Stress comes from your mind, which originates from your ego. Stress is one
of the many underlying causes of human diseases. If you have been diagnosed
with an life-threatening disease, it is particularly important not to let
stress worsen your disease symptoms or prognosis. Let go of your ego is let go of your stress. There is no other way.
Overcome
stress with Tao wisdom, the ancient Chinese wisdom of Lao
Tzu, the sage who authored the immortal classic "Tao Te Ching. "
This ancient classic has become one of the most translated books in world
literature; its popularity is due to its profound and unconventional
wisdom, which is both intriguing and controversial. Tao wisdom may hold the key
to stress relief for modern living.
"NO EGO NO STRESS" is a 134-page book on how to use the Tao wisdom to
relieve stress. All stress-relief strategies of contemporary wisdom cannot
totally eliminate everyday stress; they may only complement the ancient Tao
wisdom in coping with stress. Live your life as if everything is a miracle.
NO EGO NO STRESS is available on Amazon (only $2.99).
PART
ONE: An
Introduction to Stress
It explains
how and where stress comes from; the damage and devastation of stress to human
health.
PART
TWO: Conventional
Wisdom
The major life
stressors come from career, money, relationship, adversity, and time. Conventional wisdom
offers many strategies for stress relief, such as exercise, herbs, medications,
meditation, and psychotherapies, among others. Conventional wisdom may reduce
stress levels, but it does not eradicate stress completely. Conventional wisdom
only complements the ancient Tao wisdom for ultimate stress relief.
PART
THREE: Tao Wisdom
This part not
only explains what Tao wisdom is all about, but also contains the complete
translation in simple English of all the 81 short chapters of “Tao Te Ching.”
Going through the whole script, interpreted and translated by the author, will
enable you to understand better the essentials of Tao wisdom for stress-free
contemporary living.
PART
FOUR: No Ego No
Stress
Stress
originates from the human mind: how it perceives and processes life
experiences. What is stress to one individual may not be stress to another.
This part explains in detail how having no ego can eradicate stress related to
career, relationship, money, adversity, and time.
Learn how to
use the ancient Tao wisdom to overcome stress related to autoimmune disease.
NO EGO NO
STRESS” points out how the human ego is formed by the subconscious mind through
its perceptions and interpretations of life experiences. The author relates to
the famous saying by Descartes,
the great French philosopher: “I think, therefore I am.” It is a myth or
misconception that you are “who” and “what” you think; you are not the products
of your thoughts. “Who” and “what” you think you
have become is just your ego-self, erroneously created by your thinking mind.
Tao wisdom
focuses on the need of “emptying” and “reversing” the human mindset in order to
see “who” and “what” you truly are,
without any attachment to your ego. According to Lao Tzu, the ego is unreal,
because it is based on past memories and projections of those memories into the
future as desires and expectations. The past was gone, and the future is yet to
come; only the present is real. Therefore, the ego-self that exists in the past
or in the future is non-existing in the present, except in the mind. Without
the ego, there is no need of protecting or sustaining it. Without fear and
expectation, there is no need of judging, picking and choosing—they often
result in making wrong choices and decisions, and thus creating stress. With no
ego, there is no need of over-doing to fulfill the expectation. The problem
with conventional wisdom is that the mind focuses on the past or the future, but
seldom stays in the present. Only when the mind stays in the present can it see
things as they really are and not as what they should be. Tao wisdom is
essentially understanding of the true nature of things: that everything in life
follows a natural order and pattern, such as life begets death, success is
followed by failure, what goes up must come down. Tao wisdom is self-intuition
to know and understand self and others, as well as the world around.
Stephen Lau
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