THE COMPLETE TAO TE CHING IN PLAIN ENGLISH by Stephen Lau
"The Complete TAO TE CHING in Plain English" contains the total 81 chapters of "Tao Te Ching," the ancient Chinese classic by the sage Lao Tzu, on human wisdom.
In addition to the translated text in plain English, the book also includes a detailed description of the essentials of TAO wisdom, which is the essence of "Tao Te Ching."
The original text of "Tao Te Ching" is difficult to understand because the language, without any punctuation, was intentionally controversial and open to multiple interpretations. The author has expressed and interpreted the original text in simple and plain English for readers to understand the profound TAO wisdom.
The author has already published several books based on the wisdom expressed in "Tao Te Ching": "TAO: The Way to Biblical Wisdom", "No Ego No Stress", "Be A Better And Happier You With Tao Wisdom", "The Book of Life and Living". and "As If Everything Is A Miracle."
THE HAPPINESS WISDOM by Stephen Lau
Many Americans have reported that they are not very happy in their day-to-day life and living; evidently something is missing for most Americans. One of the objectives of this book is to address this issue of unhappiness that may have an impact on their overall health.
Another objective of this book is to help people develop their own happiness recipes through looking at ancient wisdom from the East and the West, conventional wisdom, and spiritual wisdom.
A happiness wisdom recipe is like a GPS that guides people in the direction of the destination they are heading. Some may choose the highways; others may prefer local or toll-free routes. Likewise, a happiness wisdom recipe is a matter of personal choices and preferences, based on each individual’s own past experiences and core values.
Core values are not life goals, which have to be pursued and achieved to give an individual happiness; core values, on the other hand, are beliefs of an individual in humanity that have to be lived, rather than just being acknowledged, in order to fully experience the innate happiness in humanity. Your core values are your beliefs that are meaningful only to you, giving you happiness now and then. They may be something held in common by many people, or they may not be. Your core values are meaningful only to you, regardless of whether they are meaningful to anyone you know. Likewise, you do not have to remodel your life to live the core values of others. Of course, you may want to adapt your life to transform yourself if you appreciate some of the core values of others. That explains why you need creativity to try a new recipe, or change some of the ingredients in your current recipe.
You are living a life in which you spend a lot of your time engaged in actions that are an expression of your true values, as well as a reflection of the person you are meant to be. These actions, or rather your perceptions by your thinking mind of these actions, give you happiness or unhappiness—that is why you need wisdom to take these right actions.
Yes, it is humanly possible to be happier more of the time and to experience higher quality happiness than you have ever felt before. Just learn to be wiser, and be happier!
THE WISDOM OF LETTING GO by Stephen Lau
To live well, one must ask questions about life; after all, life is about asking questions and finding answers throughout one’s life journey. True human happiness comes from human wisdom to ask the right questions and spiritual wisdom to get answers to the questions asked.
The human ego is composed of different attachments to the physical world, such as careers, emotions, memories, money, and relationships, among others. The human ego is unreal; it is only a "distorted" reflection of the real self. The human ego not only confuses the mind but also prevents it from finding out the realities about the self, others, and what is happening around. True human wisdom comes from knowing who you really are, not who you wish you were, and what you really need, not what you want or desire. Attachments are just emotional distractions in the mind from confronting changes in an ever-changing world. Let go of all attachments to see the absolute truths of all things.
The ancient TAO wisdom from China provides a blueprint for nourishing human wisdom: an empty mind with reverse thinking, mindfulness for clarity thinking, living in the present with no expectations of the future, no picking and choosing, accepting and embracing everything that comes in the natural cycle of change—what goes up must always come down. True human wisdom is the ability to understand that attachments are no more than distractions of the mind from letting go of anything and everything that is impermanent in the material world.
You are a two-in-one person: your ego-self and your spirit. They always co-exist and are in constant struggle with each other. The more attachments you have, the more assertive and dominant your ego-self is over your spirit, which provides spiritual wisdom to help you live in the material world.
The human flaw comes from attachments of the ego-self. To overcome this flaw, human wisdom alone may be inadequate; it requires the complement of spiritual wisdom, which is turning to the Creator with trust and obedience—that is, letting go to let God control the uncontrollable in life.
This book provides inspiration from ancient TAO wisdom to enhance human wisdom to believe in spiritual wisdom of letting go to live as if everything is a miracle.
THE TAO IN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING by Stephen Lau
This book is about the TAO, the profound wisdom of the ancient sage Lao Tzu from China more than 2,600 years ago. The TAO is human wisdom based on balance and harmony, as well as self-intuition and self-enlightenment. It shows you how to thrive and survive in this contemporary world of chaos and complexity. The TAO is present in every aspect of contemporary living: growing up; receiving education, pursuing careers; getting married; raising children; connecting with others; staying healthy; growing old; and facing life challenges.
TRANSFORMING TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE by Stephen Lau
Transforming is changing positively in a forever changing world so as to not only survive but also thrive.
Surviving needs alignment of the body, the mind, and the spirit.
Thriving needs positive thinking, imagination, bold affirmations. infinite doing, and harmonious balance.
The book provides examples to illustrate surviving and thriving in a changing world.
YOUR MONEY WISDOM by Julia Smarty (Stephen Lau's penname)
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