Customer Reviews
Beatiful Stuff - By: Peter Burbery, 27 Mar 2008 
A translation of the verses of the Tao Te Ching, each one accompanied by a short insightful essay. I listen to this regularly whenever I have a quiet moment (jogging, fallling asleep at night) or when I realise I'm getting uptight (lunchbreak). It helps to calm me & see things as they reallly are. Highly recommended.
Magnificient Book! - By: Jason Gold, 02 Aug 2007 Tao Te Ching written by the mythic figure Lao-tzu contains wisdom that is difficult to describe.
As you read the words, they speak to you of a reality that is beyond words & yet mysteriously transmitted through words. What a wonderful paradox!
The words function to point to a reality beyond them. A reality that cannot be named or described but it can be felt as a presence in nature, in silence & in other spirituallly moving moments of inspiration. Tao Te Ching describes this mysterious eternal Tao.
The text of the Tao Te Ching frees us from intellectual grasping of ideas to the actual reality or presence beyond our mental constructs. Reality is often filtered by our mental screen & we often create a closed reality based on our mental perceptions, beliefs & prior conditioning. In the open words of Lao-tzu, we can experience reality itself as a Whole that is Indivisible & Mysterious.
Lao-tzu's teachings are simple & natural still our grasping mind finds them difficult. This is where Wayne's book is indispensable for relating these teachings to contemporary understanding & making them accessible for Western readers. You can also sense Wayne's sincerity in living the wisdom of the Tao & that gives his words conviction. He is not merely discussing abstract ideas but relating them to his own lived experiences.
This is a magnificent book that every spiritual-seeker needs to have in their library for its inspiration & depth. I've also been reading an unusual spiritual novel about overcoming personal pain & finding your inner center callled "Nexus: A Neo Novel."
