{"id":2067,"date":"2020-10-30T17:25:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/?page_id=2067"},"modified":"2021-08-27T23:03:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:03:55","slug":"live-like-a-daoist-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Like a Daoist Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2067\" class=\"elementor elementor-2067\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c448909 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c448909\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41596f6d\" data-id=\"41596f6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105b4f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"105b4f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium elementor-inline-editing pen\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Monday, November 8 \u2013 Sunday, November 14, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-491290e0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491290e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e42055d\" data-id=\"7e42055d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47bda2de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47bda2de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Live Like a Daoist Week<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-438008bf elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"438008bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2150ce46\" data-id=\"2150ce46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-553a9b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"553a9b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Monday, November 8<br \/>Day 1: Wandering<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld1\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tuesday, November 9<br \/>Day 2: Language Creates Distinctions<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wednesday, November 10<br \/>Day 3: Shifting Perspective<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld3\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thursday, November 11<br \/>Day 4: Fasting the Mind<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld4\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Friday, November 12<br \/>Day 5: Changing a &#8220;Fully Formed&#8221; View<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld5\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No Dropbox for Journal Entry today (combined with tomorrow)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Saturday, November 13<br \/>Day 6:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Changing a &#8220;Fully Formed&#8221; View<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(cont&#8217;d)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld6\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sunday, November 14<br \/>Day 7: Sitting and Forgetting<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/live-like-a-daoist-week\/lld7\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cPzCvZ8UkU8NksaA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155b8dc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"155b8dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e9b849\" data-id=\"3e9b849\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7865bfd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7865bfd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Over the next seven days you will be putting some of the views found in the <em>Zhuangzi<\/em> into practice. Unlike other weeks of exercises in this class, you will not be actively aiming at a life featuring specific content or virtues (other than, perhaps, virtues like openness and flexibility), but rather you&#8217;ll be shifting, loosening, or abandoning perspectives that you currently hold &#8212; sometimes rather playfully. The result of this therapy,&nbsp;<em>Zhuangzi<\/em> suggests, should be a better life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All of the philosophical exercises for this week are located on this page and you will need to complete them daily. This will consist of two steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At the start of each day in the morning, you should read the assigned exercises and carry them out\u2014you can keep this assignment open on your phone throughout the day for easy access.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At the end of each day in the evening, you should submit&nbsp;in the designated dropbox a short private <b>journal entry<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;(1-2 paragraphs) on what you\u2019ve learned.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><font size=\"4\">Class periods and dialogue sessions that occur during the week will involve discussing and working on your exercises individually or in groups.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Readings for the assigned exercises and evening reflections this week are drawn from:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><em>Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings<\/em>, translated by Brook Ziporyn (Hackett, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55a247ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55a247ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-467e1af4\" data-id=\"467e1af4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166c069d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"166c069d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, November 8 \u2013 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Live Like a Daoist Week Monday, November 8Day 1: Wandering Assigned Exercise Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry Tuesday, November 9Day 2: Language Creates Distinctions Assigned Exercise Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry Wednesday, November 10Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2067","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2067\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}