Wu Wei 無為

A narrated contemplation

Wu Wei無為

The Art of Effortless Alignment

Taoism, Christian mysticism, animism and Jung’s individuation, read side by side. Listen to the essay in the voice you choose while each sentence lights up as it is spoken, or explore the poster one symbol at a time.

The Wu Wei poster. On the left, a painting: a yin-yang made of sun and moon under five phases of the moon and a spiral galaxy, a raven in a great tree, two doves, a cross on a far peak, towers and a stag on the cliffs, a figure meditating on a rock and facing the light, waterfalls, bamboo, a triple moon and a spiral carved in stone, a crystal, a lily, a serpent, glowing mushrooms and a stream. On the right, a parchment scroll titled Wu Wei 無為 with five sections, Contemplation, Nature and Reverence, Christian Contemplation, Individuation and Shadow, and Conclusion, ending with the line: To follow the Way is not to surrender one’s will, but to free it from needless resistance.

The poster

All the symbols

The essay

Wu Wei: The Art of Effortless Alignment

A Philosophical Contemplation on Taoism, Christian Mysticism, Animism, Cosmic Order, and Jungian Individuation

Listen to the essay

Sources

Where the essay and the readings stand

The essay names four sources without links. Each is matched here to a page you can open, followed by the sources behind the poster readings.

Named in the essay

    Jung, by Collected Works paragraph

      Behind the poster readings

        Wu Wei