sanraal
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Anyone ever noticed how much similarity there is between the Tao te Ching and the New Testament if we read well.
I have found many examples. I will just type a few.
- "The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. (Ch.1)
- God is all in all; he is indeed, too omnipresent to categorise in a square. God is beyond defining.
- Thus, cleave to nonbeing in order to observe its etherealities (Ch.1)
- Jesus showed us that when we 'diminish' or cruficy our own bodies, we are able to see and receive what is hidden, the spiritual or the ethereal world.
- It is named the Mysterious Female. (Ch.6)
- The Valley Spirit is female. Jesus said the Spirit is the most 'gentle' part of God. The spirit never forces on anymore (which is a female quality) and is easily scared or 'saddened'. Just like we have a Spirit, God also has one. The 'masculine' part of God (the law) is fulfilled with his Spirit (the female forgiving part of God). Ephesians tells about the positive fruits of the spirit.
The Spirit is mysterious since John tells us that God looks at the hidden part of us, our hearts. The Spirit works in the 'hidden', the Spirit/ Ethereal world. Pray in seclusion and your heavenly Father will reward you in secret since he looks at what is hidden.
- It is there within us all the while. (Ch.6)
- Jesus said the Spirit should float freely through us. We have to receive it within. It is the highest Eternal Spirit.
- Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry (Ch.6)
- The Valley Spirit's or the 'Vital Breath' spiritual life energy/Chi is endless. Since the Spirit is part of the Divine (God) and is the universual spirit, we can draw upon the Spirit without having to fear it runs out. Jesus showed us how to work with the Holy Spirit.
- Heaven persists, earth endures. The reason earth persists and heaven endures is that they do not live for themselves. (Ch.7)
- That is very logical since 'the will of heaven' persists. Jesus said we on earth have to keep faith and indure hardships. Heaven (the Divine) certainly do not live for themselves. If we on earth have to endure, we are not living for ourselves. We are trodding on the Way, on the wings of the Spirit and live for others.
- In opening and closing of Heaven's Gate, Can you be feminine? (Ch.10)
- The New testament says that we are 'God's bride'. The Spirit of God can fill us (the feminine part of the Divine) while God (the masculine part) comes to take 'their brides' for unity with him. To do this, we of course have to 'crucify' our masculine controlling part of us that wants to dominate and focus on the feminine part. So this statement is very true.
- Mind manipulating Chi is called strong. (Ch.30)
- Doing things out of own will (mind manipulating) is seen as good in society. One has to get 'ahead', all the time, making career, standing the storms etc. These all make you strong. And now and then we manipulate others to our wills. It is seen as strong in society.
When things are strong, they grow old. (Ch.30)
This is termed contrary to Tao. (Ch.30)
- Yet it is not strong since people try to take control of things, people want to rule. In our society we quickly advance and can make career but we also can go quickly down. This is not God. This are the material desires, the desires of the world, of the body.
What is contrary to Tao early perishes. (Ch.30)
- You have to rely on Gods universal source of energy, not on your own. The self often manipulates. Since God is love, he does not manipulate. All that is out of the body of God is subject to decay. With this I do not mean one has to sacrifice everything of one's personality since then we would all be the same people but only the things that are contrary to 'the Way'. Things that are contrary are things of 'the flesh' in the Bible. These are: arrogance, anger, pride, material desires, intolerance, unforgiveness, dominance/ manipulation etc. Paul says in Galatians that these are desires of the flesh. They are no 'sins' on itself but they can lead to sin (Jesus was angry too when his Father's temple was desacrated).
In times past, the One appeared in the following pattern
The heavens attained the One and became clear; (Ch.39)
- This is so true. Heaven realised God and became clear since God is good.
The earth attained the One and settled;
The spirits attained the One and became numinous; (Ch.39)
- Spirits found the one and become null, empty, harmless. My wife tells me this almost looks like the ascension of Jesus. After all, he hung on the cross, ascended to heaven and 'exposed' all the evil in the world. The air was filled with negativity and spirits were lashing out at Jesus but he overwon them by totally giving himself to the Father in a living sacrifice. This text is debatable but I like it.
