This book is a new translation (by Dr. Alan Peatfield) of the most important and most-read book on Eastern philosophy and spirituality, the Daodejing. For the first time, a Daoist lineage holder, Master Bruce Frantzis, shares the oral teachings of the Daoist Water tradition which accompany and underpin Laozi's multi-layered wisdom text written twenty-five hundred years ago, a tradition not literary nor philosophical, but fundamentally meditative and spiritual.The meditative and spiritual nature of the Commentary presented is emphasized. The authors do not claim that it is definitive, the last word on the Daodejing. It is the spiritual and meditative teaching that was passed on to Bruce orally by the Sage Liu Hung Chieh, with the suggestion that he bring this tradition to the West. The material here comes from inside the Daoist spiritual tradition and, therefore, contains the distilled essence of Bruce's learning, practice, and teaching since Liu's death in 1986.In this book are some things which have never been revealed before in Western writings about Daoism, as the teachings would only be passed on from teacher to student, personally - spoken, not written, and often in secret. When Liu Hung Chieh taught Bruce, he said, "These are the words." Liu then said the words in Chinese with vibrations, transmissions, behind them that penetrated Bruce to his core. He continued, "This is what they mean." With all Daoist or ancient texts, trying to understand the meaning from the words alone is exceptionally difficult. Finally, Liu explained, demonstrated, and transmitted: "This is how to do what is proposed." This is the basis for qi arts, such as Taijiquan, qigong, and yoga and Dissolving meditation practices -- all of which serve to train a student in how to genuinely and unambiguously embody what is proposed in the Daodejing in body, mind, and spirit.This book is designed to give readers an experience of growth and maturity, a practical book about how to have a better experience of living on this Earth with explanations of profound universal principles from a true Daoist master to help the reader achieve this end.… (more)