Stop Overfilling Your Cup (Tao Te Ching #9)
My friends, this week's verse flips everything the world tells us we should want: richer, smarter, more famous - all on its head. The key to living in alignment with our nature and the Tao, it turns out, is knowing when to stop. Modernity does its best to keep filling our cups, even past the point of spilling over. Better to catch ourselves before that happens, lest we're forced to clean up the mess. Pour some tea. Let's begin šµ Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā StopĀ OverfillingĀ YourĀ CupĀ (TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ #9)Ā Ā š Btw, after a friend told me how disruptive YouTube Ads were, I turned off Monetization for this and ALL my Tao Te Ching videos to provide a peaceful viewing experience...as it should be. If you'd like to support my work, subscribe to my free newsletter: https://sheng.substack.com/ šāāļø New to the series? Each video stands alone just as the Tao Te Ching is nonlinear. Pick the Verse that calls you: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ āĀ StartĀ AnywhereĀ Ā šļøšŖšļø Join me live this Sunday at 8am PT for the Reflection, where we actually practice the verse together: https://youtube.com/live/j-eyDRhIVDU š The translation I read from and recommend, Red Pine (Bill Porter), the edition I keep coming back to: https://amzn.to/4teD7u6 āļø Substack (essays + practice): https://sheng.substack.com/ š¬ Instagram: @shengsilver Resources mentioned in this episode: Verse 2, The Tao of Non-Possession: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā TheĀ TaoĀ ofĀ Non-PossessionĀ (TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ #2)Ā Ā Verse 4, Why I'm Becoming Invisible: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā WhyĀ I'mĀ BecomingĀ InvisibleĀ (TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ #4)Ā Ā Verse 6, Sensing the Elusive Source: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā SensingĀ theĀ ElusiveĀ SourceĀ (TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ #6)Ā Ā Verse 8, The Courage to be Ordinary: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā TheĀ CourageĀ toĀ beĀ OrdinaryĀ (TaoĀ TeĀ ChingĀ #8)Ā Ā What you do on New Years Day: https://sheng.substack.com/p/what-you... Derek Sivers, Anything You Want: https://amzn.to/4vaDfeq Chapters: 0:00 - What everyone wants 0:30 - Welcome & emptying 2:27 - Verse #9 3:36 - The teacup 8:30 - Treasure & Sivers 10:21 - Vanity of success 13:30 - Retire when done 17:42 - The tilting vessel 18:42 - The full moon 24:03 - The age of over-abundance 32:21 - Courage to be ordinary 37:15 - Why deaf ears? 39:57 - This week's practice
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