Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Welcome to Finding the Li

This is really just a placeholder.

This blog will be dedicated to how we can find the li. The li refers to a term from Chinese Neo-Confucian thought, best understood in modern English as "principles of organization." It is related to the better known idea of the Tao. In simple terms, you can think of the li as the myriad ways in which the Tao expresses itself in the natural world - in the rhythms of nature, the streams of our consciousness, the dynamic interactions of everything with everything else.

Finding the li represents our society's best hope for overcoming the devastation we've brought on the natural world and the threat we have created to our continued civilization.

Check back in the future to find out more.