Valleys attained the One and became reproductive;
All things attained the One and became alive; (Ch.39)
- Can this be negative? Of course not, because the New Testament says God gives life. Every person that finds God, finds the Divine Spirit within himself and is connected to the source of all life. Everyone who has this chi floating through him by acting the way God wants it (by loving others as you would love yourself), you are following 'the Way'.
- But how does one acquire it? Since Jesus completely walked in the path of the One, he was without lies and negativity. He (symbolically) said therefore: 'I am the Way, the truth and Life', which was true. He was just showing the Way that gives most life.
Kings and queens attained the One and became the orthodox of the world.
In the heavens, that which is not clear eventually settles.
On the earth, that does not settle dissipates. (Ch.39)
Spirits which are not luminous disappear.
- This is another great phrase. Spirits will go away when the ONE comes. I do not think all spirits (else the Holy Spirit would too) but only the Spirits that are evil and against the source of all life, the Divine source.
- When an inferior person hears Tao, he roars with laughter. If he didn't laugh, it wouldn't be Tao. (Ch.41)
- The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
- I also have found another way to interpret this. 'Inferior' means less. Many people that are less fortunate in society or have a handicap are 'simple' people. I see in Chuches that God often touches these people more. They are more sensitive and open to change of emotions, like laughter!
The Tao gives birth to the One. (Ch.42)
- God manifests from the Way, the source.
- The One gives birth to the two.
- The two begot three.
- Of course one can interpret these verses in multiple ways. God gives birth to Spirit and Son. In Paganism/ Wicca, the God and Goddess represent this duality.
"If you want to reduce something, you must certainly stretch it.
If you want to weaken something, you must certainly strengthen it.
If you want to abolish something, you must certainly make it flourish.
If you want to grasp something, you must certainly take it away. (Ch.55)
I have found many examples. I will just type a few.
- "The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. (Ch.1)
- God is all in all; he is indeed, too omnipresent to categorise in a square. God is beyond defining.
- Thus, cleave to nonbeing in order to observe its etherealities (Ch.1)
- Jesus showed us that when we 'diminish' or cruficy our own bodies, we are able to see and receive what is hidden, the spiritual or the ethereal world.
- It is named the Mysterious Female. (Ch.6)
- The Valley Spirit is female. Jesus said the Spirit is the most 'gentle' part of God. The spirit never forces on anymore (which is a female quality) and is easily scared or 'saddened'. Just like we have a Spirit, God also has one. The 'masculine' part of God (the law) is fulfilled with his Spirit (the female forgiving part of God). Ephesians tells about the positive fruits of the spirit.
The Spirit is mysterious since John tells us that God looks at the hidden part of us, our hearts. The Spirit works in the 'hidden', the Spirit/ Ethereal world. Pray in seclusion and your heavenly Father will reward you in secret since he looks at what is hidden.
- It is there within us all the while. (Ch.6)
- Jesus said the Spirit should float freely through us. We have to receive it within. It is the highest Eternal Spirit.
- Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry (Ch.6)
- The Valley Spirit's or the 'Vital Breath' spiritual life energy/Chi is endless. Since the Spirit is part of the Divine (God) and is the universual spirit, we can draw upon the Spirit without having to fear it runs out. Jesus showed us how to work with the Holy Spirit.
- Heaven persists, earth endures. The reason earth persists and heaven endures is that they do not live for themselves. (Ch.7)
- That is very logical since 'the will of heaven' persists. Jesus said we on earth have to keep faith and indure hardships. Heaven (the Divine) certainly do not live for themselves. If we on earth have to endure, we are not living for ourselves. We are trodding on the Way, on the wings of the Spirit and live for others.
