Welcome to the personal domain of You Li-Ou (游理欧). I was born with the name Rene Goris and have received many names by many people. Some of these names were part of my study of East Asian and other Esotheric/Religious/Spiritual cultures and given to me by leaders of particular branches or schools. Other names were given to me by people who do or do not like me and are therefore making me look better or worse then I am. The name You Li-Ou was given by my Zhengyi Daoist teacher You Xuande (游玄德) and defined particular interests both in my academic persuits as well as well as my personal interests.

According to some I am an adventurer, to others i am a scholar, an investigator, an ancient (古代人), an innovator, spritual, agnostic. A befriended trouble shooter of large companies called me a walking dream for most people of my generation, and compared me with the character played by David Carradine in the tv series Kungfu. he said you (I) am the one that made that fantasy happen. I had a dream and followed it and went to live in a Daoist monastery at the other end of the world, survived in a cave, walkin though virgin forest with barely any clothes on, almost stepping on a huge white snake, almost dying from a bug in my stomach and other funny stories. I came back to city life and share my experiences.That was kind of him to say, especially because i never saw myself that way. I just see myself as a child investigating the world. If i have anything to tell people is that they are happyer when they embrace things and investigate them.

I have built my career on the management of my health. There are many people who do something like me. To have been able to do so I owe to the willingness of many people to listen to my ideas and allowing me to experiment with their health as I do with mine, or because they were willing to fund me or share thoughts with me or support me in other ways.
As a result I have been able to focus on my career in ways many other people cannot. In many ways my lifestyle represents that of the ancient monks while at the same time I could live a city dwellers life. In the beginning people saw me as acting out my hobby on a larger scale and gradually they saw my environment professionalize and become more influential. I have nothing much to comment on my career since I still see myself as a student, but I can say a few things on what a career is.
Life is a career. So there is only one career. In the beginning being successful in work is building a career, than I thought having a family is career, but eventually I realized all our life is a career. Every step in life requires conscious participation to help develop health. Life, health maintenance, love, work, these are all things we cannot allow to leave to accident because they usually do not manage themselves in a good way. Taking care of them -in that sense- is not only a career, but also a lifestyle.
 

I have started this blogsite in extension of the rest of my work. I hope it will contribute to your enjoyment of life and that your comments will contribute to mine!