Wu-Wei – The Way of Tao and the Art of Daily Learning

The other day, one of my managers opined beautifully, “Sir, how do you keep things so accurate and simple. We can’t afford to learn stuff so easily. We have office and then home and responsibilities… ” He went on clarifying the issues he faces daily to learn something or keep necessary information in his mind. 

Isn’t it an issue everyone faces? You have your home, family, responsibilities and then comes to your professional life, where you have to learn and upgrade yourself, otherwise you will be late to the ever-changing corporate world. The information you have today perhaps, will continue to transform into newer dimensions. So, what can be the ways to upgrade our consciousness and knowledge?

I can share and elucidate one of my ways here. I have been training this simple but substantial method of cognitive learning to my employees and mentor-ship students who are business owners, CXO’s and managers of different roles. This method I have been practicing from the very early days of my life. 

Wu-wei: the way of Tao: I merged my own technique to the way of Tao, the very philosophical and spiritual basis of Chinese masters. I first gave my method to one of my American friends in Arkansas, later to my managers, employees, business students and now I am giving to you,

The action of non-action and observing your behaviour at the same time opens the portal of your right brain, which is responsible for your creative and cognitive thoughts. Only wanting to know more and  the intent to expand your knowledge is the very basis to learn something new. Taosim considers non-action as an action itself, and the very behavior of non-action must be observed. This process gives you insight into specific situations, and thus the information obtained from those moments. You then learn the very nature of reality, people, new processes or else with a new perspective. Read this for better understanding.

Do that and only learn three things per day. Yes, that has been my own practice that everyday I want to learn only three new steps of anything. It has not to be with my business but anything by observing someone as well. The whole point is not to engage in a specific happening occurring in front of you and by contemplating that situation, find something useful about it. Yes, you can learn about a new recipe, a new movie about how it is doing well or bad, or perhaps how AI is impacting the share market. When you do learn little things, you brain anyway hits upper consciousness level and hence your learning abilities grow. It is just like hitting gym and working out to grow muscle or lose fat. It is just math of adding beneficial information on daily basis. Simple to follow but hard to master though. My own spiritual sadhana and intense training of my mind by meditation helped me with that.

That is Wu-wei, the way of Tao.

So, be patient,be fluid and let life flow through you. Soon you will understand that by non-action, you will learn the greatest lessons of your life. In fact, this is the way, this is Wu-wei.

Jai Sri hari

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Deb Om Malya

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