Comparing Daoism And Taoism

An important concept of Daoism or Taoism is the concept of “Wu Wei.” Wu Wei is translated into English as meaning the action of non- action. Wu Wei means natural action, or an action that does not involve struggle or excessive effort. Wu Wei is the refinement of a state of mind in which our actions are effortless in arrangement with the flow of life. This go with anything mentality, although it can be quite useful, is characterized by great ease where we naturally act perfectly. This means that we do the right thing in an effortless way, almost without even trying. But the moment we begin to actually think about what we are doing, this state of mind seems to become compromised. This state is evidently above thinking. It is on completely different level than action by thinking. Wu Wei is something different than the dictated action that

They describe the way of Heaven as a kind model for how a civilized person should live throughout the world. In the poems, the Laozian sage manages to attain wu-wei by specifically not trying, but by relaxing into some kind of harmony with nature. The Daoist poems can also be characterized by a graceful ease that plays a key role in early Confucianism. Confucianism is usually connected with rituals and traditions, both which seem to most of us as being the contrasting idea of Wu-Wei. We can the comparison and example of a type of Wu-Wei when we walk down a street. We don’t usually worry about how to walk, we don’t consciously start observing ourselves, and we just start to walk. Walking is one of several things that our body knows how to do automatically without any effort from our conscious minds. As we think about this, we get a strong wisdom of somehow being split in between a mindful “I” and an unconscious body, which frequently seems to have an awareness of its