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Taoism and Martial Arts
Research and briefly explain the philosophy of Taoism. ... Taoism seems to be a relgion / philosophy (a little of each) about things we cant possibly understand, like the nature of reality, and the basic underlying truths of the universe. However, unlike, say the Catholicism or Protestantism I was raised with, Taoism does not pretend to know the answers to any of the bigger questions. ... While some forms of Taoism do actually apply names to various gods, as far as I understand it, there are no real deities, because under Taoism everything is equally holy. ... One of the ways in which Taoism seems to be compatible with some of the other traditional Eastern religions, like Buddhism or Hinduism, is the insistence on the fact that there is no separation between what we think of as the Self and the outside, external, quote-unquote "real world". ... This is a fairly good concrete example of how Taoist ideas can be used in daily life, because by trying to understand Taoism Im really only finding out, via various sources on the internet, what people, (i. ... As far as I understand it, the idea in Taoism, is not to interfere with the workings of the universe, because there isnt a difference between the universe and yourself, all is the Tao. ... Or at least, thats what Taoism means, I think. ... The best way I could think of to incorporate some of the Taoism Ive studied into my daily life is to try to keep from hurrying through my work too quickly, to try to consider each portion of what Im doing as equally important.
Approximate Word count = 1678
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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