The Way: After Laozi

By: Rose, J. P.

The Tao that can be named is not the Tao.
So this book does not explain it.

The Way: After Laozi is a quiet companion to the Tao Te Ching-not a commentary, not a correction, and not an attempt to improve upon an ancient text that needs no improvement.

Instead, it is a continuation in spirit.

These verses follow the rhythm, restraint, and paradox of Laozi, written in a modern voice that steps aside rather than intrudes. There are no chapter titles, no arguments, no conclusions to arrive at. Each passage stands on its own, meant to be entered anywhere and left whenever the moment is complete.

This is not a book to be read quickly.
It is a book to be returned to.

For readers drawn to stillness over certainty.
For those who sense that effort often obscures what is already present.
For anyone who has felt that the Way is less something to understand and more something to remember.

There is no table of contents because the Way does not unfold in order.
There is no instruction manual because the Way cannot be forced.

Open it where you are.
Close it when you've had enough.
Nothing here asks you to believe-only to notice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK7HCLMQ
• ISBN13: 9798245885445
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"