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1. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 25: The Way follows its own nature

   27 oktober 2026 · 2 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m glad you’re here.

   The Way is great, heaven is great, earth is great, and the human being also is great.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading here.

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   With gratitude.

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2. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 26: The Weight That Lets You Move

   27 oktober 2026 · 2 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m glad you’re here.

   Today’s chapter is about that hidden weight, the part of a life that stays low and calm so that the rest of it is free to move.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading here.

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   With gratitude.

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3. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 24: Making Yourself Taller

   8 september 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m glad you’re here.

   Today, Lao Tzu turns shows us what happens when we strain, and he does it with images drawn straight from the body.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading here.

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   With gratitude.

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4. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 22: The Strength That Bends

   4 augustus 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m glad you’re here.

   Today's chapter is Lao Tzu's clearest teaching on this hidden power, and he opens it with a string of paradoxes that sound, at first, like they cannot possibly be true.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading here.

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5. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 21: What the Source Leaves Behind

   7 juli 2026 · 2 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m glad you’re here.

   In today’s episode, Lao Tzu steps back from that intimate voice and turns to look at the source he was revering, and tries to describe what the source actually is.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading he…

6. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 20: The One Who Does Not Fit

   20 mei 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m really glad you’re here again.

   In today’s episode, Lao Tzu describes himself as out of step with the world, as someone who doesn't fit, and there is a thread of melancholy running through his words that can catch us off guard.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and th…

7. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 19: The Undyed Silk

   6 mei 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m really glad you’re here again.

   Lao Tzu loved the image of Undyed Silk, and he reached for it whenever he needed to describe what a human being looks like in their most essential state, not before virtue exactly, but before the ornaments of virtue, before we learned to perform ourselves for others.

   To follow alo…

8. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 18: When the River Runs Dry

   21 april 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m really glad you’re here again.

   Today's chapter is short. Only four lines. But it is one of the most honest passages in the entire Tao Te Ching, and perhaps one of the most uncomfortable. So before we enter it, let yourself arrive without armor.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the r…

9. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 16: Everything Returns

   25 maart 2026 · 3 min

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   Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

   I’m really glad you’re here again.

   Today, we’ll explore the chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching, where Lao Tzu teaches about returning to the root, the constancy at the heart of all cycles.

   To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading her…

10. The Tao Te Ching Podcast - Chapter 15: Those Who Do Not Shine

    7 maart 2026 · 3 min

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    Welcome back to The Tao Te Ching podcast.

    I’m really glad you’re here again.

    Today, we’ll explore the chapter 15 of the Tao Te Ching, where Lao Tzu turns from the mystery itself to the people who lived close to it. He paints portraits, not of the Tao, but of those who practiced it. And what he describes surprises us.

    Because the men and women who walked with the Tao did not look brilliant or confident or triumphant. They looked hesitant. They looked rough. They looked like muddy water.

    To follow along and to meditate by yourself, you can download the reading plan and the version of the Tao Te Ching I am reading here.

    All episodes are available here.

    With gratitude.

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