- In opening and closing of Heaven's Gate, Can you be feminine? (Ch.10)
- The New testament says that we are 'God's bride'. The Spirit of God can fill us (the feminine part of the Divine) while God (the masculine part) comes to take 'their brides' for unity with him. To do this, we of course have to 'crucify' our masculine controlling part of us that wants to dominate and focus on the feminine part. So this statement is very true.
- Mind manipulating Chi is called strong. (Ch.30)
- Doing things out of own will (mind manipulating) is seen as good in society. One has to get 'ahead', all the time, making career, standing the storms etc. These all make you strong. And now and then we manipulate others to our wills. It is seen as strong in society.
When things are strong, they grow old. (Ch.30)
This is termed contrary to Tao. (Ch.30)
- Yet it is not strong since people try to take control of things, people want to rule. In our society we quickly advance and can make career but we also can go quickly down. This is not God. This are the material desires, the desires of the world, of the body.
What is contrary to Tao early perishes. (Ch.30)
- You have to rely on Gods universal source of energy, not on your own. The self often manipulates. Since God is love, he does not manipulate. All that is out of the body of God is subject to decay. With this I do not mean one has to sacrifice everything of one's personality since then we would all be the same people but only the things that are contrary to 'the Way'. Things that are contrary are things of 'the flesh' in the Bible. These are: arrogance, anger, pride, material desires, intolerance, unforgiveness, dominance/ manipulation etc. Paul says in Galatians that these are desires of the flesh. They are no 'sins' on itself but they can lead to sin (Jesus was angry too when his Father's temple was desacrated).
In times past, the One appeared in the following pattern
The heavens attained the One and became clear; (Ch.39)
- This is so true. Heaven realised God and became clear since God is good.
The earth attained the One and settled;
The spirits attained the One and became numinous; (Ch.39)
- Spirits found the one and become null, empty, harmless. My wife tells me this almost looks like the ascension of Jesus. After all, he hung on the cross, ascended to heaven and 'exposed' all the evil in the world. The air was filled with negativity and spirits were lashing out at Jesus but he overwon them by totally giving himself to the Father in a living sacrifice. This text is debatable but I like it.
Valleys attained the One and became reproductive;
All things attained the One and became alive; (Ch.39)
- Can this be negative? Of course not, because the New Testament says God gives life. Every person that finds God, finds the Divine Spirit within himself and is connected to the source of all life. Everyone who has this chi floating through him by acting the way God wants it (by loving others as you would love yourself), you are following 'the Way'.
- But how does one acquire it? Since Jesus completely walked in the path of the One, he was without lies and negativity. He (symbolically) said therefore: 'I am the Way, the truth and Life', which was true. He was just showing the Way that gives most life.
Kings and queens attained the One and became the orthodox of the world.
In the heavens, that which is not clear eventually settles.
On the earth, that does not settle dissipates. (Ch.39)
Spirits which are not luminous disappear.
- This is another great phrase. Spirits will go away when the ONE comes. I do not think all spirits (else the Holy Spirit would too) but only the Spirits that are evil and against the source of all life, the Divine source.
- When an inferior person hears Tao, he roars with laughter. If he didn't laugh, it wouldn't be Tao. (Ch.41)
- The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
- I also have found another way to interpret this. 'Inferior' means less. Many people that are less fortunate in society or have a handicap are 'simple' people. I see in Chuches that God often touches these people more. They are more sensitive and open to change of emotions, like laughter!
The Tao gives birth to the One. (Ch.42)
- God manifests from the Way, the source.
- The One gives birth to the two.
- The two begot three.
- Of course one can interpret these verses in multiple ways. God gives birth to Spirit and Son. In Paganism/ Wicca, the God and Goddess represent this duality.
"If you want to reduce something, you must certainly stretch it.
If you want to weaken something, you must certainly strengthen it.
If you want to abolish something, you must certainly make it flourish.
If you want to grasp something, you must certainly take it away. (Ch.55)
