are three easy starting steps to learning Taoism:
Taoism teaches a person to flow with life. Over the years Taoism has become many things to many people. Hundreds of variations in Taoist practice exist. Some of these practices are philosophical in nature, others are religious. Taoism makes no distinction in applying labels to its own nature. This is important since as a person, we are each a blend of many truths. The truth taught in Taoism is to embrace life in actions that support you as a person.
Taoism teaches a person to live to their heart.
Here are some simple starting tips to help a person live as a Taoist.
Alternate the two and your path will become free and clear for an entire lifetime of wonder to explore.
This may sound simple, but you would be surprise how many people cannot embrace this most basic aspect of Taoist practice! People think it cannot be that simple! Taoism truly is this simple. If you follow and practice step four, not only is that all one needs to fully embrace Taoism, but also anything becomes possible within this simple practice. However, most people need time letting go of expectations. So it's also ok to dig deeper into Taoism. Taoism has many many levels of teachings on purpose to help people from all perspectives move smoothly in life.
I can summarize Taoism as simply as
Taoism is acceptance of your life.
Taoism is following your breath to find peace.
Taoism is opening up a smile to enable possibility.
If you embrace these three ideas, everything else follows in Taoism. Some people do start here. Others take a longer more colorful path. That's fine also, since you get to experience more color in your life. No wrong path exists at the end, since it's about experiencing life.
Create only a single expectation at a time for that future experience. For example: An expectation you will smile or have some fun. Thats it! Don't place any learning or changing into your expectation. If you do , this actually plants the seed for the opposite to occur, By creating a single simple expectation such as smiling, this then becomes something you can always fulfill since you can empower that action to happen. Any expectation more complicated or relying on something outside of yourself, just sets up the future to not meeting your needs.
Dropping expectation is very very important within Taoism.
I recommend starting with A Personal Tao, as it's specifically written with a modern perspective to help people discover their nature. Due to the nature of Taoist writings you can easily read all three at the same time and intermix the ideas.
Most sites will teach you the terms and history of Taoism. That might be nice for academics: but it really does nothing for teaching you how to live as a Taoist. Taoism is about embracing life in the now and not in being stuck in history or terms.
Originally Taoism can be considered to be a shamanic practice. However, Taoism is so old; the complete history of Taoism cannot be traced through written records. Taoism is very much a tradition that is transmitted verbally from master to student over the generations. Because of this, some of the shamanic roots of Taoism still survive today. Taoism historically is also a very flexible practice. Taoism is a practice of change and it always changes to meet the needs of the times. This is still happening today and even as we speak Taoism is evolving to keep pace with modern culture. This is one reason Taoism has survived for so long, it always adapts with the time while holding onto a few key concepts to keep the practice true to the Tao.
An early surviving text to describe the Tao is the Tao-Te Ching, written by Lao-Tzu (The old master). The Tao-Te Ching is a series of poems that can be considered to be a work of philosophy, a treatise on how to run a government, a how-to book for achieving a balanced life, or a sage's reflection of humanity and the universe. It is known to have been written over 2400 years ago but not much else is retained about the origins. Many fun stories abound about these origins; however, these are just that, stories. What is important is that the Tao-Te Ching and its poetry survive, having had an impact on the course of human events over the past 2400 years. It's an interesting book, worth skimming. I say "skim" because it is written in a light-hearted manner. If a reader stares too hard or takes the Tao-Te Ching too literally, the multiple intentions within the poetry will be lost.
Many many stories, and tales exist about the History of Taoism. Some of these stories could be true, and some could be fables. As a Taoist, the point is to learn from the mixing of our reactions to the tales. Veracity is best left to history; time will always change "truth" for each generation.
Tao is a word. It translates roughly as: the way. When as a Taoist we talk about the Tao, we are talking about the central aspect of our practice. However, it's important to keep in mind, as a word, the word Tao is used for a lot more than just Taoism. Every religion has its way. Every person has their way. Every practice has their way. There is a Tao for everything. This doesn't directly mean it's the same Tao as what we speak about in Taoism. While from a Taoist view point it's all the same, from a human literary perspective it's not. So it's important to always take the word Tao within the context of the statement being made.
For instance: a Confucian will use of the term Tao to cover how they believe and act. On paper, the Tao of Confucianism is quite a bit different than the Tao of Taoism. A Confucian embraces order while a Taoist will dance to chaos. The Tao that a Confucian teaches is a rigid logical complex system of behavior. The Tao of Taoism is freedom to embrace all the whimsy of life. The same Tao both times: in the using the Tao to refer to a way of life, but the actual results, the path taken is quite a bit different. A path is a path but .not all paths lead to the same place while in the process of the journey itself.
