Verse 33 of the Tao Te Ching offers potent clues about self-mastery and how staying centered in our Divine Self helps us to transcend every challenge — up to and including the death transition. Problem? Societal conditioning, often packaged as “common wisdom,” points us toward fulfillment in egoic pursuits that run exactly counter to the Tao Te Ching’s counsel. In this episode, we talk about how to navigate this “School of Earth” in ways that produce ever deepening wisdom, and joy.