American Taoist

My Favorite Word

mttimlin — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:06:49 +0000

Flow has easily become one of my favorite words as of late. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about that word and what it means in the context of Life and how I might live it. Remind yourself to flow with life, doing so means remembering to stop resisting everything that doesn’t seem to [...]

The Way I Read It…

mttimlin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:50:58 +0000

“The Way I read it, Taoism is just being yourself.” -Kermit the Frog Thoughts on this, anyone?

The Wisdom of Your Subconscious

mttimlin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:09:08 +0000

I’m not so sure we give our brains enough credit for the amount of thinking they actually do. Whatever thoughts we’ve got going on in the conscious part of our brains, you can bet that’s only the tip of the iceberg compared to all the things your brain is figuring out for you. I have, as [...]

Know Your Limits

mttimlin — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000

Writer’s block has been an issue for me lately, which is why anyone out there who visits regularly might have noticed giant gaps between posts here. Well the other day I was looking for inspiration and I did something that I’m ashamed to admit I hadn’t done for a while: I returned to the Tao [...]

Life as Meditation

mttimlin — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:50:03 +0000

The goal of meditation in many practices is, if you’ll allow me to over simplify things, the pursuit of intentionally emptying your mind of conscious thought and holding control over all of your attention and focus. To what end? Well some meditate in pursuit of enlightenment, some meditate as a mental health exercise, some meditate to try [...]

Going With the Flow and How I Lost My Appendix

mttimlin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:15:39 +0000

Hey everybody! It’s certainly been a long time, too long in fact and I appologize for that. Writers block can be a real pain What I’m going to discuss with you today does not have anything to do with Taoist philosophy directly, but rather my own life, what’s been happening in it, and the approach I’ve taken when [...]

Merry Christmas

mttimlin — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:53:33 +0000

Merry Christmas to you all, I know it’s been a while since I’ve written anything new for this site, I’ve had to take a temporary hiatus for reasons I won’t bother boring you with here. Please know I intend to start publishing content again at the start of 2012 and hope to put out content [...]

Thankful

mttimlin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:28:49 +0000

I know it’s belated, and a few of my international readers might not celebrate, but Happy Thanksgiving to all you beautiful people. I’m thankful to have an opportunity to write about a subject I’m passionate about and I’m thankful there’s even one person out there who takes the time to read whatever it is I [...]

Your Own Internal Mountain Retreat

mttimlin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:00:06 +0000

Lately I’ve been very interested in the topic of inner peace and how one gets it. I know I certainly don’t have it, but I guess that’s a big reason behind me being interested in this topic. For the most part I’m a pretty content guy, I’m content with my job and my life in [...]

My First Visit to a Taoist Temple

mttimlin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:39:49 +0000

A few weeks ago I was walking through New York City’s Chinatown searching for a very specific herb shop on a quest for my Wing Chun sifu. During my wanderings throughout Chinatown I came across this very small Taoist temple, I stopped to observe it for a few minutes and noticed quite a few people would [...]