Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow.

Many of you may receive my weekly Sunday commusing article, where I address a breadth of issues from the spiritual to the sociopolitical.

And on occasion, I will also record an audio version of these articles and release

it here as a bonus episode. Wu Wei is the Taoist way of life. It means not forcing,

but it doesn't entail complete passivity. Being alive inherently involves interfering. We cannot even observe an electron

without changing its behavior. We cannot exhale without altering the chemical composition of the

atmosphere. The Taoist master is a student of nature, knowing her. He harnesses her course, he jiggles the key and the lock,

he applies the rudder to leverage her current. And while I typed today's musing, I am not

completely convinced that I am the author.

I woke up one morning last week with the entire narrative mystically pre-composed.

I was as writing, transcribing from the ether.

And it's rarely this way.

Writing is often a wrestling match for me, full of forcing.

Here's the lesson.

When we're low and open, like the ocean, the rivers and tributaries flow into us.

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Okay, without further delay, here's this week's commusing titled, Of Love and Light.

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