It makes you focus in on the bigger picture. HE HAD A DREAM. He wants to keep your attention focused on the bigger picture while also listing his other desires
Tobacco was use for rituals rather than recreation
The word calculus comes from Latin (Calculus) and refers to a small stone used for counting
Wu wei is closely connected to the Daoist reverence for the natural world, for it means striving to make our behaviour as spontaneous and inevitable as certain natural processes, and to ensure that we are swimming with rather than against currents