Which Came First Dao or God?

[fiat lux]

Therefore we can find the Dao, like the subtle intelligent wisdom that is interwoven into reality

I believe you cannot speak of the Tao as if it were something to be found, any more than you can say when walking in the forest, that you have found the forest.

 

[crossfire]

I would suggest checking out Zhou Dunyi's "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate" for some cosmology, (even though he's Neoconfucian.)

 

[crossfire]

He's a link for one translation: Chapter 1: DIAGRAM OF

Another search term you can try is "Taiji Tushuo"

 

[wizanda]

Simple mindedness is considered the height of wisdom in daoism.

No it doesn't...

70 Therefore the sage wears plain clothes but holds jade

39 Do not wish to be shiny like jade
Be dull like rocks

Thus though you appear like a puddle; you're as deep as an ocean.
A clear mind is useful as it has space; yet empty headed (simple mindedness), implies just ignorance.

except that its not. Stop viewing things through a monotheistic lens.

Tried many different lens, and seeing which fits the best, within the context of what is written.
If there was no reality and things were formless, would the Dao be there, or Chaos?
According to many traditions, there was Chaos before Dao; Dao appears as the reality was made manifest, thus by what? Is still the question....

I believe you cannot speak of the Tao as if it were something to be found, any more than you can say when walking in the forest, that you have found the forest.

If you walk through a virtual reality forest, and recognize the quality of the codeing; then clearly you (Lao Tzu) found something, by recognizing it is virtual reality to begin with.

 

[crossfire]

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Tried many different lens, and seeing which fits the best, within the context of what is written.
If there was no reality and things were formless, would the Dao be there, or Chaos?
According to many traditions, there was Chaos before Dao; Dao appears as the reality was made manifest, thus by what? Is still the question....

Wuji precedes Taiji. It starts with wuji having vibration and rest.

 

[fiat lux]

If you walk through a virtual reality forest, and recognize the quality of the codeing...............

What is a virtual reality forest?

 

[wizanda]

What is a virtual reality forest?

This reality we're within is possibly a holographic universe, according to science and maths.