PEARLS OF WISDOM

Tao Congress 2010

JOHN ASHLEY WESTON

John Ashley Weston

Born after World War II, growing up in the Midwest of the United States, trained in Catholicism, this student of the Tao started studying under Master Chia in the early 1980s and became a Senior Instructor specializing in one-on-one training of over 500 individual students and instructors in the late’80s. In the early 1990s he moved to Thailand, and assisted Master Chia in building the Tao Garden Taoist Training Center outside Chiang Mai.

For the next six years, he traveled to over 30 countries teaching with Master Chia and serving as Marketing and Construction Coordinator for the Tao Garden. Upon Tao Garden’s completion in December 2000, he became the Project Manager for the entire Universal Tao Publications and Products, coordinating the completion of an additional 35 titles. With the purchase of a mountain having four waterfalls in Southern Oregon, USA (late 1990s) he is presently completing a Taoist Mountain Sanctuary for Personal Cultivation, Higher Level Practices and Ascension.

He is the co-author of “Living in the Tao” (the 360 daily Taoist poems from over 1,200 poems), “Emerald River” (a book expressing the feeling, essence and stillness of the Tao) and co-creator of the Universal Tao formula cards, “Chi Cards” (6 sets of over 240 formulas) now in book form with Master Mantak Chia under the pen name, “The Professor - Master of Nothingness”, the Myth that takes the Mystery out of Mysticism.

William U. Wei also known as Wei Tzu is a pen name for this instructor so the instructor can remain anonymous and can continue to become a blade of grass in a field of grass.

Universal Tao Publications Presentation

Jon's presentation will cover the history of the Healing Tao Publications and will discuss the evolution of the publishing of the books from the years of self-publishing to the current publishing arrangement with Inner Traditions.

Jon will discuss how the books are written based on the formulas established by Master Chia with co-authors, editors, and ghost writers as well as the Project Manager's role. The Thai staff will be introduced and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.

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