Key insights from
The Tao of Pooh
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9 minute read
Published Jul 28, 1983
What you'll learn
Tales from the Hundred Acre Wood are not just for children. There’s a Rabbit, Owl, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, and Pooh Bear residing within each of us.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 It wasn’t Buddha or Confucius, but Taoism’s Lao-tse who found happiness amidst Life’s difficulties.
- 2 Life becomes bitter and sour when we insist on making things different than what they are.
- 3 Pooh beautifully embodies numerous Taoist principles.
- 4 The answers to our most important questions are not found at pedantic Owl’s house.
- 5 Pooh’s poetry reveals a deep understanding of Tao, and our own tendencies to resist it.
- 6 Striving and scheming against unpleasant inner qualities and unfortunate external circumstances will not help us or lead to happiness.