The Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living

Email the podcast: DailyTaoLife@gmail.com Welcome to the Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living. I’m your host, Dan Casas-Murray. This podcast is for the Tao Curious, those looking for a random bit of wisdom once in awhile, or for those who want to dive into this wonderful teaching.I’ve been studying the Tao Te Ching for just short of a year now, and have reconnected with a natural feeling of inner peace and contentment. I don’t hold a doctorate, nor am I qualified to teach anything about the Tao Te Ching - I’m just an ordinary person who has experienced the wonderful side effects of following the Tao. Since everyone’s experience with this wisdom is different, the only thing that I can hope for is that mine helps you to connect with the Tao in your own, unique, personal way. Feel free to listen to each episode a day at a time or any time you need a quick “Tao-shot.” You can listen while on your way to work or after that, when you’re winding down. It’s always a good time to observe the Tao.In each episode, we’ll do four things:1. We’ll read a verse of the Tao Te Ching2. Break it down into everyday language3. I’ll share my own thoughts and experience4. Apply the Verse with a couple of the many ways you can put the Tao into practice for yourself.That’s pretty much how I’ve been practicing the Tao every day - by listening to Lao Tzu, reflecting on his words of wisdom, listening to other comments, and trying to practice them in everyday life.

Tao Te Ching Verse 81: Staying Connected with Truth
Apr 9, 2021 – 29:36
Tao Te Ching Verse 80: Accessing the Utopia Within
Apr 2, 2021 – 31:57
Tao Te Ching Verse 79: Staying Forgiving
Mar 26, 2021 – 24:43
Tao Te Ching Verse 78: Staying Humble
Mar 19, 2021 – 33:18
Tao Te Ching Verse 77: Staying Content
Mar 12, 2021 – 27:01
Tao Te Ching Verse 76: Staying Compassionate
Mar 5, 2021 – 32:19
Tao Te Ching Verse 75: Abstinence
Feb 26, 2021 – 29:13
Tao Te Ching Verse 74: Disqualifying Ourselves from Managing
Feb 19, 2021 – 27:56
Tao Te Ching Verse 73: The Tao's Perfect Outcome
Feb 12, 2021 – 33:28
Tao Te Ching Verse 72: Reflecting
Feb 5, 2021 – 29:06
Tao Te Ching Verse 71: Working Toward Conscious Awareness
Jan 29, 2021 – 25:22
Tao Te Ching Verse 70: Paying Attention
Jan 22, 2021 – 31:12
Tao Te Ching Verse 69: Practicing Humility Humbly
Jan 15, 2021 – 30:19
Tao Te Ching Verse 68: Practicing Non-Contention
Jan 8, 2021 – 26:41
Tao Te Ching Verse 67: The Three Treasures
Jan 1, 2021 – 27:18
Tao Te Ching Verse 66: Leading from Behind
Dec 25, 2020 – 29:16
Tao Te Ching Verse 65: Staying on the Path
Dec 18, 2020 – 35:52
Tao Te Ching Verse 64: Getting Proactive with the Tao
Dec 11, 2020 – 36:48
Tao Te Ching Verse 63: Refining Ourselves with the Tao
Dec 4, 2020 – 32:56
Tao Te Ching Verse 62: Giving the Tao
Nov 27, 2020 – 29:39
Tao Te Ching Verse 61: Practicing Vulnerability
Nov 20, 2020 – 38:26
Tao Te Ching Verse 60: Un-Managing with the Tao
Nov 13, 2020 – 31:25
Tao Te Ching Verse 59: Widening the Channel
Nov 6, 2020 – 28:51
Tao Te Ching Verse 58: Practicing Balance
Oct 30, 2020 – 33:59
Tao Te Ching Verse 57: Practicing Gentility
Oct 23, 2020 – 35:34
Tao Te Ching Verse 56: Staying Silent
Oct 16, 2020 – 31:28
Tao Te Ching Verse 55: Practicing Harmony with the Tao
Oct 9, 2020 – 33:04
Tao Te Ching Verse 54: Evolving with the Tao
Oct 2, 2020 – 37:02
Tao Te Ching Verse 53: Keeping to the Tao
Sep 25, 2020 – 32:00
Tao Te Ching Verse 52: Integrating with the Tao (Owning Your Stuff)
Sep 18, 2020 – 32:35
Tao Te Ching Verse 51: Giving Freely
Sep 11, 2020 – 32:12
Tao Te Ching Verse 50: Practicing Immortality
Sep 4, 2020 – 35:45
Tao Te Ching Verse 49: Collaborating with the Tao
Aug 28, 2020 – 30:19
Tao Te Ching Verse 48: Gaining by Losing
Aug 21, 2020 – 33:09
Tao Te Ching Verse 47: Knowing the Tao
Aug 14, 2020 – 29:43
Tao Te Ching Verse 46: Abandoning Desires
Aug 7, 2020 – 32:00
Tao Te Ching Verse 45: Letting it Flow
Jul 31, 2020 – 31:26
Tao Te Ching Verse 44: Practicing Contentment
Jul 24, 2020 – 31:32
Tao Te Ching Verse 43: Allowing the Tao
Jul 17, 2020 – 24:00
Tao Te Ching Verse 42: The How and the Why of the Tao
Jul 10, 2020 – 29:23
Tao Te Ching Verse 41: Laughing at the Tao
Jul 3, 2020 – 31:48
Tao Te Ching Verse 40: Going with the Ebb and Flow
Jun 26, 2020 – 24:11
Tao Te Ching Verse 39: Making Peace with Ego
Jun 19, 2020 – 32:12
Tao Te Ching Verse 38: Just Being Ourselves
Jun 12, 2020 – 30:36
Tao Te Ching Verse 37: Doing Nothing
Jun 5, 2020 – 33:27
Tao Te Ching Verse 36: Harnessing Opposites
May 29, 2020 – 35:43
Tao Te Ching Verse 35: Connecting with the Tao
May 22, 2020 – 37:50
Tao Te Ching Verse 34: Practicing Humility by Emulating the Tao
May 15, 2020 – 28:33
Tao Te Ching Verse 33: Getting Comfortable with Immortality
May 8, 2020 – 29:23
Tao Te Ching Verse 32: Suspending Judgement
May 1, 2020 – 25:27

