...Tao means basically way - and so course - the course of Nature. Of which Lao-Tzu says Tao fa tzu yan, which means - the fa - Tao fa means the way of functioning of the Tao. Tzu yan is of itself, so. That is to say, is spontaneous. Watch again whats going on. If you approach it with this wise ignorance you will see that you are witnessing a happening. In other words, in this primal way of looking at things theres no difference between what you do on the one hand and what happens to you on the other. Its all the same process. Just as your thoughts happen, the car happens outside, the clouds, the stars... When a Westerner hears that he thinks of fatalism or determinism. Thats because he still preserves in the back of his mind two illusions. One is that what is happening is happening to him, and therefore he is the victim of circumstances. But when you are in primal ignorance there is no you different from whats happening, and therefore its not happening to you. Its just happening. Ha ha. So is you, you know, what you call you, what you later call you is part of the happening. Youre part of the Universe. Although the Universe, strictly speaking, has no parts. We only call certain features of the Universe parts of it, but you cant disconnect them from the rest without causing them to be not only nonexistent but never to have existed. Ha ha. ~Alan Watts... Video by: Mind Pod Network
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:14:42 +0000
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