Voices from the Path

Watch Zhuangzi's protagonist

flapping around in the garden-

do you really think he figured 

out his next lubricated step on

the branches of the universe?

“The final lesson, Xiao Lai,” says the Master. “Let the animals loose. Start with a posture. The rooster.”

I place my left leg one step forward, bend my knees, bring my arms as half moons in line in front of and behind my torso. The little fingers of my hands point outward. My navel turned forty-five degrees. Nose forward. I imagine that I am hanging from a little string.

Over the past ten years, I have attended several series of lessons and lectures given by Dan, supplemented by one-on-one sessions and sporadic written correspondence about experiences within my evolution.

To me, Dan is someone who radiates the Taoist way of life and shows me what that means in a clear, natural way. A teacher without a pedestal and without nonsense.