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What Does Taoism Say About the Apocalypse, Mayan Calendar or End of the World?

Is Time Running Out?

In Taoism, there is no fated apocalypse.  This is true across schools, including the 4 Ascendant Tradition, and traditions that are heavily based on oracle practices. Humanity may ultimately destroy itself or may not make the correct moves to avoid destruction, but there is no divine apocalypse of humans.  People ask this question largely because […]

What Does Taoism Say About Fate and Future? Is it Predetermined?

Plan for the future mapped out

Taoist practitioners spend a lot of time coming to understand the flow of change and time.  As a result, where issues of the future, fate, choice, or prophecy are matters of guesswork or faith in most religions, it is neither within Taoism. Instead, the knowledge of change and time is highly accurate and can be […]

Taoist Sabbath

Sabbath

No, for Taoists there is no formal day off like Saturday or Sunday. As you know, the need to act may not fit a convenient, “do nothing on this day” principle.  You may have to do stuff on Saturday and Sunday.  The need to engage in rest, to have communal time, and also to spend […]

Taoist Holy Days

Taoist Holy Days or holidays are usually astronomically based. Taoists typically have a celebration or personal ritual performed on the equinoxes and solstices.  These events represent a shift in the flow of environmental yin/yang, being peak times in the solstice and a transition time during the equinoxes.  During such times, it is possible to easily […]

What is Taoism?

Elements Mix

The question of “What is Taoism?” is often times the question of “What Types of Taoism are There?”  You will want to read the post on what types. Taoism in a nutshell is thousands of years of collected and distilled human methods for the pursuit of enlightenment.  In other words, Taoism is the methods of […]