Of course to a Taoist all paths do lead to the same place :). It's just the journey might seem longer to some than others.
So please keep this in mind if you see the word Tao being used in a slightly different context than what you were expecting.
This last section is for the brave of heart, for those wanting a few more advance answers.
First and foremost: Taoism respects the concept of God. Initially one might think a discussion of God would be an impersonal topic. It isn't. Each person has a very deep and connected relationship in what they view God may or may not be. A person's view on god is a statement and reflection upon the way a person also views their own life. As a result when discussing differences in God, it's best to respect it as also being a highly personal and sensitive topic.
When exploring Taoism, eventually a person compares the terms God and Tao. I would suggest first reading this chapter of A Personal Tao on Religion.
From this chapter:
Taoism offers the option to skip the comparison. This question is irrelevant. God could or could not exist, and either state doesn't change the way we lead our lives. Our lives are expressions of action between ourselves and the universe. To respect our surrounding environment is a furthering of respect to ourselves. This manner of living doesn't change regardless of the nature of God or the Tao.
However, most people insist upon definition and seeking deeper answers. So lets expand upon God and Tao. God as a term is often "defined" as being an ultimate creator or universal power. The various aspects of God has been fought over as long as humans have written and used words. All definitions are based upon perception. From a Taoist perspective: human based definitions are both right and wrong: as all definitions are relative upon humanity's state of mind. A Taoist stays out of arguments of definition. It's not productive arguing over something relative to each person. Instead Taoism accepts each person's view of God as being personal.
A Taoist doesn't think the Tao is before, after or is even equal to God. The Tao is a concept to describe something that goes beyond our capability to define. Taoism leaves the Tao undefined and a Taoist happily explores the wonder that opens up as a result.
All Taoist's will agree: The Tao is indefinable…
Something which is indefinable: is outside of human definition by default. However, we can still accept it as indefinable. The Tao by being indefinable… removes all issues of perception in its definition… since perception cannot directly reveal the Tao which is undefined. It's just simply and utterly is: undefined…
If your personal definition of God is: God is indefinable… then the Tao and God at that point merge towards the same concept… Once a person accepts the definition of the Tao as being indefinable, that person by definition has to leave it as undefined… Once you place any definition over such a term… it takes a person further away from the whole concept of the Tao.
In some of the Taoist religions, Taoism does have gods, but Taoist gods typically are very tangible beings. They walk besides us, share tea with us, laugh, play and can alter reality. A Taoist god represents an enlightened immortal that helps other conscious beings work towards grace. In Taoism gods are shown as guides and inspriration towards how to find enlightenment. (Please keep in mind: this paragraph is an extreme simplification of how Taoism views Gods.)
We do say in Taoism: We are of the Tao, or God is of the Tao… but Taoist's say this… since from our perception of living: we are each undefined. We only define ourselves as we live. While living, we are still moving through life, a large part of our nature is indefinable until the end of Living. As a result: we are of the Tao. A Taoist can see the Tao within everything… This can be a very delicate logical truth and often confuses non-Taoist's. This is why I wrote A Personal Tao: being human we see the Tao in terms of our own life. This brings us full circle in the Tao's definition. The Tao is indefinable and yet we are completely of the Tao.
A Taoist knows to leave the Tao as is, to grasp the Tao within the chase of living fully. It's a wonderful contradiction to embrace and it actually does completely full-fill one's life within that acceptance. For a Taoist this is all about living and exploring our possibilities, for we each are undefined and of the Tao. Trying to define ourselves just limits one's nature and what can be done. So a Taoist instead embraces the Tao, to discover and open up all possibilities instead.
From here each person is free to draw their own conclusions… which will always shift to the winds of perception.
If this confuses you, then please go back and repeat these three steps:
Live life and discover who you are. Your nature is ever changing and is always the same. Don't try to resolve the various contradictions in life, instead learn acceptance of your nature.
Remember: Taoism teaches a person to live to their heart.
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Thank you for sharing this helpful information! I've been asking to be shown 'the way' and it all makes sense that I've been brought back to Taoism. Your sharing has really resonated with me, and I'm deeply grateful.
@Angela: May exploring Tao be graceful.
I stumbled across this website while doing a bit of research (googling) for a story I'm writing with the simple statement, "living without judgment". The ideas and Taoist way of life appeal to me very much because it doesn't tell you who to be and it isn't precisely a religion. The story I am writing is all about accepting yourself and living without labels and this belief system couldn't fit my needs more perfectly – both in my own life and in my writing. The most alluring statement to me was "Trying to define ourselves just limits one's nature and what can be done. So a Taoist instead embraces the Tao, to discover and open up all possibilities instead."
