The Dao of Nature & The Nature of Dao Podcast
A podcast about the intersection of Daoism and Nature where I'll be sharing my thoughts on these and related topics, informed by my training as a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide and an ordained 22nd generation Quanzhen Longmen Daoist Priest. gregoryripley.substack.com
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Qiu Chuji, also known by his Daoist name Qiu Changchun is considered the founder of the Longmen (Dragon Gate) lineage of Daoism. He was the youngest of the group of disciples of Wang Chongyang known as the “Seven Perfected”. There are many interesting stories about Qiu, from his traveling for three years to visit Genghis Khan in the Hindu Kush, to his practice of carrying a stone up the mountain like a Daoist Sisyphus.
His legacy al...
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” So ends Albert Camus’ famous essay, The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus sees the myth of Sisyphus as a parable about the absurdity of life and how even in the face of drudgery we must all decide that life is worth living and carry on. I agree with Camus on this point, yet we might ask, how can he be happy? Is there a mechanism or a practice through which this happiness can be attained? Surely it can’t be ...
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“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” So ends Albert Camus’ famous essay, The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus sees the myth of Sisyphus as a parable about the absurdity of life and how even in the face of drudgery we must all decide that life is worth living and carry on. I agree with Camus on this point, yet we might ask, how can he be happy? Is there a mechanism or a practice through which this happiness can be attained? Surely it...
This is the audio version of a post on substack. The full piece is in the show notes below.
Hey folks,
I’m going to try to get this publication up and running. I’ll mainly be writing about the place where I find myself, at the intersection of Daoism and Forest Therapy. I’ll talk about each separately as well as where they overlap and influence each other. That said, the state of the world being what it is currently, I’m sure I’ll be ...
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