What are the Taoism mottos?

Answer 1

Simplicity, compassion, and humility; these virtues can only be achieved, through "emptyness" of mind. You empty the mind of all garbage, so that the light of heaven can shine through you and cleanse the soul. That is the fundamental tenet of the philosophy, which religious Daoism also follows, however, religious Daoism has a myriad other rituals which hardly qualify as "simple." Regarding the whole "mind emptyness" thing there are various approaches; some people train in Kung Fu, drilling in basics and forms, so much, that, the hard training, makes their minds eventually just, well, blank out completely. Its possible to practice a block, punch, or kick, so much, that for some people, their minds become a total blank during Martial Arts practice. This is extremely difficult to achieve, even for men and women who have studied Kung Fu their entire lives. At the risk of being banned YET AGAIN from wiki answers; To meditate, just sit comfortably, legs crossed. It helps if you stretch prior to the fact to relax, preferably something like Yoga, or even something simple, like the stretches you do before and after martial arts practice. Stretching helps to relax the body, and it helps the nervous system work more efficiently which aids in meditation. Once the body is comfortably in a cross legged position, preferably against a wall, or some sort of support, to keep the spine straight, just breathe deeply without forcing, and on the exhale, count "1." Repeat this process 999 more times. Careful to keep the breath even, careful to keep a very specific pace. In desperation to get it finished, sometimes people hyperventilate, which can cause you pass out. You need to maintain a deliberate and well-focused pace, or you will get dizzy and pass out. You breathe, breathe, breathe and do more breathing, until reach breath number 1,000. After you have reached breath number 1,000, just relax, and let your mind blank out completely. You should be relaxed anyway during the 1,000 breath counts, still though at the end of 1,000 breaths relax even more, while keeping the mind alert. Again, no mantras, no sutras, no prayers, no Kabalah letters, just RELAX, and let the mind blank out completely. If you let your mind blank out, you will be practicing what in Daoist philosophy is known as "Wu Wei." Daoism has no mottos, just, simplicity, compassion, and humility, which are only truly achieved, through the practice of "Wu Wei" or "non ado," or "emptyness." A couple of other "mottos," since that is what you are after, can be found in the allegorical/moral fairy tale "Seven Daoist Masters" which you can buy at Amazon. The mottos are; 1) "Gold is heavy" and 2) "Empty mind"