How do you perceive Tao? (ritual, spiritual, verse, taoism)

[Finnyhaha]

what if "oversimplification" is the perfect amount of simplification to balance everything out? What if we are too overcomplicated, and the only way we as humans can find peace in this "simple" world is to be oversimplified. Which in actuality isn't oversimplified at all, it just seems that way because we are used to being overcomplicated.

Bing bing bing!

[Lloyd]

What is Tao?

A) you and me
B) you but not me
C) not you but me
D) neither you nor me
E) all of the above
F) none of the above including E

F! F! F! Don't forget kids! Knowlege is violence!

[Master Vigil]

G) None of the above, AND all of the above.

[EnhancedSpirit]

I meant to respond to this yesterday, but got tied up on another thread. (tied up by a thread)

Anyway, until I can post something more poetic and artsy, here is my answer in a nutshell.

Tao is the way . . . . . .

It is what it is, and that's all that it is.

[Finnyhaha]

G) None of the above, AND all of the above.

Uhh, forgive me for stating the obvious, but you guys are starting to sound all Discordian on me. *peer*

[Master Vigil]

Originally Posted by Finnyhaha

Uhh, forgive me for stating the obvious, but you guys are starting to sound all Discordian on me. *peer*

HAHA!! The Tao is not chaos. But Chaos is the way of the Tao. HAHA!!!

The one thing I love about Taoism, is how it makes everything paradoxical. It makes things easier to understand that way. Or is it just me? Have I lost my mind yet??

Hold on, let me pound it back in
Ok, almost in there!!

Thats better. Now where were we??

[EnhancedSpirit]

a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma

[scitsofreaky]

All of this is starting to make me think that you guys have no idea what tao is. "Toa is nothing, but it is everything" sounds way too much like: "To hammer a nail you must first nail a hammer."

Originally Posted by MasterVigil

The one thing I love about Taoism, is how it makes everything paradoxical. It makes things easier to understand that way. Or is it just me? Have I lost my mind yet??

Wow, so much for liking things when they are simple. So yes, you have lost your mind, and I think it has been awhile since you have known where it is.

[EnhancedSpirit]

Originally Posted by scitsofreaky

All of this is starting to make me think that you guys have no idea what tao is. "Toa is nothing, but it is everything" sounds way too much like: "To hammer a nail you must first nail a hammer."
Wow, so much for liking things when they are simple. So yes, you have lost your mind, and I think it has been awhile since you have known where it is.

Elementary, like I said Here is a Tao Te Ching: An English-Language Interpolation Beyond the gate of experience flows the Way, Which is ever greater and more subtle than the world. This is not an exact translation, but from what I understand it is much like the Christian Bible in that aspect.

[Master Vigil]

Wow, so much for liking things when they are simple. So yes, you have lost your mind, and I think it has been awhile since you have known where it is.

Actually, have you ever read the Tao Te Ching? The point is, the Tao is simple. It is the world that we "think" is too complicated. Putting it in paradoxes shows how stupid we are for thinking it is complex. And that helps us to have a better understanding of how simple it really is.