In my Capstone, I explored the three most popular religions/philosophies of the Far East, and how they affected the Western worlds' own philsophies. My original line of thought originated from my readings of Alan Watt's work in order to better understand New age philosophies and how they're practiced. My study of New age philosophies led me to the Tao of Pooh, but due to the difficulty in understanding I had while reading the book, I was led to the original Dao de Jing. This, along with an insightful paper, made me realize the faultiness in trying integrate Eastern Religion into Western practice in such a way to stay true to the original text. The Dao de Jing has some wisdom within it that anyone can gather wisdom from; however, in order to practice, or at the very least comprehend, Daoism the way that Louis Komjathy wants us to requires immense insight into a foreign culture that is very different from the West. Though I can understand reactionary sentiments towards Western Taoism. It is understandable why anyone who practiced and devoted themselves to a religion would get angry if somebody else simply stripped out all of the religious parts and simply took its philosophy.