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🎧 New full episodes release the first Friday each month, with biweekly Living the Tao Shorts for quick inspiration.

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In this episode, Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod defines Spiritual Power as alignment with Divine Law. Is that part of your Taoist Guiding Vision toward enlightenment?

Intro music: “Finding Movement” by Kevin MacLeod — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: incompetech.com

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In this episode, Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod defines Spiritual Power as alignment with Divine Law. Is that part of your Taoist Guiding Vision toward enlightenment?