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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: Wu Wei
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WOAY means in Chinese non-doing or doing
nothing it sounds like a pleasant
invitation to relax or Worse fall into
laziness or apathy yet this concept is
key to the noblest kind of action
according to the philosophy of Daoism
and is at the heart of what it means to
follow Dao or the way according to the
central text of Daoism the da dig
the way never acts yet nothing is left
undone this is the Paradox of woo way it
doesn't mean not acting it means
effortless action or actionless action
it means being at peace while engaged in
the most frenetic tasks so that one can
carry these out with maximum skill and
efficiency something of the meaning of
woe is captured when we talk of being in
the zone at one with what we're doing in
a state of profound concentration and
Flow
wo way is closely connected to the dowst
reverence for the natural world for it
means striving to make our Behavior a
spontaneous and inevitable as certain
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