The most translated book in the world is the Dao De Jing, and many people can cite quotations from it such as "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", "governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish", "the more laws there are, the more thieves there will be", or, "truthful words are not beautiful, beautiful words are not truthful". Yet very few people know much of anything at all about the ancient Chinese philosophy that it is based upon. This book not only helps modern people understand Daoism, but also how to integrate it into your everyday life.

Bill Hulet has spent a great deal of his life working on environmental and social justice issues. These have included organizing a rent strike, bioregional conferences, a local currency system, a slate of candidates for local municipal elections, organizing for the Green Parties of Ontario and Canada, suing Walmart, and many other projects.

At the same time, Bill has also pursued a spiritual path. He has studied under a wide range of religious teachers including Jesuits, Buddhist monks and Daoist priests. He also has a Master's degree in Western philosophy. He has also been initiated into a Daoist lineage.

As a writer, he published a weekly column on various issues in "The Guelph Mercury" and various free lance op-eds in various newspapers such as the Kitchener Waterloo Record and the Elmira Independent.

At the same time he pursued all these interests he also worked at the University of Guelph Library as a porter in the Facilities Services Department of the Chief Information Officer. He lives in a 100 year old house that has been gutted and retrofitted into a modern, energy efficient building, much of which he did himself. He is married to Michelle Harrison, who lives in St. Louis Missouri.