Recent Reviews

Blazingcxh

Centering

I’ve been coming back to this podcast for years. It always brings me a bit of peace
amrbkc

Second Time Through

I am on my second time through all 81 verses with this podcast. It’s a beautiful and relatable guide to the Tao.
kiyutyu

Loved this

This podcast has made me felt less lonely on this self improvement journey!
nakachunkoff

Like experincing the Tao with a friend

Dan’s approach to each verse of the Tao Te Ching is insightful and relatable. I like to read and reflect on several versions of a verse myself before listening to his take so that I can “compare notes.” I find that there are times we agree in our interpretations, times he opens my eyes to things that I hadn’t thought of, and every once in a great while, times I disagree with him. The thing I love the most about this podcast though is that no matter what, I feel that I’m on a journey through the Tao with a friend, and that makes me smile.
markmonta

Love the podcast structure

Great analysis and structure to the teachings. Looking forward to more!
no utensils please

Genuine, humble, and accessible

Listening daily to this podcast has been such a grounding and enlightening experience for me. Dan’s approach is genuine and very insightful. I have gained a lot already just from a week. Thank you for this beautiful introduction to the Tao Te Ching🙏
SawtoothMtns. 28

Superb

Broken down for easy understanding and offered with humility that comes from the host’s observations of self.
J Bogart

Great Podcast

What a great job he’s done, with humility and pleasant vocal cords to boot.
prexrode

Simple, helpful, thought provoking, honest

I can’t say enough about this podcast. Dan has a great thing going here. I recommend this podcast to anyone.
okara love

Simple and helpful!

Love this podcast! So helpful at helping guide my internal journey at a fine-time, granule level with simple and insightful conveyances. Thank you!
Bowlwinkle

This looks fun to do

Thank You for doing this. I like your podcast and look forward to go thru these to get your views. I’m just starting to read the Tao and compare my interpretation and read others. All my best to you and your listeners.
jinsangM

Simple in the most beautiful way possible

There is not much I can say other than this podcast isn’t a podcast, but more of a daily teaching with a wonderful soft spoken teacher. Dan’s approach to the Tao has helped me truly understand how to be with the Tao. There is something powerful about learning from an ordinary person rather than a professor or a guru, something that makes you feel like you are not far from the Tao and that anyone, regardless of their place in the world can succumb to the wonderful feeling of the Tao. Thank you Dan.
Dalejo1983

This Show Proves Spirituality Doesn’t Need to Be Complex

I love Dan’s approach to reading and interpreting the Tao Te Ching. I’ve been exploring it for a couple of years now and love how my perspectives have shifted as I expose myself to it. Dan echoes that sentiment and it’s incredibly pleasant to come across a voice like his.
another kev

I’m a big fan of dan

Very good content and delivery, has helped me gain some nice perspectives
Earth 30 Superman

Peace

Very beautiful interpretations.