Taoism was the earliest philosophy, anywhere in the Oikoumene, to surmise that Man, in achieving civilization, might have compromised his position in the Universe by putting himself out of harmony with the spirit of the ultimate reality in which Man lives and moves and has his being.
—Arnold Toynbee
古老智慧核心概念是Qi（Ki）氣 = energy
Confucius:
“The world is not what we try to explore. The world should be what we learn how to merge and exchange with it, so that we can benefit each other and enhance our power and life.”
Zhuangzi：
“The whole world and the cosmos are nothing but qi—that’s all.”
Xin 心 heart mind
Mind： movement of Ki
True heart: still and quite ki
Self Xin: “In Emptiness the supernatural exist.”
The essence of Daoism and Buddhism is to follow the Natural Law. (天道）
Xing 性 the core of Jing, qi, and shen
當(dāng)精迂猴，氣偏陪，神和諧共處時(shí)宠哄，我們顯露自己的真性，這也是特斯拉發(fā)現(xiàn)新商機(jī)策精，達(dá)芬奇創(chuàng)作的源泉，愛因斯坦的靈感的源泉。
人能離自己的真性有多近取決于自己的主觀努力self effort趟据。從小聽到大的天道酬勤就是這個(gè)意思冗酿。與后傳入我國(guó)的佛教不同埠对，土生土長(zhǎng)的道家并不是一門宗教。而是一種方式裁替，通過飲食项玛，運(yùn)動(dòng)，打坐弱判，草藥等自然的方式獲得身心靈的和諧襟沮，充滿覺知地生活工作。而且道家主張有才華的人去竭力改變命運(yùn)昌腰。
人與人之間最大的差別在于Xin开伏，類似ego的小我。現(xiàn)代人最大的挑戰(zhàn)在于如何每天抽出30分鐘關(guān)照自己的內(nèi)心遭商，離開分繁雜擾固灵，與環(huán)境和諧成為一體。
