George Fowler, best-selling author of Dance of a Fallen Monk: A Journey to Enlightenment
In a culture where loving associations are often treated as not much more than optional interludes, it's a singular delight to find a book successfully establishing that such relationships can, instead, fill lives with a joy and fulfillment not to be found elsewhere. And when the author goes further, as in this book, and provides immediately practical guidance on how to ensure that one's own love relationship will do just that, you have found yourself a singular book, indeed. Bill Martin has already proved himself a noteworthy Tao Te Ching scholar, and in this book he does so yet again.

Jennifer Louden, author of The Couple's Comfort Book
The perfect book for couples to savor in bed together one day at a time.

Book Description
"Seldom can a relationship book be applied to all stages of a couple's growth, but The Couple's Tao Te Ching, being rich in spiritual truth, is a text that can be. Whether opened for quick inspiration or studied for long-term gains, its mystical and poetic nature make it more a living advisor than a book of rigid concepts. Like a loving friend, it gently draws forth our spiritual perception." --from the foreword by Hugh and Gayle Prather, parents, ministers, and authors of Spiritual Parenting, I Will Never Leave You, and Spiritual Notes to Myself With The Parent's Tao Te Ching, William Martin beautifully re-interpreted Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching--one of the world's oldest and most widely read books of wisdom--expressly for parents. Now, he distills and freshly re-interprets the essence of each of the Tao's 81 chapters to speak directly and clearly to couples. William Martin's indelible, spirited and sage advice, rendered in free verse, captures the ancient spirit of Lao Tzu's original text, yet speaks directly to modern lovers--and to the full sweep of their experiences and emotions. A deeply felt alternative to advice books that urge readers to manipulate their partners rather than to love them, The Couple's Tao Te Ching is for everyone who has embarked upon a loving relationship, which, as William Martin says, "can be the most rewarding and enlightening adventure possible." William Martin, husband and father of two grown children, has been a student of the Tao for 10 years. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Western Theological Seminary, he has worked as a research scientist for the Department of the Navy, a clergyman, and a college instructor in counseling, communications, and the humanities. Today, he and his wife Nancy operate The Still Point, an educational and consulting center. He conducts workshops and seminars on subjects including tai chi chuan, Zen, stages of spiritual development, meditation, and religious burnout.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Following the successful debut of the Parent's Tao Te Ching - which Hugh Prather praised as "pure gold" - William Martin now reinterprets the Tao for couples. "The love relationship between two people can be the most rewarding and enlightening adventure possible," Martin writes, and he imparts the Tao's spirited, sage advice for everyone on that adventure. "Not since The Tao of Pooh has Taoist wisdom transmogrified into something so practical, gentle, and good." - from the foreword by Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior

SYNOPSIS

"Seldom can a relationship book be applied to all stages of a couple's growth, but The Couple's Tao Te Ching, being rich in spiritual truth, is a text that can be. Whether opened for quick inspiration or studied for long-term gains, its mystical and poetic nature make it more a living advisor than a book of rigid concepts. Like a loving friend, it gently draws forth our spiritual perception." --from the foreword by Hugh and Gayle Prather, parents, ministers, and authors of Spiritual Parenting, I Will Never Leave You, and Spiritual Notes to Myself

With The Parent's Tao Te Ching, William Martin beautifully re-interpreted Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching--one of the world's oldest and most widely read books of wisdom--expressly for parents. Now, he distills and freshly re-interprets the essence of each of the Tao's 81 chapters to speak directly and clearly to couples. William Martin's indelible, spirited and sage advice, rendered in free verse, captures the ancient spirit of Lao Tzu's original text, yet speaks directly to modern lovers--and to the full sweep of their experiences and emotions. A deeply felt alternative to advice books that urge readers to manipulate their partners rather than to love them, The Couple's Tao Te Ching is for everyone who has embarked upon a loving relationship, which, as William Martin says, "can be the most rewarding and enlightening adventure possible."

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

The perfect book for couples to savor in bed together one day at a time.  — Jennifer Louden, author of The Couple's Comfort Book

In a culture where loving associations are often treated as not much more than optional interludes, it's a singular delight to find a book successfully establishing that such relationships can, instead, fill lives with a joy and fulfillment not to be found elsewhere. And when the author goes further, as in this book, and provides immediately practical guidance on how to ensure that one's own love relationship will do just that, you have found yourself a singular book, indeed. Bill Martin has already proved himself a noteworthy Tao Te Ching scholar, and in this book he does so yet again. — George Fowler, best-selling author of Dance of a Fallen Monk: A Journey to Enlightenment

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