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Daoism (Taoism) 道教
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Why do so many of us feel disconnected from each other and ourselves? Perhaps it has to do with our relationship with the food that we consume?
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273 Helixes Three subtle energy currents: Twin helixes around a jade pillar. This glowing presence Is the force of life itself. 螺旋 Deep in meditation, it is possible to become aware of the life-force itself. You can see it if you learn how to look within. To describe it as electricity, or power, or light, or consciousness is all somewhat correct. But such descriptions are inadequate. You have to see it for yourself. You have to feel it for yourself. You have to know it for yourself. To be in its presence is like being in front of something primeval, basic, mysterious, shamanistic, and profound. To be in its presence makes all references mute and all senses slack, leaving only deep awe. One is drawn to it in utter fascination. It is the mighty flame to our mothlike consciousness. This column of energy that coils around itself holds all the stages of our growth. It is our soul; it is the force that animates us and gives us awareness. If you want to engage your life completely, it is essential for you to come to terms with this inner power. Once you harmonize with it you can blend with the dynamics of being human.
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Day 266 Appreciation from 365 Tao: Daily Meditations by Deng Ming-Dao
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/473973
The Way that can be articulately described is not the Unchanging Way. The name that can be said out loud is not the Unchanging Name. With your mouth unopened, and things left undefined, you stand at the beginning of the universe. Make definitions, and you are the measure of all creation.
The Tao Te Ching (UK: /ˌtaʊ tiː ˈtʃɪŋ/,[1] US: /ˌdaʊ dɛ ˈdʒɪŋ/; simplified Chinese: 道德经; traditional Chinese: 道德經; pinyin: Dàodé Jīng [tâʊ tɤ̌ tɕíŋ] i) is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi.
The Tao Te Ching, along with the Zhuangzi, is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism. It also strongly influenced other schools of Chinese philosophy and religion, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism, which was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts when it was originally introduced to China. Many artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and gardeners, have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has spread widely within the globe's artistic and academic spheres. It is one of the most translated texts in world literature.
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Day 254 “Conundrum” from 365 Tao: Daily Meditations by Deng Ming-Dao
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Imagine a world where everyone lived a spiritual life. Now do your part to build that world. Cultivate your inner light. Choose to walk the spiritual path. Not for desired results or outcomes, but because it is right.
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No borders. No boundaries. No definitions. No identities. Can you see the universe without these shackles? Being indifferent is not cold. It is seeing the inherent oneness of all that is.
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Peace is in the void.
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Spirituality is an expression of our evolution in a universal sea of molecules.
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“This, lose the way of the first and virtue appears Lose virtue, and humanism appears Lose humanism, and justice appears Lose justice, and rules appear Rules are only the surface of the mind’s truth And the beginning of chaos”
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