What we have, what we do, and the other circumstances of our lives do not provide authentic happiness. There are a lot of rich old people who are not happy. We all grow up believing that if we work hard, and if we are good people, we will enjoy good relationships with others, good health, success and a long life. This book is about recovering that connection. All that happened is we lost our connection to it. The natural fount of happiness we once enjoyed disappears as we join them. We see a world where everyone is striving for stuff, striving for popularity, striving, striving, striving. If you happen to ask a smiling child why he or she is so happy, at best the answer may be, “Because.” For an adult this may be an unsatisfying answer, but for the child it is the truth - happiness exists “just because.” As we age we seem to lose touch with happiness-for-no-reason-at-all. In fact, we expect to see it in children. We see it in young children all the time. Without anything changing in life, happiness just appears. Have you ever been happy for no reason at all? Of course you have. The truth is, happiness can be had with little effort. There are lots of people who have hordes of people around them, and who have lots of things, but have been unable to make themselves happy. However, there is no guarantee that any of this effort will work. In fact, we seem to spend the majority of our time doing this. The peculiar thing about us humans is, we spend a lot of time working to find people and things that will make us happy. Learn to find the happiness that is natural to you, and enjoy better relationships, better health, more success and a longer life.

Known only by legend, the time in which he lived is disputed and there are even those who doubt the real existence of this character with an unknown name, since Lao Tzu is only a title that means 'old teacher.' Biography: (Lao Tzu or Lao-Tzu North China, towards the 6th - 4th centuries BC) Chinese thinker, creator of Taoism. The Tao is the Path, and all the wealth and the totality of the most varied human expressions fit on the Path.

Lao-tzu channels ancient Chinese wisdom through the deepest symbolic mysticism, establishing the doctrine of the Tao, not as a new way of thinking, but as the inner root of liberation for all beings. These meditations are an essential book for practitioners and followers of the Tao.

The Hua Hu Ching are a series of Taoist teachings or meditations by Master Lao Tzu transmitted orally over the centuries and collected by Master Hua Ching Ni for writing and translation.

The Taoist Teachings and Meditations of Master Lao TzuĪ translated and revised work for lovers of good reading.

Hua ching ni i ching