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Wu forms and the human experience

As the video explains, the Dao De Jing is a window on a way of thinking in ancient China. It features what we call the Wu forms - Wuwei, Wuyu and Wuzh

Dao De Jing begins with an essential statement that relationality comes before particularity. It gives us a worldview that the entire human experience is organic. As the video explains, the Dao De Jing is a window on a way of thinking in ancient China. It features what we call the Wu forms – Wuwei, Wuyu and Wuzh. These concepts are are ways of optimising the human experience.

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