A clear view a better world

That something (call it a universe or any other name) has come about and produced forms, some of which feel separate and the various emotions, you can only feel a deep compassion. Most of all to yourself, as you too are as illusionary as the rest. Any negative must be put aside as to attempt to form a better way whilst being a suffering part can neither benefit you or the whole. Never make a choice whilst sad. All decisions must arise from happiness and so the future will be based on this.

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Chain of command Tao

Starting around the middle we will look down then up, around and no where.

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We humans and our world are a complicated collection of yining and yanging, mixtures that is, and not pure yin and yang. Pure Yin and yang themselves are massively powerful, barely knowable, e.g. the spinning of a galaxy or the coming and going of a universe are still aspects and mixtures of yin and yang. Alone they are too pure to be conceptualised in their entirety, so instead we look at mixtures where there is a slight lean in favour of one than the other; e.g. Mountain, Fire, Lake, Valley. From these we get the gross 64 Hexagrams displaying 64 mixes of Yin and Yang. We see here how there is a progression from one to another and while nothing in our life is as simple as these 64, we get an appreciation of mixture and cyclic motions of life.

The Mixes of yin and yang are what makes up us and the world around us, our mind too. This is why our mind will never form a usable, lasting, answer to life. It may form a good picture but holding onto that for long enough will show that it is as transient as the rest. So in a cloud of yin and yang, mixed and mixing in such a way as to display the beauty and trials that make up the world and peoples lives, we can see that attempting to shape at this level is like trying to waft smoke into the shape of a horse. Instead to manage life, to know the way, we look up.

Upwards from the cloud of yin and yang, is a purer and purer yin and yang. Beyond the coming and going of universes are the components Yin and Yang themselves, pure and powerful they can rotate galaxies fuel suns, hold together atoms. Collectively, in pure balance, they are the Tai Chi. The Tai Chi is Yin and Yang in perfection, movement, yet perfect balance. This will only be hinted at from a humans perspective and nothing to the scale it actually sits on.

Now a brief side look at scale will let us see that scale is only a figure of speech, as are up and down as used here are only for communicating a point and not real. "The universe is vast, it is made of small parts" sounds reasonable but makes assumptions and we are so used to missing the assumptions that we take it as a meaningful statement. Here with the assumptions added; "The universe is vast compared to me, and is made of small parts compared to me". That addition of assumptions makes you see that big and small are just our tools, not real. The universe is one and has no size, as it is one it is not made of any parts.

So we have met Tai Chi, the operation of yin and yang at such a level that we see that life, the universe and so on are 1) unknowable to us, 2) always in balance. So we can rest assured that things are right, all the time, but we don't know the full picture so can't reason why that is.

Beyond the Tai Chi when we have accepted the movement and balance are pure and perfect, we have met The One. The One is less knowable as it has none of our concepts as parts or qualities as we can concieve, it is just One in absoluteness. Beyond this even, when we have dropped the idea that this is One with something else, drop that, drop it now! It is just One. Then with out any notions in our mind, we meet Tao.

Tao (unknowable) gives us The One (represented as a circle). The One with movement is Tai Chi (represented as the Tai Chi or Yin Yang symbol we all know). In that Tai Chi are the pure Yin and Yang. In their motion is a cloud of mixtures shown in the 64 hexagrams by Gua, the broken and unbroken lines. Mixed further to trillions and trillions of parts it is us, our lives and the beauty of nature at work.

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Who controls you? The Conspiracy?

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Hua hu Ching Chapter 57 says...

