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Explaining the basic of taoism

Wu Wei

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Yup, start with the Tao Te Ching and maybe the the Chuang Tzu too

and maybe this will help too Taoism 101
 
BrightWhites

BrightWhites

New Member
Though contemporary taoism doesnt have a lot of basis in classical thought and is wraught (for good or bad) with western ideals, its now often more understood to be mostly philosophy centered around pacifism neutrality and positivity. While this is nice, those who are looking for god will be dissapointed, as the origins of taoism is a bit more about shamanistic anti society hermetism and divining.
That being said, the tao of pooh is a really fun easy read that I recommend to anyone.
 
Whiterain

Whiterain

Get me off of this planet
If you have to ask on pretenses then the user or student is lost.


Balance is the Tao.

That whole Ying Yang business is about balance.


My god, your student, may he need pharmaceutical help to quell his rage or desires.

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Balance, levels in ones being is the ying yang.
Society done took care of it.

Think to internal peace.​
 
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Kristoffer

Member
Ok, thx for answers! :) Will read more about it! Can you please tell me more of the basic ideas, like: what did the philosopher that structured this philosophy have as goal, who was he, and what was it that he wanted to change? How was he's utopian society?
 
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chevron1

Active Member
here are diagrams of the Tao as a panentheistic system. the cosmic mother is the outer sphere. the universe is the inner sphere. the diagrams will help you to understand what you are reading. all things have a soul called te.

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Active Member
Thirza Fallen said:
That doesn't sound very Taoist, does it?
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it does not sound Taoist and that is is because uu is not taoism, it is christianity in new age clothes. although they don' see sin , they do see faults in people, many, many faults. they are there to rescue children and then (as someone told me) fondle them in their minds. do you disagree?
 
Baladas

Baladas

An Págánach
chevron1 said:
it does not sound Taoist and that is is because uu is not taoism, it is christianity in new age clothes. although they don' see sin , they do see faults in people, many, many faults. they are there to rescue children and then (as someone told me) fondle them in their minds. do you disagree?
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Actually, Unitarian Universalism is not Christianity or New Age.
It is a melting-pot religion.

It's only creeds are for the betterment of humanity, and it's members maintain a wide variety of beliefs.

Some are Christian (I would guess not many), many are secular humanists, some are Neo-Pagans, etc.
 
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Baladas said:
Actually, Unitarian Universalism is not Christianity or New Age.
It is a melting-pot religion.
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From the wikipedia: "Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement named for the affirmation that God is one entity, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism, which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially in one being."
 
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