Steve Monahan

"A man is born gentle and weak.
At his death he is hard and stiff.

Green plants are tender and filled with sap.
At their death they are withered and dry.

Therefore the stiff and unbending is the way of death.
The gentle and yielding is the way of life.

A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

The hard and strong will fall.
The soft and weak will overcome".

........Quote: Lao Tzu, the Tao Te Ching.

What is Lao Tzu asking us to consider in Verse 76 of the Tao Te Ching ?

It seems he is ask… Continue

Opinions of others or self;
Which matters more to you ?

Self or Wealth; Which is more precious ?

"He who is attached to things will suffer much.
He who holds on will experience heavy losses.

A contented person is never disappointed.
He who knows when to stop will stay forever safe".


In this verse of the Tao Te Ching; the 2,500 year old book of oriental wisdom you are being asked to consider how you look at life.

Are you reacting to the outer things of life like wealth, fame or what people… Continue

Living and Enjoying “NOW” The essence of Zen teachings is taking our awareness deeply into “Now”.
Current and past sages, saints, gurus and teachers have always tried to get us to understand that to eliminate pain and suffering from our lives we have to shift our consciousness from the past and the future to the… Continue

Without the sun there is no life. We notice very clearly what a revitalizing effect sunlight has on our body and spirits when, after a long winter, we enjoy the first rays of spring sun. But did you realize that we also absorb sun energy via our food as well.
We now know through quantum physics that our bodies… Continue

Slowly but surely chemicals in food and cleaning products are literally "killing"our health.
Seems a bit crazy that while medical science adds years to our lives with new breakthroughhs in medicine... at the same time it take away years from our lives with science created chemically… Continue