HandCrafted Taoist Books

A Personal Tao: Volume One

All of the chapters of the “Personal Tao” book are online below. Or you can Buy the book or Download the Full Book. The book was formatted to be best read in print format. Upon request I also handcraft special art editions occasionally for those interested in something extremely unique and personal in nature.

Select a topic from the chapters.

A Personal Tao: Living Grace Volumes Two – Four

I am now working on the next set of the Personal Tao book series. The book’s first pass was in a blog format to make it a more interactive experience. I have finished the blog writing pass and have taken the blog down. Now in 2012 I will take what I have written and write a new series of books for people at different points in their life. I will write one version for those experiencing mid life transformation and another version for those just exploring the Tao. In all I will write the book three times, each time making it fit differently for people at distinct different points in life. Reading all three in such a fashion from different angles will help a people see life from a larger view point.

Reading A Personal Tao

The Personal Tao books aren’t mass market self help books, rather its art, to enjoy in the same manner you would sit next to a river to just watch water passing by.

Imagine sitting down, beside an old maple tree. 

Close the eyes.

Feel dappled sunlight dancing on skin,

	Leaves eclipse stray beams

	as shadows tango to the light across the body.

Listen to leaves whisper 

	joy as the wind tussles them

		into the air. 

Smile as branches complain 

	in creaking strains

		as younger leaves bounce in play.	

In the larger sense, these teachings are to free a person. Freedom could be discovered sitting under a tree or even flying under the moon.

A truth about the nature of freedom: once you experience freedom, part of the very experience is to share and pass it along to others in your life.

Freedom is to be shared, if it’s to be had at all.

The Personal Tao books are written with this in mind, to share and to help each person describe their own freedom with their actions.

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