Hoff repeatedly says that those who try too hard will become confused, and the sense of this statementbecomes clear as he deftly guides the reader through his carefully-considered examples. Hoff employs Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Rabbit, and Christopher to show that qualities such as knowledge and industry, while traditionally revered by society, can stand in the way of contentment. His friends, lacking the requisite simplicity, also benefit from Pooh’s calm nature. Throughout the work, Pooh’s simple, intuitive approach to life serves him well. Those who fail to rely on intuition often find themselves discontent in their careers and unhappy in their relationships. Active or aggressive engagement is discouraged. In fact, Hoff stresses that intuition is to be valued in all things, as a natural and even passive approach to life. Hoff includes examples of each of the principles to guide readers toward an implicit understanding of Tao. Yet, he cautions that the truth will be obscured from the reader who tries too hard to understand. In addition to the Milne characters, Hoff includes other stories and parables to illustrate Taoist principles.Īt the outset, Hoff states the purpose of the book: “It’s about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances” (x).
Hoff populates the allegory with Milne’s characters, who variously represent both characteristics that should be developed as well as those to be avoided. Urn:oclc:833259872 Scandate 20100302052637 Scanner of the book’s passages are devoted to Taoist concepts such as the Empty Mind, Wu Wei, and the Uncarved Block. O元913006W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 87.78 Pages 184 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0749301791 Urn:lcp:taoofpooh00hoff:epub:1a64edd1-873b-45bb-bd9e-d344c0b597ea Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier taoofpooh00hoff Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4fn1td24 Isbn 0140067477Ĩ1019495 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:55:28 Boxid IA111809 Boxid_2 CH102901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y.
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