Wuwei and Flow | Adrien Stoloff | TEDxBrownU

[tahoecal]

Effortless action = Letting things happen naturally = Going with the flow. Good talk Adrien!

[AmyFerguson]

Wuwei = catching the waves of life.
To catch a wave you must be relaxed but highly aware.
To become highly aware you should still the mind.

[aishwaryanemani]

I wish Ted could translate these interesting and informative talks in to regional languages ( especially Telugu)so that my mom could also listen to these. I just want to share and appreciate these beautiful concepts and ideas with my mother.

[jkk]

I hav been searching for the reason of my depression n stress BT I couldn't figured it out. N today I came across this video ..it feels like universe showed the answer 😊..n I got the answer to my problm.... I haven't done any exercise. Any activity for so long n that's the reason why I feel soo stressed.... He told that wowei n flow ..are way to healthy n mental body n brain ...n I felt really good....thank u 😊

[MyUpandaway]

I enjoyed your talk, and especially your way of relating your personal experiences and perspectives of wuwei. You conveyed ‘de’, the Daoist virtue of non-virtue, through your gentle choice of words and your humble body language. I could thus relate to what wuwei means to you from my own wuwei way point of view, and so your talk added a lot of wuwei value to me. Thanks!

[annettekelly]

Thank you for this informative and from the heart talk. I believe that we can all achieve we wui the most important thing is to want to still the mind. There's always that moment which comes around in life where we search. That's a precious moment. It doesn't mean that I have total peace every day but I am learning and growing and living!
Be still, smile, remember to breathe and love your life...

[topthreeguide]

We have a bigger change of finding flow when we reduce the distractions around us.
Three tips:

1) Reduce desires and still your mind.
For example, by fasting or focusing on our breath

2) Reduce inner discursive thoughts in the Default Mode Network
For example, by practising meditation

3) Engage in activities that don't make you want to check your phone.

[sage.shawaman]

Cool find. I really appreciate the topics you’ve strung together here — flow, wu-wei, fasting and meditation. Even running. All of these have been principle parts of my own self-development and I’ve definitely witnessed the tight and mutually beneficial relationship between them all.

I think you could have given yourself more time to flesh these ideas out and bring them to life more though!

Thanks 🙏❤️

[vincentpaul]

'So, that's it. Thank you'.

[newweaponsdc]

He's my brother, but he looks like Roger Federer's brother.

[georgediamond]

Flow activity is basically...being in the present moment

[mrmeee]

To listen to this guy speak is to know the Wuwei.

[Primalsutra]

Hm, I would say that watching Netflix is _TOTALLY_ a micro flow activity...

[Magick]

*A lot of spoken words....but nothing said.*

*He effortlessly explained nothing!*

[nthnppps]

Sometimes it take adrenaline and can be taxing to maintain

[simeondawkins]

thats wrong u can watch netflicks in perfect flow in fact u can do anything in flow

[nthnppps]

Go with the flow, but a hundred men in a boat can go against the flow easy

[dingyhouse]

It sounds like you are selling a product you don't really believe in, also you leave out essential and deep concepts and those roots in the Warring Period and their modern Chinese forms - leaving out its application to China (nothing big though, I guess - but this might be good to know an be a small segway to your piece on the medical/psychological studies). Then! This is essentially teaching Taoism from an americo-centric view, but for what cause are you doing it? Then, @ 6:26 - when you gave definitions without sources (which you do a lot, which makes a lot of you thought muddy - just from all the different sourcing [making it not-common sense - SPEAK IN COMMON SENSE! - haha:])  Example? "Flow is morally neutral" - from where (who said this?) - And two - we know they are different - they are different words, but yet you don't define the difference - don't tell us the obvious and then leave us obviously curious.... - Anyway, there ya go - if you need any more help, PM me. - Don't be scared of the audience.