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Wu wei · non-doing

wu wei
nature
Not idleness but effortless action: doing by not-forcing, like water finding its way downhill, like the sage who governs by getting out of the way. The Taoist perfects himself by subtracting.

Taoism's signature move, and the sharpest place the paths part from the Tree — subtract vs. add, yield vs. mend.
The Tao does nothing, and yet nothing is left undone.
rhymes with
sephirahchesed
whyChesed is unforced, overflowing giving — but the Tree asks you to do the mitzvah, where wu wei asks you to stop; the rhyme carries its own parting.
tags
wu wei · non-action · effortless
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