"The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff

In the novel "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff the reader learns the teachings of the Tao through a character that everyone knows, Winnie the Pooh. Although it takes years to master and understand the Tao, Benjamin Hoff makes it easy of how to live by the Tao by simply acting like Pooh.
One of the basic principles of Taoism is P'U, the Uncarved Block. The essence of the Uncarved Block is that things in their original simplicity contain their own natural power, power that is easily spoiled and lost when that simplicity is changed. This principle applies not only to things, but to people as…