“In the enigma of existence, nature becomes a wordless teacher whose ve...” — Aldrich Chan Quote

“In the enigma of existence, nature becomes a wordless teacher whose very process serves as a path toward deeper knowledge and insight. Science seeks to understand nature through observation and measurement. Daoism seeks a way of life that is most natural (自然, Ziran), guided by an attunement to nature, the discernment of its patterns and the expression that follows.”

“Unlike the West, the “true self” is not created over time but discovered, which is why Daoist and Zen writings may refer to it as “original nature.” Our original nature is a primordial melody, and to hear it, one must silence all the extraneous noise.”

“Artificial drugs or technological temptations hijack our natural reinforcement systems into believing we are meeting a goal that was important for survival. This deception increases their value and presence while reducing the importance of more beneficial interests. We can be like moths swarming an artificial light, believing it is the moon.”

“When the conceptual world of the intellect acts as a gravity well, it collapses the present moment into duality, which is not the actual nature of experience. We start to live farther away from the facts, resulting in a narrowing of vision, further concealing truths that may not benefit from being hidden.”

“Science attempts to “shed light” over unknowns to improve our understanding of the world, whereas Daoistic practices are aimed at “eclipsing light” in order to amplify nature’s autonomous illumination (明) within.”

“knowledge, and the enlargement of intellect, are poor, when unmixed with sentiments of benevolence and sympathy…and science and abstraction will soon become cold, unless they derive new attractions from ideas of society.”

“Elon musk est la figure du capitalisme la plus connue sur la planète. Plus puissant et plus fou qu'un Rockefeller, il résume à lui seul la cosmologie extractiviste : exploiter tous les gisements pour perpétuer la vie hors-sol électrique et digitale tout en préparant la conquête de la lune et de Mars. La société industrielle continue de traiter le sous-sol comme le magasin où les humains (les plus riches) peuvent s'équiper pour poursuivre leur voyage, leur quête céleste. Une civilisation qui se projette dans la colonisation de Mars peut se permettre de continuer à anéantir les terres agricoles et les cours d'eau. C'est cette mystique qui rend possible la destruction de l'habitat terrestre qui se poursuit sous nos yeux.”

“The world is not like you believe it to be; the world is not like you've been told that it is; the world is not like your textbooks are claiming that it is.”

“I do not like odd things until I can understand them.”

“Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate, it's not simply, 'Do you know what DNA is? Or what the Big Bang is?' That's an aspect of science literacy. The biggest part of it is do you know how to think about information that's presented in front of you.”