Thus, he dives in and swims straight across the river and flops on the opposite bank utterly exhausted from the effort. If one maintains a tranquil “heart/ mind,” one will become a receptor of life’s healthful energies, and will be able to retain them and live a long life. His versatile flow, natural storytelling, and evocative imagery have inspired legions of fans and a new generation of rappers.

Philosophical Taoism, on the other hand, has several aspects which will feel familiar to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Early versions of independent texts like the Neiye, the Lüshi Chunqiu, the Zhuangzi, and the Daodejing. During a father-son overnight outing, I was not paying too much attention to what was going on with the boys.

It can come to you at any time, and it came to me in 1976 when I was a teenager in a Staten Island housing project. Confucius came at the problem with values like Li, Jen, and Hsiao, while the Taoists see these as artificial and attempting to force the Tao. The Daodejing also mentions the concept of wúwéi (effortless action), which is illustrated with water analogies (going with the flow of the river instead of against it) and "encompasses shrewd tactics—among them “feminine wiles”— which one may utilize to achieve success". Ether told No-beginning of No-action’s words and asked, “Thus Infinite says he does not know and No-action says he knows. Confucianism, however, also wants to force life into little boxes, whereas Taoism seeks to find a government that will follow the Tao without force.

Alonzo Gaskill rightly pointed out that on the surface, there seem to be more connections between religious Taoism and Christianity than between philosophical Taoism and Christianity. A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:27).