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The Tao of EcologyWisdom from Lao Tzu’s Tao Te ChingIn a TimeofEnvironmental CrisisTaoism is fundamentally ecological. Its foundational Chinesetext, the Tao Te Ching, is essentially an instruction manual on howto live harmoniously with nature and ourselves. Both nature andsociety are ecologies that deserve our special attention for we areso dependent on them that we can neither thrive nor survive iftheir relationship is not sustainably integrated and balanced.These natural and social ecologies are now under such stressthat the viability of our present civilization is threatened. Globalenvironmental changes are currently disrupting the reliability ofthe natural world that allowed us to fourish, while the onslaughtof technological innovation is confusing and disorienting us.Such disturbances have contributed to a pervasive anxiety and toour growing sense of impending disaster.The Chinese encountered their version of such a crisis morethan 2,500 years ago as the changes initiated by the AgriculturalRevolution generated chaos in their natural and social ecologies.The challenges of living peacefully with nature and themselvesalmost destroyed their culture. Along with Confucianism, theother transformative model of thinking that reorganized theirawareness and saved them was Taoism, inspired by Lao Tzu’sTao Te Ching.The wisdom in this old Chinese classic can be applied directlyto the same ecological predicaments that confront humanity inthe 21st century. Perhaps it will instil in us enough of its attitudesand values to save us from becoming the victims of ourselves.www.raygrigg,com
