Taoism and the Force (mystic, experience, faith, Lord, philosophy)

[Runt]

Hehe, done

[Francine]

Originally Posted by Master Vigil

still wrong force. The force from star wars is the essence which causes everything, creates and destroys everything, binds all life together, allows for enlightenment, it is like the Tao. Or like chi, which the Tao produces.

Bad choice of names, "Force". Sounds like a chisel. Tao is an uncarved block, mind at its beginning. "Nothing should be done to it. Whoever does anything to it will ruin it."

[zenzero]

Friend Francine,
Even to put Tao as an uncarved block would be again a wrong choice of words.
If it was that easy Lao Tzu would not have said that Truth once spoken no more remains the truth.
Similarly signifying Tao as an uncarved block would again be viewed wrongly.
What Master Vigil was stating is the other side.
Tao would rather be like the centre of a storm the void part. Centre of the block which cannot be seen, yet there is a centre even within us. We can be one with it but cannot see it. It moves everything but itself does not move. Creates everything but itself cannot be created. Destroys everything but itself cannot be destroyed.
Love & rgds