Benjamin Hoff

In the Tao of Pooh the author, Benjamin Hoff, uses the from world-famous children's book/TV show character, Winnie the Pooh in order to explain the basics of Taoism. He observed many of the other various characters before coming to the conclusion that Winnie the Pooh, through his actions, was the character that he felt would be able to best explain the principles of Taoism. One of the most important principles of Taoism is "the Uncarved Block". The main principle behind the Uncarved Block is that

Benjamin Hoff is an American author that was born on January 01, 1946 that wrote The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet. The first Taoist-authored book in history to be on The New York Times’ for fourty-nine weeks was the international bestseller, Tao of Pooh. However ten years later he published The Te of Piglet which was on The New York Times’ for even longer, for a total of fifty-nine weeks. Both of which explain the Chinese philosophy of Taoism through the characters created by A.A. Milne, The

potentiality is the state of pure consciousness and the uncarved block, an important principle of Taoism. Taoism is a tradition, of Chinese origin, that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao and teaches the simplicity of the Uncarved Block. Benjamin Hoff, in The Tao of Pooh, teaches the principles of Taoism through the characters of Pooh and each character represents individuals we encounter

The reading The Tao of Pooh written by Benjamin Hoff, an American writer, is about reaching wisdom by having a mind of a child, an independent and clear mind. Hoff started the story with little Pooh bear with no ideas walking along Christopher Robin doing nothing. Then Hoff explained how the Consciousness asked the Speechless Non- Doer three questions but the “Speechless Non-Doer gave him no answer” (Hoff 1982, 42). The Consciousness asked the same three questions to the Impulsive Speech-Maker and

Drowning in a sea of avoidance, I needed to save myself from this repetitive behavior that was tarnishing my social bonds. In the past I was afraid of rejection or criticism in everyway imaginable. I kept myself from relationships due to my own insecurities, which stemmed from my lack of self confidents. To confine in a person one must be wiling to show their most vulnerable side, and not doing so made me have unhealthy relationships with the people around me. Causing me to portray a false image

scenarios especially when it comes to writing and trying to keep the reader interested. Benjamin Hoff, the author of The Tao of Pooh, ultimately fails to reach his goal of trying to explain the principles of Taoism through Winnie the Pooh in a simplistic way due to the fact that he uses an excessive amount of examples and drags on his writing. Although I disliked some of the writing aspects that Benjamin Hoff chose to use in The Tao of Pooh, I agreed with certain aspects of the Taoist principles

In the Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff tries to explain to Westerners and a rather confused Pooh-bear that Pooh is the epitome of the Tao principle of P’u: The Uncarved Block. P’u states that things are naturally powerful when left in their original simplistic state. Though he doesn’t have much brain, the world is kind to Pooh. He is in harmony with himself and his environment, so life fun. The Pooh Way characterizes Taoism in action. It is effortless, being Sensitive to Circumstance and accommodating

Saving the Israelites In the Book of Genesis, Joseph is utilized by God to save the Israelites which started due Joseph's boasting habits. His story begins with his ten brothers and himself working for his father. Joseph had tendencies to share his dreams in which he was presented as higher than his brothers. As a result, Joseph's angry brothers planned to kill him, but ends up in slavery due to his brother Rueben trying to save him. Therefore, God uses Joseph's hardships to allow the Israelites

this point in the narrative his brothers have just arrived on the scene. Backing up a tad, at the outset of Genesis 42, Jacob is admonishing his eleven sons to head to Egypt to buy food. They agree and all head to Egypt save Benjamin, Joseph 's only full blood brother. Benjamin did not make the trip because his father worried excessively over him. They made it to Egypt and

1 Samuel picks up the theme of war, disobedience and provision from Judges and carries them forward through God’s use of Samuel and Saul. God used them to bring Israel victory over their oppressors despite Israel’s continued disobedience. Through his provision of the judges, victories and kings, God displayed his omnipotence over the Israelites. Since these themes are carried over throughout Judges and 1 Samuel, God is shown to be the same God over his people. From the start of Judges, war is a prevalent