The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything

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We decided to coauthor the book because it just made sense to join forces: Michael had deep experience with the ideas that would form the basis for the book, and Christine was familiar with these philosophies and also had experience writing for a popular audience. It seemed an expedient way to get these important ideas out there. Regardless of those factors, however, I still give this one very high marks for its standalone value and ability to help readers make sense of a difficult and confusing subject. Given the river’s importance, it’s only natural that someone would want to make a walking trail that follows it. That’s the Thames Path National Trail, and it’s a National Trail like no others. Do you know how far ‘up’ the Thames I would be able to navigate the towpath on a bicycle? For example, I know that from Southwest London it is possible to get a clear run as far as Windsor. I also know that going the other way you can pretty much ride all the way to Westminster, if you can’t do it on the south side then you can always cross over and ride the Chelsea embankment. You’re not really meant to cycle through central London but you can still pretty much go along the Southbank to Greenwich, and beyond.

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I am sure that with your experience you are not looking for recommendations, but I noticed that some of the trails you are yet to conquer I happen to have been myself. When I lived up in Norfolk I hiked parts of the Peddars Way in sections, the part around Castle Acre in the Fens is nice, as is the coastal stretch of AONB around Well-next-the-sea. I noticed you’ve done some of the Welsh trails but I hiked a bit of Offa’s Dyke too, starting close to Hay-on-Wye. Finally, the Southwest Coast Path is stunning at any section. It would take weeks just to traverse around Cornwall alone, but one section on the southern Roseland peninsula is truly magnificent! Limited accommodation in Kelmscott at the village pub only. Alternative accommodation is at Lechlade. No shop. I’ve planned for quite a few miles “inland” and diverting around – particularly when the river meets the River Cray, near Crayford on the south bank (see Mikey C’s route above). Once at Gravesend, I’m getting the ferry over to Tilbury (the only transport I’ll be using) and then it’s several miles round to Stanford Le Hope, past Basildon to Pitsea and then down towards Canvey Island. and following the Estuary waterline all the way through to Southend.

Puett argues that we are far more malleable and flexible than we give ourselves credit for. The ancient Chinese understood this. Subscribing to the idea that we have a true self just waiting to be discovered is an example of negative thinking and self-doubt. It is a safe option that allows us to limit ourselves and cling to long-held beliefs. Believing there is one true path, and that we’ve somehow found it, gives us permission to stop trying. Once we stop expanding then we’re living our lives wrong.

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The title of this book comes from a concept the Chinese philosophers referred to often as the Dao, or the Way. The Way is not a harmonious “ideal” we must struggle to follow. Rather, the Way is the path that we forge continually through our choices, actions, and relationships. We create the Way anew every moment of our lives.But many of the Chinese thinkers would argue that you are not and should not think of yourself as a single, unified being. Let’s say that you think of yourself as someone with a temper; someone who gets angry easily. The thinkers we are about to encounter would argue that you should not say, “Well, that’s just the way I am,” and embrace yourself for who you are. As we will see, perhaps you aren’t inherently an angry person. Perhaps you simply slipped into ruts—patterns of behavior—that you allowed to define who you thought you were. The truth is that you have just as much potential to be, say, gentle or forgiving as you do to be angry. I am completing the whole route this year, a day at a time, using public transport from London, freedom pass London area and busses via links from high Wycombe, (Henley, maidenhead, etc and even a once a day lovely village route into oxford). I also use X90 coach to oxford bus links, (both Until recently there was a YHA in Oxford, but this permanently closed in 2021 after being used to house homeless people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Camping Like Zhuangzi, consider the world as if you were a butterfly pretending to be human. In other words, do something today that changes your perspective. Visit a place you have never been to or reconsider a familiar place, try a new food or activity, learn about a new culture, swap daily routines with a friend. How did this mundane experience change your view of your life and the world around you?