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Tao is viewed as the unity behind all things. It is single, like an uncarved block before it has been split up into individual pieces or covered up with superficial adornment. |
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This final chapter must by necessity be no more than a brief mention of Eastern concepts, as our intention is to inquire as to what these concepts may have to offer the online investor. It therefore runs the risk of sounding like just another overly simplified, cutesy "the zen of this, the zen of that" rip-off that cheapens the meaning of these rich traditions. |
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With that concern in mind, let me briefly offer my credentials: I began studying Taoism and practicing a Japanese (Nichiren) form of Buddhist chanting meditation in high school. In college, I learned T'ai Chi Chuan, a Chinese slow-movement form of meditation. |
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I have logged thousands of hours on the meditation cushion over the last 30 years, including intensive retreats in the Buddhist forms of Zen and Vipassana meditation. During the 1980s, I attended intensive 4- and 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreats in the California desert for eight years consecutively. I have been exposed to the philosophies and methods of Zen, Theravadan, Tibetan, Taoist, Sufi, and Hindu teachings. |
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Over a decade ago, I did a month-long pilgrimage of Buddhist and Hindu temples in India and Nepal, including a week with the Tibetan monks at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in the high mountains of Dharamsala, India. And, closer to home, over the last quarter century I have presented papers at conferences, given workshops, and published dozens of professional articles and one book on the integration of Western psychotherapy and Eastern thinking. |
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I state this background simply to attest to my theoretical and experiential knowledge of what I am writing about. I would not venture to introduce these ideas in such a cursory fashion in a book on cybertrading if I didn't believe there may be some value in doing so. |
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Let us ask, then: After explaining these concepts, what might we take from them to help us when watching and trading the market? Can we possibly find the Tao in the Dow? Can the game be anything more than beating the market and making money? That is what we will address in this final chapter. |
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The Zen habit of self-searching through meditation to realize one's own true nature, with insistence on self-discipline and simplicity of living, ultimately won the support of the ruling classes in |
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