No Effort Human with David Papa and Friends

We're going through all 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching. We're searching that flow that all the masters talk about. We're going for that groove in life where effort is replaced by joy and ease. Does it really exist? Let's find out together! This podcast is David's exploration with friends into the Tao, surrender, flow, and finding a way to love.

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Episodes

007 - From Forced Success to Ease and Healing, Aisling's Story

Aisling Quiery, a medical doctor, talks about how she did everything she was supposed to do to be successful and was actually sick. She healed through nonconventional means, and how she learned that the body’s signals are much more than physical problems. As she learned healing, she went on a life journey from head to heart. She went from stuckness, forcing, and effort to living in ease and flow, with amazing new opportunities started showing up. She talks about the real cause of physical sympto...

Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 40 min

006 - The Ballad of Steve - Tao Te Ching Verse 4

David brings his flow-master friend on the show. Here about Steve’s incredible results from being in flow. The 3-part approach that keeps Steve in flow with life. How to bring opportunities into your life that you cannot foresee. The 4th verse of the Tao Te Ching. Do the Tao and Quantum Physics have a similar message? How you can use statistical outliers to stay more in flow. The “Just One Data Point” method for not worrying. How your body uses the quantum field. How does the Tao connect with th...

Feb 21, 2020•56 min•Ep. 6

005 - TaoTeChing 3 - Creativity Versus Money, with Arnaud of Peaceful Creativity

Arnaud of Peaceful Creativity drops some insight bombs about being a creative worker in this world. Here’s what we got: What is the Tao Te Ching. Story of Lao Tzu. How first impressions work and what it means for us. How being vulnerable affects yourself and others. How to make a deeper connection with anyone. Why taking care of people changes their behavior. What really blocks your creativity. How can artistic people balance creativity and money. How to stop the ego from hijacking the joy of cr...

Feb 11, 2020•51 min

004 - Tao Te Ching Verse 2 - How to Move Through Obstacles

The Tao Te Ching Verse 2. All about Duality, the nature of the world in which we find ourselves. Duality poses challenges but also serves a purposes. It helps us understand through contrast. Navigating that contrast is part of the pain of being human. David discusses how to move through that pain and over obstacles using the teachings of the Tao.

Jun 27, 2019•34 min

003 - How to Get into Flow with Rebecca Delgado

Rebecca (rebeccadelgado.com) interviews David about Flow. By the end she shares her experience of being a professional dancer, following her instincts to change her work, meet the love of her life, and travel around the world. No shit. It happened. In Flow. Along the way she asks David questions like: What is flow? How do we get into it? What does it feel like? What if we have a shitty job or in a shitty situation, how do we find flow from there? What do we do with really shitty feelings and emo...

Jun 22, 2019•1 hr 35 min

002 - The Tao Te Ching Verse 1 - Oneness, Desire, and Desirelessness

The Tao Te Ching is one of the most mysterious and powerful spiritual texts. It has influenced both many sages and modern day success stories. We begin our exciting study of the Tao in this episode. Verse 1 of the Tao Te Ching. Oneness. Namelessness. Desire. David breaks it down. What magic will arise in our lives when we start to connect consciously with the Tao? Let's find out!

Mar 28, 2019•33 min

001 - The No Effort Human

Mindfulness exercise included. What would life feel like if we just put down the heavy mental bags we are carrying around with all our ideas? What would life be like if we knew we were absolutely fully supported by the Universe no matter what? Can we find that support? Is that what surrender is? Does that make life easier? That's what this show is about.

Feb 18, 2019•21 min

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