Nowhere+and+Nothing,+The+Now+of+Pooh,+Backwards+-+Summary+by+Sam+Lee

  Summary Nowhere and Nothing I n the beginning of the chpater "Nowhere and Nothing", Christopher Robin talks to Pooh about doing nothing and going nowhere. Christopher Robin takes Pooh to "Nowhere", which is actually anywhere that his instinct told him to go. Then Christopher explains what doing "Nothing" means to Pooh. Christopher expain "Nothing" like "It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." (P142, 6th paragraph). There is a story that Chuang-tse described "Nothing" included in this chapter. In the story, the adv antages of "Nothing" (or emptiness) has over cleverness or knowledges. If one follows the way of doing "Nothing", the person can view things in more clear and straight ways, because he/she does not have to think about knowledges and being clever. The Chapter also gives an example from a story from Winnie-the-Pooh. When Eeyore lost his tail, Pooh was the one that returned the tail to Eeyore. It was not the Owl, who is full of knowledge, that returned the tail. He had too many knowledge that even though he was the one to pick up the tail, but he did not recognized what it was. It also gives an example from a part from Tao Te Ching, that To attain knowledge, add things everyday, to attain wisdom, remove things everyday. Through out the whole chapter, the narrator and Christopher Robin explains that it is the best condition to be empty-minded. It provides one to view things in clear and non-opinioned way. Furthermore, to find "Nowhere" and "Nothing" it is not very hard, all one has to do is to relax, follow the natural way and empty one's mind.

  The Now of Pooh I n "The Now of Pooh", the narrator once again tells the readers to not to think too much. Sometimes it even keeps you away from find the things that we need. It is not the cleverness and knowledges that helps you reach your goal, it is you, yourself and the voice of yourself inside of you. There is a little bit of Rabbit (cleverness), Owl (Knowledge), Eeyore (Negativeness) and Pooh (Tao) in everyone. It might be difficult to find the Tao in oneselves sometimes, it is important, and without it one will neverreach his/her goals.

Backword " B ackword" is the brief summary of the whole book. In the end, as the book ends, Pooh sings a song (a riddle) for Christopher Robin. The song describes the "The Way", "Nothing"( and "Nowhere") and the whole Taoism at the sametime.