12-13-2018, 09:15 PM
Chapter 1)
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same--
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels.
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Endnote (from the book):
"Ever desiring, you see the manifestations"-
Desire aims at objects or states of affairs. when we see the world through lens of desire, reality becomes fractured into what we want and what we do not want. When we desire, our hearts and minds are oriented toward the world "of the myriad things"
When we are without desire, however, we see the "mystery"of the Tao that resides beyond it's various manifestations.
similarly, naming is said to give rise to multiplicity, because most names refer to particular, finite things. Giving something a name sets it apart from other things. The Tao is therefore considered nameless, because it is without finite form.
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My takeaway is that the Tao is the Law of One and that Lao Tzu was a seventh density wanderer.
So much of what was said in this reminds me of s*** Ra said. And aren't 7th desnity wanderers the ones who are from the density where one prepares to become one again with the creator? It sounds like following the Tao is following that same one-ness.
What do you guys think?
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same--
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels.
--------------------------
Endnote (from the book):
"Ever desiring, you see the manifestations"-
Desire aims at objects or states of affairs. when we see the world through lens of desire, reality becomes fractured into what we want and what we do not want. When we desire, our hearts and minds are oriented toward the world "of the myriad things"
When we are without desire, however, we see the "mystery"of the Tao that resides beyond it's various manifestations.
similarly, naming is said to give rise to multiplicity, because most names refer to particular, finite things. Giving something a name sets it apart from other things. The Tao is therefore considered nameless, because it is without finite form.
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My takeaway is that the Tao is the Law of One and that Lao Tzu was a seventh density wanderer.
So much of what was said in this reminds me of s*** Ra said. And aren't 7th desnity wanderers the ones who are from the density where one prepares to become one again with the creator? It sounds like following the Tao is following that same one-ness.
What do you guys think?
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