A REASON BEHIND EVERYTHING

When the earliest Tao masters observed and learned from nature, they noticed that there seemed to be a reason behind everything. They understood only a small part of it at first, but their understanding increased over time. Gradually, everything started to make sense. What was mysterious before became clarified. Eventually, they gained enough mastery to begin making use of nature.

Everything above applies to you, because you are part of nature, like all other human beings. Just as everything in nature has an important role to play, every event in your life is a factor in shaping you into the person you are today. At the moment, you may not understand all of it, but that is quite all right. You understanding will increase over time. Everything will start to make sense. Eventually, you will gain enough mastery to begin changing your destiny as you see fit.

The Tao Today

The most basic assumption in the Tao paradigm is that everything has a certain way, no matter what it is. The other assumption is that the way is always backed by consistent reasoning that the human mind can figure out.

Much of the reasoning behind life is common to all humanity, and the sages have already done the work to save you the effort. Learning from them will help you understand the specifics of your own life. This, in a nutshell, is what we are trying to do with the Tao.

The Tao of Joy Every Day

~ Derek Lin