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Zhuangzi understands virtue as manifested by living in accordance with nature. Corruption occurs, according to Zhuangzi, only when one deviates from nature’s path. If nature determines that a person has one arm, splayed limbs or a hunched back, the person can embrace these changes and harmonize with them. As Zhuangzi says, “Virtue [takes] no form.”
Opinion | Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability?
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Humor is a natural stress-management tool. Reevaluating a situation to make a joke can help reduce negative thinking. The physical act of laughing reduces stress and stress-related physiological conditions.
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
Exercise: Who Am I Now? For a single conversation or even a whole day, try showing up for life as someone with no history, no narrative. Notice what it’s like to live without a story, without a preconceived idea of who you are and what’s happened to you. Drop “before now” and let there be only “now.” Notice who you are (or become) in the absence of a self-story. Notice how it feels to be free of your story on you.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
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