Thursday, February 17, 2011

THE YIN & YANG OF TAO

These 'dual' PRINCIPLES occupy a great deal of discussion in NEW AGE CIRCLES and nearly all books on such give varied explanations and examples,ranging from the mundane to the sublime; from the simple to the complex. A lot of anxiety and stress arise from being unduly concerned with all these topics,procedures, rites & rituals, and sects & cults,etc. so much so, that one's REAL & TRUE AIM(S) are often lost sight of when pursuing the illusive DAO/TAO,which will always escape our utmost attempts to grasp or seize it. The usual example of this is WATER which one can attempt to grasp with the hands but which eludes the fist,though some moisture may remain until it evaporates, which is about all that one can 'experience' of such. The TAO/DAO eludes us most especially when we seek to grasp it with the mind or the mental faculties, the thinking apparatus, the intellectural machine......

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