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TAOISM (how do we get there: we achieve living the Way through: (we should…
TAOISM
how do we get there: we achieve living the Way through:
taix, tai chi, shouyi, and remove ourselves from society
we should take no action the interferes with the wu wei , passive action
you try not to break the flow
wu wei should be constant and balanced
having peaks and valleys is like having every natural disaster in your life, you should move through them and not with them
we need to balance yin with yang
female is earthly, male is heavenly
yin is female, yang is male
female is dark, male is light
they are all of life's experiences and are relative opposites
CH'I IS THE LIFE FORCE
you release good ch'i through meditation and it radiates through people
we can see bad ch'i through being impatient
the more positive ch'i is what you want and be filled with it, then your spirit is filled with it
goes back to the tao, it is inside of you and goes back to the universe
with bai bai sticks you are joining the earthly with the heavenly, BAIBAI STICK IS INCENSE AND USED TO BE WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
human condition: tao is our original nature
tao is unknowable and because it is unknowable and human beings will never have any idea of what the tao is, so outside anything that humans can understand or articulate
but you can INTUIT it and somehow grasp something about it through nature
nature is unknowable too but we can see it and see some part of how it works, nature can teach us characteristics of the tao and how it works
man needs to be in union with the tao - man needs to figure out and work with the tao with the help of nature
works with particular series of laws and has no affect on humans, and does not take into account of human wants and needs
has a "flow" to it and humans can go against the tao but the tao is never going to not be its own order, it wont change because of humans, humans need to work with the tao
tao is the beginning and the end of all things meaning it is our origninal nature -- PU: THE UNCARVED BLOCK
PU is like a "clean state" and essence, things can get out of balance when you live in society and the uncarved block can become corrupted, meaning it is out of balance and moves away from the SIMPLICITY of the order of the tao
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to be with the PU you should do some sort of meditation to simplify our lives
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also known as "the Way" or "the Path" (of life)
sacred: not the tao, but the tao is the absolute - powerful force
where are we going: we are already there
we are good and with the pu
the should not fight the tao
taoists say we are already there literally and that this life is a dream, the tao is so powerful it can make humans figure out how to be with the tao
fu: eventually you will wake up from this "dream"
the only thing that is life giving is the tao and you will enjoy life if following the tao
we returen to the tao and everything flows out of the tao - WU WEI
you are a SAGE if you are wise, and through their wisdom they reduce their vices and maximize their virtues
your chi will end eventually, goes back to idea of fu and inevitability