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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 12 MIN

Shorts | Your Karma Can Make Karma for You

from Living the Tao-A Spiritual Podcast · host Mikel Steenrod

What if your karma could keep growing even when you weren’t actively doing anything? In this episode of Living the Tao Shorts (2-28), Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod and Morgan explore the Taoist idea of neutrality—not as indifference or social disengagement, but as an internal position that can steadily build karma and strengthen one’s ling. Using the metaphor of compound interest, Master Steenrod explains why the neutral path may produce small but continuous returns throughout everyday life. How you treat yourself, how you respond to your senses, and how quickly you form opinions can all affect that process. The episode also explores the relationship between neutrality, wu wei, karma, and ling, and why Taoist practice often favors establishing the right internal conditions rather than relying only on dramatic acts of effort. Sometimes the biggest gains come from simply being in the right place internally—and not interfering with the process. Prefer the video format?  That's here: https://youtu.be/AaJkSIMwL3A 🌐 Explore more Taoist teachings: https://www.the-taoism-for-modern-world.com 🎧 Listen to more Living the Tao Shorts & full episodes: https://podcast.the-taoism-for-modern-world.com -From Beginner to Expert, examine our collection of free videos and articles on qi gong: https://www.watermountainvirtual.com/qi-gong-collection/ Premium Episodes, Full Catalog (4x the content), and episode commentary: https://living-the-tao.supercast.com     Intro music: “Finding Movement” by Kevin MacLeod — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Source: incompetech.com

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Master Mikel Steenrod and Morgan explore Taoist neutrality as a karmic and energetic position. Learn why neutral karma can work like compound interest, how your internal responses affect what you accumulate, and why the Taoist path often favors steady, effortless gains over dramatic acts.

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