That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.
That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.
Few in the world can comprehend the teaching without words, or understand the value of non-action.
Lao Tzu There's no proof that he truly ever lived, but if he did, it should have been somewhere around the 5th and 6th century B. C, which makes him a contemporary of Confucius.
Nevertheless, the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote a masterpiece called the Tao Te Ching, which is the main work of Taoism.
A well-known concept that has emerged from Taoist philosophy is wu wei, that can be translated as "non-action", "effortless action", or the paradoxical "action of non-action".
In a practical sense, we can describe wu wei as the state of flow, often referred to as the 'the zone' by athletes.
When athletes are in the zone, they engage in action without striving, and move through time and space almost effortlessly.
There are no extremes, no worries, no ruminations; everything seems to flow in a natural course.
As an introduction to the beautiful tradition of Taoism, I'd like to present you, the... Philosophy of Flow.
