Matthew Whiteside

Tao Te Ching Day 35: Virtues

I went for a hike with my girlfriend today in a completely new space, to us. We had never before set foot in the area that we did today, prior to today. Then I thought well that is always true. We never walk in the same place as the same person ever. Like the sayingContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 35: Virtues”

Tao Te Ching Day 34: Being a Loser

Pursue knowledge, daily gain Pursue Tao, daily loss TTC 48 (Lin) We live in a fickle world, with fickle people and fickle ideas. The word fickle is fickle. I am fickle for writing it and it rhymes with pickle. Can you see the insanity in this. We the people believe in gaining more an moreContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 34: Being a Loser”

Tao Te Ching Day 33: The 3 in 10

I am really no good at math, and word problems really kick my ass. So when reading the Tao Te Ching and chapter 50 shows up talking in riddles about 3 in 10, I was super lost. Then I was working out and listening to the Tao Te Ching being read by Wayne Dyer, whenContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 33: The 3 in 10”

Tao Te Ching Day 32: Other People

What is it about other people that makes me feel as if I need to be or do something to hold them up, to give them worth and validation? It is more to the fact that it has nothing to do with other people but instead it has everything to do with me. I amContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 32: Other People”

Tao Te Ching Day 31: Enlightenment

When I was younger, I remember praying to reach enlightenment. The idea of this mystical state of being where you were finally free from all the troubles of the world. I realize now as I have aged that enlightenment in the form I described above doesn’t exist or rather it shouldn’t exist, not in thatContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 31: Enlightenment”

Tao Te Ching Day 30: The Journey So Far

Hello to all you wonderful readers out there. Today is the 30th day of my study and full absorption into the Tao Te Ching. I wanted to take this time to catch up on lessons learned thus far and how I have been affected by studying and digesting this material everyday for 30 days. FirstContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 30: The Journey So Far”

Tao Te Ching Day 29: My Unhealthy Obsession’s

I am sitting here staring at my computer trying to dig some gold out of my brain, and I am not talking about the gold in the nose caves, I mean the gold of wisdom that comes from studying the Sages words for almost a month now. I woke up at 3am today, by choice.Continue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 29: My Unhealthy Obsession’s”

Tao Te Ching Day 28: What We Focus On

“Tao produces one, One produces two, Two produces three, Three produce myriad things” TTC 42 (Lin) The first few lines of this chapter are in a way speaking of cellular mitosis. Where a single cell splits and becomes two, and two becomes three, and you get the point. All life begins with the death ofContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 28: What We Focus On”

Tao Te Ching Day 27: Going With The Flow

“In governing people and serving Heaven There is nothing like conservation Only with conservation is it called submitting early Submitting early is called emphasis on accumulating virtues.” TTC 59 (Lin) In this translation of the Tao Te Ching the author Derek Lin notes that “Conservation is the principle of valuing your time, energy, mind, andContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 27: Going With The Flow”

Tao Te Ching Day 26: Simplicity II

I started out my day with what felt like a thousand different options on how to proceed. It is like that alot, the blessing and the curse of the time we live in is that there is an infinite abundance of options and opportunities to be and do what ever we want. The amazing giftContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 26: Simplicity II”