Last week, I listened to Thaddeus Golas’ The Lazyman’s Guide to Enlightenment. In it he explains his concept of “Resist Nothing”. I am very attracted to this concept.Then, (by coincidence?) I received an email
next day containing following passage from Tao Te Ching (a 2500 year old work written by Lao-zi (Lao -tse)):
"When we learn to work with our own Inner Nature, and with natural laws operating around us, we reach level of Wu Wei. Then we work with natural order of things and operate on principle of minimal effort. Since natural world follows that principle, it does not make mistakes. Mistakes are made - or imagined - by man, creature with overloaded Brain who separates himself from supporting network of natural laws by interfering and trying too hard."
I thought this to be another wonderful illustration of Golas' concept of "resist nothing". If natural world follows principle of minimal effort, which to me sounds a lot like no resistance, then it makes sense that by interfering and trying too hard, we can actually get in our own way.
As an example of this, Shelly and I have signed a contract to buy a small horse. As I look back on eight week process, I realize that it could have been a very trying experience, involving incompetent real estate agents holding up other decisions and plans, and tension and fears that normally accompanies this type of major purchase and change in lifestyle.
