Episode Details

Are good and evil moral absolutes — or are they something else entirely?

In this episode (1-165) of Living the Tao, Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod presents the Daoist view of good, evil, and neutrality as energetic positions, not moral judgments. Rather than focusing on right and wrong, Daoism examines how actions affect energy, probability, and personal power.

This conversation explores why Daoism was never designed as a social or moral control system, how karma functions energetically rather than morally, and why neutrality may offer the greatest potential for influence and change.

Topics include:

• The Daoist rejection of moral hierarchy

• Why judgment creates false polarities

• How karma actually works in classical Daoism

• Why destruction releases energy faster than creation

• The role of neutrality in spiritual cultivation

• How Qi Gong relates to energy outside moral frameworks

This episode is ideal for listeners interested in Taoism, spirituality, philosophy, and anyone questioning traditional good-versus-evil thinking.

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Intro music: “Finding Movement” by Kevin MacLeod — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Source: incompetech.com