Taoism Questions

1. What is so interesting about taoism is the way that they caused a religion without advocating for their religion. They don't advocate for their religion because that goes against their beliefs, for they belief it is better to not influence life for they believe life will take its course and everything will work out. The thing I find most intriguing about Taoism is the lack of preaching or indoctrinating that it had during its early phase of growth. Every other major religion has some element of spreading its word.
2. My understanding of the Tao is a great cosmic force that works in a way similar to The Holy Spirit in Christianity.
3. I don't think that Chi in the west has the same meaning that it has in the East. In the west, Chi is perceived as more of a a lifestyle factor and not so much in a spiritual sense
4. I do believe in luck. I feel like somethings happen for a reason and that reason as something to do with luck. Luck cannot really be explained but I think it can be felt in certain situations. Luck is something that can be good or bad so it can be related to karma in a way.
5. My understand of Wu Wei is the conservation of vital energy/Chi, and it is a form of prioritizing everything in one's life in order to evaluate if it is worth the effort of doing. An example of Wu Wei for me is not lifting or running excessively the day before a game, because it will tire me out and deplete my energy (as someone who isn't Taoist, I could call this my supply of glycogen in my liver).
6. Yin and Yang are the opposites that create harmony in their constant cycle of balance. Everything the Yin is, Yang is the opposite, and in nature the two are always equal with one another. I see the inclusion of gender as a positive because it shows how there can be aspects of both in an individual, which would have directly opposed the strict code of Confucianism.
7. I think that the values are relative as one's perspective is going to determine what is good and evil, there is no outright code of morality. Just like Yin and Yang, the two concepts can exist within each other.
8. Life is a journey that is almost cyclic. We start off as children, we grow up, become educated, get married, have kids, and then teach your kids everything that you learned.
9. Taoism is different from other religions in that it is more up to personal interpretation and that there is less of an authoritarian structure that may decrease lightheartedness.