In Zen archery, the archer doesn’t shoot the arrow; the arrow shoots itself. The moment you aim, you’ve already missed. This is the paradox of wu wei: the harder you try, the more you obstruct the flow. But when you surrender all trying, the universe acts through you. A dancer becomes the dance; a singer becomes the song. There’s no separation between the artist and the art.
This is why Lao Tzu says, ‘The Tao never acts, yet nothing is left undone.’ The sun doesn’t decide to shine; the rain doesn’t intend to fall. They simply follow their nature. When we align with this same spontaneity, our actions become as inevitable and effortless as breathing
Stephen Mitchell, The Way of Effortless Action: Wu Wei in Zen and Taoism
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