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Tao of Pooh is great, Te of Piglet is good, in my opinion. I know Tao of Pooh is sometimes used in university settings as an introduction to Taoism. Another good one is Watercourse Way by Alan Watts. Not his best book, but good. There's so many translations of the Tao Te Ching, I've never...

I'd like to quote, at length, one of my favorite passages from Alan Watts: Now, maybe two million years ago, somebody came from another galaxy in a flying saucer, and had a look at the solar system, and they looked it over, shrugged their shoulders and said. "just a bunch of rocks"! And they...

Namaste! I have to say, your post confused me at first, until I remembered what I put as the thread title. Was there really a person on the board who went by the handle, "you?" Lol! You can call me jungleturtle or jt or Lance (my given name). :)

Human nature is inherently good. When we forget our true self, evil may arise.

Hi, I'm new to the forum. My belief is that we are all one eternal Spirit and that our basic nature is good. We get caught up in the complexities of this game called life, though, and we forget our basic goodness. That's where "evil" comes into play. But we all eventually remember who we...