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Shorts | Why You Don’t See Spirits, Demons, or Dragons (And Taoists Say You Can)
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Why don’t we see spirits, demons, dragons, and other beings described in Taoist traditions? Are they somewhere else — or are we simply not perceiving them?
In this Living the Tao Short, Master Mikel Steenrod and Morgan explore how assumptions shape reality and how the social mind filters what we experience. The discussion moves through expectation, normalization, and the idea that perception is limited not only by our senses, but by awareness, choice, and energy.
Using memorable analogies — floating beside someone, a dragon appearing on the path, and fish unaware of the giant outside their bowl — the conversation builds toward a central Taoist position: reality may be far broader than what we allow ourselves to notice.
This episode also introduces the Taoist relationship between perception, awareness, and choice, and explains why energy accumulation plays a role in what a person can perceive. A concise but thought-provoking look at unseen layers of reality and why they may remain unseen.
Living the Tao Shorts are brief conversations exploring Taoist philosophy, perception, and practice in everyday life.
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Intro music: “Finding Movement” by Kevin MacLeod — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Source: incompetech.com