Jason GregoryEffortless Living
Wu-Wei and the Spontaneous State of Natural Harmony
Jason Gregory is a teacher and international speaker specializing in the fields of Eastern and Western philosophy, comparative religion, metaphysics, and ancient cultures. For several years he studied with masters in Buddhism, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Hinduism, and Taoism, traveling to some of the most remote places in the world. The filmmaker of the documentary The Sacred Sound of Creation, he divides his time between Asia and Australia.
Foreword
Shedding Skin to Liberate the Mind
by Damo Mitchell
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Effortless Mind
PART 1
The Origin of the Effortless Mind in the East
1 The Way of Nature Is No Ideology or Theology
2 The Way of Nature Is No Religion or Dogma
3 The Way of the Tao Is Harmony
PART 2
The Science and Practice of an Effortless Mind
4 The Virtue of the Nonvirtuous
5 Parasitic Patterns of the Unnatural World
6 Natural Government Born of Tao
7 Trust Is Unity
8 The Practice of Yin Cultivation and the Art of the Skillful Craftsman
PART 3
The Art of Effortless Living
9 Synchronicity Is the Language of the Effortless Mind
10 Nothing Is More Useless than Wu-Wei
11 Living Wu-Wei in the Tao of a New World
Notes
Bibliography
Index