What did the Buddha mean by "No-Self"?
The Buddha’s insight on what the self is not, is very logical and analytical, but what it leads into is a wonderous realization of...
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mjgfurnell
- Jan 20
What if Enlightenment was like a Cookbook?
Laozi would be like a Master Baker, the Buddha would be the one who wrote down the recipe for others to follow... Recently I’ve been...
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mjgfurnell
- Mar 16, 2021
E-Book Out Now
"The Legend of Wudang" is out now in E-Book Form! Available on Amazon (Kindle), AppleBooks, and Barns and Nobel! The Legend of Wudang: A...
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mjgfurnell
- Mar 10, 2021
The Legend of Wudang
A Tale of Taiji, Taoism and Wellness One of the best ways we learn is through stories. Whether it be the moral lessons we learn as...
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mjgfurnell
- Aug 8, 2020
Understanding the Dào 道
Chinese characters are often full of deep and hidden meaning; the character for Dào 道 is no exception. Let’s break down the 3 main...
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mjgfurnell
- Jul 26, 2020
The death of the tortoise and the hare
A short story I wrote while walking through the tranquil Wudang Taoist mountains. A story about the importance of slowing down, observing...
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mjgfurnell
- May 26, 2020
China’s New Normal
It was the first time for many of the White foreigners living in China, that the colour of their skin was not seen as a positive. The...
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mjgfurnell
- May 7, 2020
The Devoted Buddhist
A short story from ancient China, with a deep moral meaning of how to live our lives. The Devoted Buddhist. Once upon a time in ancient...
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mjgfurnell
- Apr 7, 2020
Was Einstein a Taoist?
"I have such a feeling of solidarity with everything alive that it doesn't seem important to know where the individual ends or begins." -...
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mjgfurnell
- Apr 6, 2020
Thoughts in the Silent Night.
A short conversation about art, poetry, loss and longing. A brief window into the life and mind of an old painter. It’s all comes down to...
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mjgfurnell
- Apr 4, 2020
Street Photography and The Decisive Moment
You are observing, feeling and connecting to everything that is going on around you. Only when we are in-tune with the flow of nature,...
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mjgfurnell
- Mar 13, 2020
The Dao of Tea.
There is not one right or wrong way to make tea, each culture simply makes tea in their own way. Daoism is the same. Unlike other...
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mjgfurnell
- Mar 10, 2020
COVID-19: The importance of understanding connection.
You are only ever protected from a virus as much as the poorest person in your community. As the COVID-19 coronavirus virus starts to...
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mjgfurnell
- Feb 16, 2020
Who Moved My Cheese? - A Daoist Approach
From my experience, most modern-day books that are about how to better your life, or change your perspective, are actually based on and...
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mjgfurnell
- Jan 30, 2020
Shanghai: The Old Jewish Ghetto
In 1943 the Japanese army required the 18,000 Jewish refugees in Shanghai to relocate to a Ghetto: a 3/4 square mile area in Shanghai’s...
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mjgfurnell
- Jan 27, 2020
Tea House on the Sha River
They are not just places to come and drink a morning cup of tea, but they act as community centers. The line between mah-jong house and...
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mjgfurnell
- Jan 27, 2020
Niang Niang Miao (娘娘庙) Temple and Tea House
She told us of the many changes she had seen in the surrounding area over the years but that the temple and the tea house were much the...
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mjgfurnell
- Jan 27, 2020
Pengzhen Tea House
It’s difficult to tell if it’s steam from their drinks or smoke from their cigars that’s lingering in the air. Walking into Pengzhen Tea...
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