a presentation on taoism

• Tao means “way” or “path”• Taoism is the “way to follow this

path…”

…to everything

“One way to describe the Tao Te Ching is as: ‘A Guide to the Theory and Practice

of the Great Integrity.’

However, there is no one way to describe the Tao Te Ching.”

Left Brain Dominance Right Brain Dominance

• Magic, mystic• Knowing• Paradox• Social• Feel• Love• Spontaneous• Being

• Science• Knowledge• Logic• Individual• Rationalize• Control• Predictable• Doing, Accomplishing

Past

(3+ million

years)

Tribal

Natural Harmony

Intuitive

Natural

Left Brain

Modern

(5000 years)

‘Civilized’

Disharmony

Philosophical

Unnatural

Right Brain

Future

(years to

come)

Holistic

Pure Harmony

Synergistic

Integral

The Brain

• Dale, Ralph Alan. Tao Te Ching: A New Translation & Commentary. – New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004

• Siu, R. G. H. The Tao of Science. – Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1957.

• Hoff, B. The Tao of Pooh. – New York: Penguin, 1982.

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism (April 16, 2007).