"The universe is a vast net of energy rays. The primary ray is that which emanates from the Subtle Origin, and it is entirely positive, creative, and constructive. Each being, however, converts the energy of this primary ray into its own ray, and these lower rays can be either positive or negative, constructive or destructive. An individual who is not yet fully evolved can be adversely affected by negative energy rays in the net around him. For example, the combined influence of several negative rays might cause an undeveloped person to believe that his life is being controlled by an invisible, oppressive ruler. Such a misconception can be a significant barrier to enlightenment. To attain full evolution and the status of an integral being, you must be aware of this intricate net and its influences upon you. By integrating the positive, harmonious energy rays with the positive elements of your own being, and eliminating the subtle negative influences, you can enhance all aspects of your life. In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them. To integrate the positive influences, consciously reconnect yourself with the primary energy ray of the Subtle Origin by adopting the practices of the Integral Way. Then all the rays in the net around you will merge back into harmonious oneness."

--> For this reason (In bold above.) I believe the majority of things about the Elites to be intended to prevent us finding enlightenment and keeping trapped in a 3D prison with TV and Coca Cola. There is no "End" to their plan, the plan is in action, here and now, it is in place, in effect, working, complete. It is to maintain confusion, keeping people from the true aim of life, to Enlighten.

There are people steering reality, it can not be denied, but above all that motion and confusion is the real truth.

We here are above all that. We know leaders and rulers will try to hold on to power, but we know that the power is limited to the world and NOTHING compared to Tao. Emperors knew this and leaders still do, so hold on to the truth, you are the controller of your mind, don't look outside for help as that is where the false ideas live. They push rubbish into the 3D world to trap minds, so once awake, hold on, walk on.

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Life and Death

The reason that death does not exist (is a bit odd to grasp) but neither does life.

Life the big life, the life that has us all as bits, is a life that can never die. The small life, the one we have been brought to believe is ours, has a death. It can die in old age, an accident, or you can kill it early and live on (ego death, enlightenment).

To live on, you identify with the big life, not the small one.

The One, EveryNothing, The Space Between One and Zero, The Ground of All Being, Tao, Brahman, The Fractal are names for the Big Life. That has a trillion heads (you reader, are one) and comes as environment for and experiencer of. It splits from One with no two to Yin-Yang, Perceiver Perceived, Mind Matter and so on - It can't die, it is so above life and death that they are mere parts of it.

So if I identify with my body then I was born and will die. If I identify with The One, then I can't die, I just change. I am born with every birth and die with every death but go on.

So at death, I rejoin the watercycle, like the snowflake feeling so so individual just melts back to the ocean. But as that ocean is infinite possibility of consciousness I can, if I wish return. Obviously in my case death was not perfect as I chose to come back. I'm in love with every moment right now so I think I was right to do so.

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The Cucumber Sage

From the Cucumber Sage

Once a monk approached Wu-ming and asked in all earnestness, "In the whole universe, what is it that is most wonderful?" Without hesitation Wu-ming stuck a cucumber before the monks face and exclaimed, "There is nothing more wonderful than this!" At that the monk crashed through the dualism of subject and object, "The whole universe is pickled cucumber; a pickled cucumber is the whole universe!" Wu-ming simply chuckled and said, "Stop talking nonsense. A cucumber is a cucumber; the whole universe is the whole universe. What could be more obvious?" The monk, penetrating the perfect phenomenal manifestation of Absolute Truth, clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "Throughout infinite space, everything is deliciously sour!"

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An Interview

Q. What was the wisest thing you ever said?

A. I don't recall it, but I know for sure it was nothing compared to the wisest thing I never said.

Q. The meaning of life?

A. Live.

Q. Just live? Be alive?

A. Anyone asking is not healthy in mind, body or spirit. Life is to be in awe of! Death is for death, life for life.

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Religion

Taoism is a religion, I am not a Taoist, or religions. Tao is a concept for that which is outside of knowing, it is the whole, undivided even by description, so any attempt to order is against its very nature. Pointing is all we have, poetic pointing only understood correctly by those on the path.

A recent run in with some Christians, who were not fully Christian but obviously carrying enough baggage to fight in its name, was a wonderful learning experience. One particular point was where I was told that some element of what we were talking about was;

"What separates man from beast"

only today sitting by the lake and watching nature at play with itself did I realise that "What separates man from beast" is man's idea that he is separate!

