stillness taoist meditation
History & Origins
Key Takeaway: Stillness (静, jing) is a Taoist discipline of quieting and observing change.
Stillness (静, jing) is a Taoist discipline of quieting and observing change. In the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 16, stillness is paired with emptiness and with watching the ten thousand things return to their root; in the Zhuangzi, zuowang describes a related loosening of bodily and sensory fixation.
Across multiple wisdom traditions, insights from both Eastern and Western philosophy converge on this point: Stillness (静, jing) is a Taoist discipline of quieting and observing change.
— Oriens
Related Wisdom Cards
Return to Stillness
Each thing returns to its root
Quiet Settles the World
Clarity and stillness are the correct path
Use What Comes
Even difficulty can become material for virtue.
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stillness taoist meditation
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