Why does gentle water carve solid rock? In Chapter 8 of the Tao Te Ching, we learn that the highest good isn’t force but quiet service. This episode shows how water’s humility can shape your English practice, cool conflict, and simplify daily life.

✨ Why listen?
• Discover why softness outlasts strength.
• Master key words like benefit, compete, disdain, content.
• Try a “water exercise” that relaxes your mind and sharpens your speech.

📜 Chapter 8 Text

The highest good is like water.
Water benefits all things and does not compete.
It flows to places people disdain,
and so is like the Tao.

In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don’t try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.

When you are content to be simply yourself
and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.

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Host — @luiz.manzato
English coaching — @goldenpath.english

Press play and let calm currents guide your growth. 🚀

Why do the sky above and the earth beneath us seem to endure forever? Chapter 7 of the Tao Te Ching reveals the secret: what lasts the longest serves the most. In this episode, discover how stepping back can lift you up, why easing your grip on ego protects your energy, and how small acts of service accelerate your English fluency.

📜 Chapter 7 Text

Heaven is eternal and Earth is lasting.How can they be eternal and lasting?Because they do not live for themselves.

Therefore, the sage puts himself last and becomes the first,neglects himself and is preserved.Is it not because he is unselfish that he fulfills himself?

✨ Why listen?• Learn the real power of “going last.”• Master key words like eternal, lasting, neglect, unselfish.• Try a micro-service habit that calms your mind and sharpens your English.

📝 Full transcript + exercisesDownload the PDF with the complete script, vocabulary list, and practice activities:📌 Access here

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Hit play and find strength in humble steps. 🚶‍♀️💫

In this episode, we explore Chapter 6 of the Tao Te Ching, a poetic meditation on the source of all things—the quiet, nourishing presence known as the mysterious female. Discover how softness can be stronger than force, how receptivity gives birth to creativity, and why the most powerful wisdom often comes from silence. This chapter invites you to connect with the root of all life, the place within you that can never be drained.

📝 Want to go deeper?
Access the full transcription, English practice exercises, and glossary in the PDF:
📌 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FZZrTcFJ8F1zJRuBmHvtxHDFHlSNvpTU/view?usp=sharing

📜 The full text of Chapter 6 from the Tao Te Ching:

The spirit of the valley never dies.
This is called the mysterious female.
The gateway of the mysterious female
is called the root of Heaven and Earth.
Dimly visible, it seems as if it were there,
Yet use will never drain it.

📢 Stay connected!
📲 Follow the host: @luiz.manzato
🎓 Want English lessons? @goldenpath.english

Press play and enter the stillness. 🌬️✨