The creative quietude of philosophical Taoism means to align one's daily life to the Tao, to ride its boundless tide and delight in its flow…and to perfect a life of wu wei- pure effectiveness and creative quietude {supreme activity and supreme relaxation.} We are nurtured by a force that is infinitely subtle, infinitely intricate; it is a consummate gracefulness born from an abundant vitality that has no need for abruptness or violence. One simply lets the Tao flow in and flow out again until all Life becomes a Dance in which there is neither feverishness or imbalance. Water is the closest parallel to the Tao and the prototype of wu wei. It is supple, strong, and sensuous; and it adapts and supports and buoys and erodes.
( Huston Smith )
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