tao is two parts: wu-ji the cosmic mother, dark and void and outside of existence, and tai-ji, the known visible universe. therefore, tao is duality too. see tao te ching ch. 42 above. in tao te ching ch. 1, the "nameless" is the cosmic mother wuji and the named is the taiji.
The nameless was...
in metaphysical taoism, it is the metaphysical side of things that is explored. they say the world is careening to disaster with global warming, overpopulation and asteriods on a collision course with the earth. that's why it's important more than ever to understand how it all works.
in classical taoism (which is the root of metaphysical taoism) the visible is the manifestation of the invisible, just as the visible universe, tai-ji, is a manifestation of the invisible cosmic mother, wu-ji. (tao te ching ch. 1.) from that paradigm, the visible person is also a reflection of...
in metaphysical taoism, biology mirrors the soul. you prepare for the afterlife by bonding with another in a yin-yang pair to function in spirit as an energy dynamo. the biological processes and hormonal manifestations of gender are part of the pairing process because the two parties must be...
if you speak of Tao, the duality nature of Tao is in the scriptures. the duality of yin and yang in all living things generates life.
for example, the Tao Te Ching ch. 42:
The Dao gave birth to the One.
The One gave birth to the Two.
The Two gave birth to the Three.
The Three gave birth to...
but this is third eye that can be tested in a laboratory. old third eye could not be tested.the best practitioners can function as walking spectrum analyzers. you can read plants, animals insects, etc.
as for homo sex, with meta third eye, a chi-reading form of clairvoyance, you can have the...
true, and it comes with new practice to see the unseen world, like metaphysical third eye, a form of clairvoyance based on qigong. that's how new it is.
not if its a race of all female tortoises and a separate race of all male bees. they can be yin and yang but that makes no sense as an explanation of yin and yang in that passage about sexual diversity.
as for where i trained, i practice a new form of taoism: metaphysical taoism. the new taoism...
that is the way the old scriptures spoke. there is no other interpretation that makes sense.
the best quote is the right quote for the only quote we know.
I was answering another thread when I found this one from 2010. In religious sect Taoism such as the Celestial Masters, homosexuality is a sin, but not so in classical Taoism. Classical scripture actually discusses homosexuality as part of the streams of transformation. This passage from the...
In religious sect Taoism such as the Celestial Masters, homosexuality is a sin, but not so in classical Taoism. Classical scripture actually discusses homosexuality as part of the streams of transformation. This passage from the Book Of Lieh Tzu is about the diversity of sexual activity and...
if he commands us to believe, then he can command us not to believe. if he commands us not to believe through revelation, then can disbelief still be a sin? i think not.