Buddy C.

Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast

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In this podcast, we discuss mystical works of literature, primarily Taoist text, and how they relate to alcohol recovery. Taoist Philosophy can be an excellent tool for embracing the idea of a "Higher Power." Nature offers all of the examples necessary for a concept of a source of all life, much different but yet very similar in many ways to more traditional religious thinking. Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching; https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1 Thanks for checking out our podcast. If you listen and enjoy this podcast, please share with you...

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Chuang Tzu – Cracking the Safe Part 1 07.07.2025 38:31

"Who is there among those called smart, who does not spend his time amassing loot for a bigger robber than himself?" — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 67 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most c...

Chuang Tzu – Two Kings and No-Form 29.06.2025 37:25

"They put holes in no form, one a day, for seven days. And when they finished the seventh opening, their friend lay dead." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 66 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of th...

The Prodigal Son – How do you interact with others? Are you the older son, father, or younger son? 15.06.2025 38:49

"My son, the father said, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." — Luke15:11-32 NIV 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1...

Chuang Tzu – Man is Born of Tao 09.06.2025 37:26

"All the fish needs is to get lost in water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 65 Link to The Practice of the Presence of God 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF o...

Chuang Tzu – Metamorphosis 03.06.2025 44:31

"Every morning and every evening, and whenever anything happens to you, keep on saying, 'Thank you for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever.'" — Stephen Mitchell, The Gospel According to Jesus, Page 178 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:...

Chuang Tzu – The True Man – Part 2 29.05.2025 52:00

"They had no mind to fight Tao. They did not try, by their own contriving, to help Tao along. These are the ones we call true men." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 61 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PD...

Chuang Tzu – The True Man – Part 1 19.05.2025 39:32

Is it ok to make plans? What does it mean to plan for the future when walking this path? — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 60 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless...

Chuang Tzu – Confucius and the Madman 13.05.2025 37:26

"Every man knows how useful it is to be useful. No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 59 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version...

Chuang Tzu – Lao Tzu's Wake 08.05.2025 39:40

" We have seen a fire of sticks burn out. The fire now burns in some other place. Where? Who knows?" — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 57 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version o...

Chuang Tzu – Three Friends 04.05.2025 40:30

" Hey, Sung Hu! Where'd you go? You have gone where you really were. And we are here." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 55 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless Bu...

Chuang Tzu – The Fasting of the Heart! 21.04.2025 44:57

" It is easy to stand still and leave no trace, but it is hard to walk without touching the ground." — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 53 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version o...

Chuang Tzu – Living Life Uncaged! 12.04.2025 44:28

"The Man with One Foot and the Marsh Pheasant" — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 48 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretatio...

Chuang Tzu – Cutting up an Ox! 06.04.2025 55:10

"What I follow is Tao beyond all methods!" — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 45 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretation of...

Chuang Tzu – Three in the Morning! 30.03.2025 33:44

The truly wise man, considering both sides of the question without partiality, sees them both in the light of the Tao. — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 44 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most...

Chuang Tzu – The Pivot! 24.03.2025 34:57

Abandoning all thought of imposing a limit or taking sides, he rests in direct intuition. Therefore I said: "Better to abandon disputation and seek the true light!" — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Pages 42-43 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/...

Chuang Tzu – Great Knowledge! 15.03.2025 45:09

One may well suppose the True Govener to be behind it all. That such a Power works I can believe. I cannot see his form. He acts, but has no form. — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 41 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can dow...

Chuang Tzu – The Breath of Nature! 10.03.2025 36:53

Master Ki said: Something is blowing on a thousand different holes. Some power stands behind all this and makes the sounds die down. What is this power? — Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Page 39 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You c...

Chuang Tzu – A Hat Salesman and a Capable Ruler! 01.03.2025 32:47

This is a great story demonstrating how the solution to dissatisfaction can be found in open-mindedness. Is the tree really useless? Can I see this differently? 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most cur...

Chuang Tzu – The Useless Tree! 23.02.2025 42:30

Is the tree really useless? Can I see this differently? 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, at www. BuddyC.o...

Chuang Tzu – Introduction! 17.02.2025 29:49

We began our study of The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton. We discussed excerpts from a Study of Chuang Tzu. 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recov...

Tao Te Ching Verse 81 – Can I notice the breeze today? 10.02.2025 38:59

The Sage lives, and all things go as Tao goes. All things move as the wind blows. — Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition, Verse 81 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of P...

Tao Te Ching Verse 81 – Can I notice the breeze today? 10.02.2025 38:59

Tao Te Ching Verse 80 – FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out! 04.02.2025 37:19

And even though the next country is so close that people can hear its roosters crowing and its dogs barking, they are content to die of old age without ever having gone to see it. — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 80 BWSOjc0wRpI3LLHFSvja 30 Tools to Stay Sober Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Yea...

Tao Te Ching Verse 79 – Do I Tolerate Small Resentments? 18.01.2025 40:26

One with true virtue always seeks a way to give. One who lacks true virtue always seeks a way to get. To the giver comes the fullness of life to the taker just an empty hand. — Dr. Wayne Dyer, Change Your Thoughts— Change Your Life, Verse 79 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/displa...

Tao Te Ching Verse 78 - A.A. Paradoxes in the Tao Te Ching! 12.01.2025 40:57

Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 78 Link to the AA Paradoxes: https://aasacramento.org/product/the-paradoxes-wallet-card/ 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1 You can downloa...