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I really enjoyed this book. It looks at the fundamentals of Taoism via a fun look at Winnie the Pooh and his friends, using the various characters and situations to explain things like The Uncarved Block.
I'd welcome feedback from others on how accurate it is in portraying Taoism. It seems to have quite a lot of acclaim.
If you know of this book, please could you give us your opinion? I love it, but I don't have any point of reference to know how well it depicts Taoism. I'd really appreciate your views.
hello, readers of pooh tao
i like the part where he's searching for the heffalump. and always ends up travelling round in circles. I can't remember the significance though which is probably why I'm remembering this example...
It has been many years since I read 'The Tao of Pooh', but I remember that I
really enjoyed it at the time. The main characters of this book are of course
borrowed from the children's classics written by A.A. Milne, namely 'Winnie the Pooh' (1926) and 'House at Pooh Corner' (1928). Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, aka>Edward the Bear, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga and Baby Roo, Owl, and Eeyore are 'natural' characters. Each seems to be quite comfortable and well at ease with who they are, and with their natural personalities. For the most part, they are quite open and accepting of one another as well. Even the original books present little stories that remind one of Taoist pursuits. Perhaps that is where the idea for 'The Tao of Pooh' came from. For example, in Milne's original book, 'Winnie the Pooh', first published in 1926, there is the following ~
One fine winter's day when Piglet was brushing away the snow in front of his house, he happened to look up, and there was Winnie the Pooh. Pooh was walking round and round in a circle,
thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking.
"Hallo!" said Piglet, "what are you doing?"
"Hunting," said Pooh.
"Hunting what?"
"Tracking something," said Winnie the Pooh very mysteriously.
"Tracking what?" said Piglet, coming closer.
"That's just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?"
"What do you think you'll answer?"
"I shall have to wait until I catch up with it," said Winnie the Pooh.
I see unexpected revelation in the course of ordinary, everyday activity here.
It sure sounds like Pooh had studied Pa-Kua circle walking, didn't it? And there is the Taoist flavor of 'going with the flow of things' without putting any limitations on the outcome. Allowing things to happen with a calm but focused meditative anticipation, rather than trying to force it to happen. It seems almost certain that Pooh is indeed a Taoist, whose example is worthy of our emulation! Perhaps in doing so, we will eventually catch up with ourselves!
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