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is thank you for sharing the Taoist beliefs in a way that is interesting and modern. This has influenced me a great deal already. I look forward to learning more about Taoism and incorporating this way of life into my writing..and hopefully sharing it with the world! THANK YOU.
Lauren: I think that helping teach Taoism with modern language and sensibility is one of the more powerful teachings A Personal Tao offers. I am glad to hear that the site has done a good job on that front.
As our times evolve -> so do we. Then in reflection our values reinforce changes back into the world.
To holding life in kindness, modesty and non judgement. May it open grace in your travels.
Simply, thank you. I needed a booster, felt deskilled on my journey and your website rejuvenated that.
enjoy your recharged journey Intuitivechick!
Thank you for your insight into the Tao and the free download of your book it is very inspirational.
You mention in your article that if one wishes to consult a person of wisdom or insight to visit a Zen Dojo with this in mind does Tasoism have a common link to Buddhism ?
I have looked into both and feel that they are greatly connected but would like your view, maybe a blog entry !
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That is a complicated question actually.
The origins of Taoism and Buddhism are very different. As such they are very different traditions. In the dance of human history, for a time Practitioners of Taoism / Buddhism mingled in China. Or at times Practitioners experimented with both practices.
As a result more modern Chinese variations of Taoism & Buddhism do co mingle in some ideas and concepts which makes then appear more similar to those looking at the surface.
For example as a person living in the 20th century in England you have mingled within yourself dozens of spiritual and religious ideals from your culture. If you were to practice Taoism now, you would bring in those ideals as part of your style in expressing Taoism.
Taoism is a path to discover your essence: if it helps to explore Zen Buddhism to find yourself, then exploring Zen will strengthen your personal Taoist practice.
If you dig into the history you will find many interesting stories/ways religions mingle, tangle and then tango with each other.
Great post. Just the right spirit.
Just started tai chi lessons at 66 and being a bit curious to find out about Taoist arts of china googled it to find that I have been living this kind of kind of thing for years as my thing is live. And let live and if any one does you a kindness pass it on and the world woulda better place and as for the rest we are all children and children are all ways falling out with each other I believe there is some thing that you have to follow or is your life set out from day one
Take it from me I have been down a few wrong paths but something put me right thanks for listening Alan x
Your post clarified it for me. Thank you
A friend recently let me borrow a book called the "Tao of Pooh" and I realized this is how I've been trying to live without realizing it. I am so happy to finally find something that clicks so easily with my true nature. Your website has helped me so much in explaining more about Tao. Thank you (:
@Amanda: I appreciate your thanks and encourage you to deepen how you explore the Tao by living kindly. Living against the Tao is really much simpler than most people realize, because it is always about modest kind steps ahead.
This was beautiful to read. I don't know why. Taoism seems like such a beautiful concept. And you've passed it's message across spectacularly. You have woken me up!
@Faris: I agree with you Taoism has many beautiful concepts within it, but again that is true of the world, nature, even humanity.
I think that is part of the challenge for each of us, to find beauty and modestly help it along as we can.
I feel I was a fish, struggling to speak his own name. I now swim freely, and see the wonders of the sea. Thank you for the excellent read, and reminding me of the path I chose as a youth.
Thanks for the clarified information. I have been wanting to explore other options away from organized religions. The concepts of Taoism fits what I have been looking for.
@Linda: You are welcomed for the Taoist overview. Keep in mind don't initially approach Taoism as a larger single organized spiritual path. Yes for some lineages exist which are very organized. Yet I recommend first re-looking at life in a kind (in essence), modest and non judgmental manner. Ask yourself what these concepts mean to you and how to best apply them on a day to day manner. If you do that it will open up more Taoist teachings than a hundred books. You will set up your exploration to flow more smoothly into Taoism with this approach.


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I work at a major children's charity in New York, as the chief fundraiser for a well-respected national program.
What do I do for fun? When would I have time for that? ; ) Well, I cook, of course, and I enjoy scouting the greenmarkets in NYC for fresh produce and other intriguing ingredients for my culinary creations. I have a cat who keeps me on my toes (!) plus a new condo that always need to need something done to it (!!!). I love to travel, and I love to try out new cuisines, so I try to combine those two pleasures as much as possible.
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My passions? Food (of course!), travel, art and literature, film (especially indie/foreign), music, animals, and having deep, stimulating conversations with good friends.
Pet peeves? Home repairs that don't work and contractors who do likewise!!!! (Can you tell I just moved?)
I love cooking, period! My favorite types of dishes to cook are those involving exotic spices and fresh ingredients that become more complex as the dish goes on. So, I would have to say that Indian food tops the list. (Vegetarian, of course!)
I am famous for my spinach quiche, and my baked goods--anything from brownies to cookies to breads to cake. I've actually had people fight over who gets the last piece!!!
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