By the numbers

It's a bit strange to think I get over a 100,000 unique visitors a year to my main web site.

I purposely keep the site very simple, avoid issues of translation conflicts or materials I personally consider esoteric. This is one way Taoism is different than many religions... Many religions quickly get trapped by their deeper materials.

While I teach personally some esoteric materials, for general practice I don't think it's a good idea to post much of it, especially to a place where people are trying to connect to the basics. Advance Taoist materials are taught personally. A guide or a "Taoist" translator... is useful to prevent the materials from only being literally learned. Instead teaching to a person's heart of being. Taoist Teacher's don't concentrate upon teaching what they know, instead they help a person connect to the materials from the student's perspective. Again this is different from Western style where students learn the teacher's knowledge or perspective to life. I started college with the idea I would play at being a physics teacher for a bit and I quickly realized teaching in a western style went against how I was taught to teach to another person's perception.

Taoism isn't discovered within the esoteric materials , it's simplicity of living to heart and acceptance of your life... The esoteric materials are bonus points to make things more fun or challenging, but not required for acceptance of a Taoist practice.

The important essence to this is:

Life is simple and accessible to each of us to be ourselves.

The complicated parts are only complicated becuase we at times seek a challenge...

But such challenges are personal choices, not about an esoteric truth only a few may attain by hard work, Rather the hard work is simply part of how some seekers find enjoyment in their life.

"Enlightenment" is as simple as a smile... the rest is paperwork so to speak and very much optional.

Namaste