Tuesday 28 February 2012

Lord Noel On Tao

What ho! Pepys...


Here's an excerpt aboout the amazing power of Tao:
Before heaven and earth there was something nebulous, formless yet complete;
Without sound, without substance, isolated, free from all form;
Standing alone and depending on nothing, unchanging, operating everywhere,
all pervading, revolving and without fail.
One can think of it as the mother of all other things.
I do not know its true name. I call it Tao.
"Way" is the by-name.
If forced to give it a name I can call it great (ta) .
Now such greatness implies reaching out in space, and also means functioning everywhere, or passing on;
Space-yielding or functioning everywhere signifies far-reaching. And passing on means going far away,
To go really far is to return to the original point. To reach far is a return. To go far away means to return.
So Tao is great and far-reaching, and so is heaven, earth and the king.
(I really don't think these mushrooms are working)

Tallyho!

Best Wishes - Lord Noel

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