Metaphysically, the term Tao refers to the way things are; psychologically, it refers to the way human nature is constituted, the deep dynamic structure of our being; ethically, it means the way human beings must conduct themselves with others; spiritually, it refers to the guidance that is offered to us, the methods of searching for the truth that have been handed down by the great sages of the past – the way of inner work. Yet all these meaning of Tao are ultimately one.

- Jacob Needleman, Introduction to Tao Te Ching

William Sullivan

March 14, 2013

I am beginning to judge technology, not by what it allows me to attend to, but by what it allows me to ignore.

I think a great deal of contemporary society has a very unhealthy relationship with silence. The relationship is one of terror. People are terrified of silence, which I expect is because they are terrified of death. We don’t know much about death, but we know absolutely that it ain’t chatty.

Sara Maitland, FiveBooks Interview