Quiet Activism - A Taoist Approach to Social Change, February 21st, with William Martin

More about William Martin

I have lived in cities and towns and in the countryside. I have run marathons, hiked in the desert, in mountains and forests, and have found great beauty in the practice of Tai Chi and Qigong. For more than 40 years, I have translated, written about, and pondered the Tao Te Ching.

Today, I live with my wife, Nancy, in the foothills of the beautiful and sacred Mount Shasta, from where I teach, offer counseling to groups and individuals, and write.”

Lao-Tzu was not a simple quietist. He lived at the time of the “Warring States” period of China’s history, when the power and wealth was being consolidated in the hands of a few powerful states and leaders.

"In contrast to the growing materialism and increasing economic power of the elite, his words spoke of a true “Quietist revolution.” Lao-Tzu teachings were seen as a threat to the ordered and compliant social structures of his society. Those who followed his teachings were branded as lazy, anti-social, immoral, unpatriotic anarchists because they followed a way of flowing action, simplicity, and cooperative effort."

In the difficult days ahead, our conditioned ideas of activism, which are too often fueled by anger and fear, can instead become an activism based on a tempered enthusiasm and commitment that does not lead to burn-out. We can become part of the very flow of the Tao, of Life Itself, and let transformation be accomplished through us rather than by us.

The energy of justice and compassion is inherent in the very fabric of the Cosmos and of our own being. It is beginning to move in ways we have never before imagined.

Please join William Martin for this important exploration of ancient Taoist wisdom for modern troubled times.

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