{"id":1704,"date":"2018-04-24T04:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T04:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chirnsideparkps.vic.edu.au\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2020-05-03T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T09:13:28","slug":"wu-wei-your-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emersonsc.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/guest-contributors\/wu-wei-your-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Wei, Your Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1704\" class=\"elementor elementor-1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67d7cd38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67d7cd38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bbac830\" data-id=\"3bbac830\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7974980c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7974980c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"p1\">Time To Save<\/h1><p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Most elderly people when asked about their life regrets will always say they wished they spent their time doing what was important; and it wasn\u2019t worrying about money and comfort items, but spending time with loved ones&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Dalai Lama was asked what he thought was the most perplexing thing about life and he said; <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201c<em>Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It is a school of thought that contradicts the Plutonian logic, that action and effort create a desired outcome, The Dao encourages a passive and natural approach to achieving our goals. Losing the restrictions of time and institution, rigidity and force, the Dao weaves a therapeutic path to success through flow, agility and surrender.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Dao which is the school of philosophy also was known as the Tao was invented by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, 2500 years ago. Fundamental to the Dao is the concept of Wu Wei, which\u00a0translates to, doing nothing, or the art of doing nothing. Wu Wei isn\u2019t an invitation to do nothing, rather it means action without effort.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The practice of Wu Wei is to make our process and actions as natural and effortless as possible, so we are flowing with, rather than against the current. This working in natural accordance with life means we feel more at peace and find more joy in what is happening right in front of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h1 class=\"p2\">Wu Your Wei<\/h1><p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To learn the art of doing nothing and doing it well you can put aside 15 minutes each day and tune into the sounds and sensations of the body and your surroundings and do nothing. Just listen, feel, observe and breath, letting the chatter of the mind and its incessant need to name things, compare things and make you hurry exist without following the temptation to act.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cto the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders \u201c<br \/><\/span>Lao Tzu<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p3\"><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'}<br \/><\/style><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>Guest Contributor:<\/i><\/span><i>\u00a0Emily Rack<br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><i>Business Name:<\/i><\/span><i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horatiosjar.com.au\/\">Horatio&#8217;s Jar<\/a><br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><i>Publisher:<\/i><\/span><i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0Digital Schools<\/i><\/p><p><i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Emily Rack is a yoga teacher, meditation instructor and freelance writer. She runs yoga and meditation classes, courses and workshops in schools and the wider community &amp; is passionate about teaching the art of mindfulness<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c8a62f elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-5627 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c8a62f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;\">\u2014\u2014-<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;\">PUBLISHER\u2019S DISCLAIMER: The publisher of this blog post (<a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalschools.com.au\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital Schools PTY LTD<\/span><\/a>) works in partnership with the school as a 3rd party provider to help build and maintain the school website. Digital Schools sources a range of experts who provide products and\/or services to educational institutions and we work with them to produce and publish topical information in the form of blog posts that we think\u00a0 may be relevant, interesting or topical to families within the community. The views, opinions and content listed in this blog post are that of the guest contributor and\/or publisher (Digital Schools). It should be noted that whilst the publisher and guest contributors are acting with the best intentions and in the best interests of the school and their community to provide helpful or interesting information, sometimes the content may not necessarily reflect the views of the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;\">The information in this blog post is not meant to be used, nor should it be used, to diagnose or treat any medical condition. 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