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What is it???

A philosophy but so is religion really!

A really good book. The "way" so to speak.

This is a Urizen thread

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The Tao that is spoken isn't the real Tao!

One cannot teach you the Tao you need to read it.

Well Zen is kinda cool

Originally posted by debbiejo
Well Zen is kinda cool


Zen? I said Tao, Tao woman! No seriously, you would enjoy it.

Originally posted by Soleran
Zen? I said Tao, Tao woman! No seriously, you would enjoy it. How many ways?

Read and talk to me then, it really talks about not doing!

Seriously so peculiar.

Originally posted by debbiejo
How many ways?

Tao, the concept of doing without doing.

I keep the Tao te Ching with my Bible and other scripture, it is one of the best books.

Originally posted by Regret
I keep the Tao te Ching with my Bible and other scripture, it is one of the best books.


It is , at least in my opinion. Only when you let go does it embrace you.

Ugh that was so esoteric.

IT?

Originally posted by debbiejo
IT? The way. Tao is the way, the spirit, whatever you would call it. For a Christian it would be the Spirit or perhaps the Gospel.

Originally posted by Regret
oops Is that what we call IT now??..........You let go and then IT embraces you..........I love IT too....

how did that oops get in there.

OH, though I see, it would be like I would call the souce or entity of the all....sorta.

Originally posted by debbiejo
Is that what we call IT now??..........You let go and then IT embraces you..........I love IT too.... Sorry about that, wasn't understanding your question initially

Originally posted by debbiejo
Is that what we call IT now??..........You let go and then IT embraces you..........I love IT too....

how did that oops get in there.

OH, though I see, it would be like I would call the souce or entity of the all....sorta.


Yeah I really want to make it all complicted and stuff but I cannot, its very simple.

Living in the present and accepting your path?

Originally posted by Regret
I keep the Tao te Ching with my Bible and other scripture, it is one of the best books.

Funnily enough I am the same (well, it isn't kep with the Bible), fascinating texts. The Tao te Ching, the I Ching and the like, some of the best the fruits of history.

Hey Tao Te Ching links just appeared at the bottom of the page......lol

http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/ecourses.php?id=18

Originally posted by debbiejo
Living in the present and accepting your path?

Contentment. Not striving to do it making the goal attainable.

For me, getting to heaven should not be the goal, striving for heaven you won't get there. Loving and serving others at the expense of ones own desires should be the goal, and by not striving for heaven one will attain it.

It is important in the spiritual life to keep an open mind, open to ideas, experiences, people, the world, and the Sacred. Openness is an ability to go with the flow, as Taoism puts it, without expecting predetermined outcomes. It means being receptive to new possibilities, without prejudging them. It is an ability to make yourself available to out-of-the-ordinary opportunities. Indeed, openness to the unknown, the exotic, and the bizarre is usually seen as the mark of a free spirit.

cool!

Originally posted by debbiejo
It is important in the spiritual life to keep an open mind, open to ideas, experiences, people, the world, and the Sacred. Openness is an ability to go with the flow, as Taoism puts it, without expecting predetermined outcomes. It means being receptive to new possibilities, without prejudging them. It is an ability to make yourself available to out-of-the-ordinary opportunities. Indeed, openness to the unknown, the exotic, and the bizarre is usually seen as the mark of a free spirit.

cool!


Now you just really need to actually believe that, which you don't, dork:P

Yes I do............weirdo..........It means accepting your path in life.

I just downloaded a free limited offer from the bottom of the page.......whoooooooo they're gonna send it to me.....

Originally posted by debbiejo
Yes I do............weirdo..........It means accepting your path in life.

I just downloaded a free limited offer from the bottom of the page.......whoooooooo they're gonna send it to me.....
IMO, the best translation of the Tao te Ching is Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English's translation. Look for one by them.