Religion, as we are shown by anyone who is religions, is self defeating. Once you have a structure you have a boundary, such as Rome building a wall around itself was when it opened itself to defeat.

While we are likely to carry values in life, they must be open to adaptation. That is nature at play and we are that.

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Hua Hu Ching

The lesser known Tao work Hua Hu Ching is an absolute must read and a true classic. If you have only found the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu up until now, then check it out.

The Hua Hu Ching was passed on only by word of mouth since being banned and lost in book form. Luckily it has now made it out of China and has been recorded in English for us all. Hua Hu Ching

One example chapter is this ...

Words can never convey the beauty of a tree; to understand it, you must see it with your own eyes. Language cannot capture the melody of a song; to understand it, you must hear it with your own ears. So it is with the Tao: the only way to understand it is to directly experience it. The subtle truth of the universe is unsayable and unthinkable. Therefore the highest teachings are wordless. My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.

and another is this ...

"In ancient times, various holistic sciences were developed by highly evolved beings to enable their own evolution and that of others. These subtle arts were created through the linking of individual minds with the universal mind. They are still taught by traditional teachers to those who display virtue and desire to assist others. The student who seeks our and studies these teachings furthers the evolution of mankind as well as her own spiritual unfolding. The student who ignores them hinders the development of all beings."

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Stream of Wisdom

There has been a stream of wisdom passing down the ages and at every turn man has attempted to collect the water into a container so that he can wrap his mind around it. Those containers don't flow, they stagnate, the flow continues in the stream. Let go of your stagnation and let it back into the stream to flow.

Om

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Seriousness

The most contagious, man-made, terminal disease, is seriousness. I was going to go on at length about this but thought it wiser to to just end by saying Ffffert!

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The meaining of It.

Very curious,
Very mischievous,
The fractal has no thought as to what is ugly or right,
And by not knowing or trying at all,
here is it in all its beauty.

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One -- The Movie

This movie documentary One - The Movie is a journey of 3 guys interviewing every day people to famous spiritual people about the questions of life and if we can all, in our multiplicity, achieve oneness.

Of course if just stopped trying, we would.

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Consciousness drives the universe (movie)

Consciousness drives the universe (movie)

This movie covers a lot of ground that emerged with physics some years ago and made a strong link to the findings of ancient wisdom. Covered very well in such books as "The Tao of Physics" and others, this movie has many good facts to help you enter this fascinating field of thought.

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New Tao Te Ching

It is outside of knowing,
and is simply right there;
so obvious it is,
too simple to bear.

Know by not knowing, Wu know,
See by not seeing, Wu see;
Only in admitting knowing is dual,
can you be without trying to be.

It is all that is and is not,
no concept or attempt to be got;
We can only grasp nothing is there,
as a clock can not tick on a tock.

Right there when you are within,
unapparent when you try to hold on;
Do not let another attempt to explain,
their moving lips are admission its gone.

Though we are part of Tao,
we can act as the worst kind of fake;
Seeing your breath does not help the wind,
let a swamp in your mind be a lake.

Our viewpoints are relative see?
Tao has no intention just play;
Extremes in our mind are waves on the lake,
and just our nature sway.

Should you be high or low,
you will always remain in Tao;
There is no need to hold on either way,
as if going up hill and not down.

Where there is nothing in mind,
the greatest power is there to see;
Where we find nothing we are truly at one,
one and nothing have equality.

Here we sit with not one idea,
no-thought and your life are one kind;
The solid reality that you can touch,
is one with the ungraspable mind.

Like a ripe fruit decays,
to continue new life;
We see a seed is not birth,
and no one ever really dies.

To have destination,
makes the journey too tough;
Be going nowhere,
here is more than enough.

Nothing has to go,
just give everything up;
Bound to nothing,
you have a full cup.

Free people require no leader,
and Tao has nothing to lose;
A leader makes fear to interfere with here,
people you know what to choose.

Now just simplify your mind and self,
that's all there is so just sit;
Be balance and unknowing flow,
Natures truth is here that's it.


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