Milne wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories to gently teach using his lovable teddy bear as the vessel for what he wanted to say, which was to highlight the importance of keeping in contact with and always listening to the child that we used to be. For this reason he would likely have rather approved of Hoff's position. Milne once stated that he never considered himself a children's author and that he never wrote his books with children in mind. Milne would have thought of his children's story being used as an example of basic Taoism?Ī. There is no outside force telling him that he doesn't have enough to be happy and so he feels content with what he has and whom he surrounds himself with. He is happy with his lot and that is what is his main similarity with Taoism. He doesn't look to what other people have that might be better than he has and start to want that. He looks at all the things he has in his life that are good and they make him happy. He is a very happy bear because he chooses to be. He assumes people will be nice because he has had no other experience. He expects things to turn out well and so they do. Pooh does not feel envy, jealousy or avarice. Why does Pooh exemplify the way in whichever taoists look at life? Written by Polly Barbour, Zamokuhle Vanessa Langa

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In 2006, Hoff published an essay on his website titled 'Farewell to Authorship', in which he denounced the publishing industry and announced his resignation from book-writing.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. The Te of Piglet also became an international bestseller and spent 59 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. The Tao of Pooh was an international bestseller and spent 49 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. Hoff was awarded the American Book Award in 1988 for The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow. In his spare time, he practices Taoist Qigong and T'ai chi ch'uan. His studies in Asian Culture included reaching the certificate level in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, had two years of apprenticeship in Japanese fine-pruning methods, and four years of instruction in the martial art form of T'ai chi ch'uan, including a year of Ch'i Kung. Hoff has also studied architecture, music, fine arts, graphic design and Asian Culture. in Asian Art from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1973. Benjamin Hoff grew up in the Portland, Oregon neighborhood of Sylvan, where he acquired a fondness of the natural world that has been highly influential in his writing.

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