I have read the Tao te Ching and the Hua Hu Ching, and I was wondering if a Daoist could tell me, what exactly is Lao Tzu speaking of when he says the integral universal way? Is he speaking of going through life doing good to others, or is there more to it then that?
The Integral Universal Way is the Tao istelf. It is the Flow of the Whole Universe. Now yes, the tree has a way, the bush does and so does the cloud, but thats all illusionary. In the mind it appears that there are many ways, but there is only one way, and that way is Tao. So, the universal integreal way is the way of the universe, the whole itself. When the mind tries to look for a way, it see's many, but when the mind is calmed, there is only one. This all means that all other ways are false, they only appear to the mind. When mind is calmed, there is only one way.
Now, Is he talking about going threw life doing good to others, not like we think. Lao Tzu was simply an anarchist to the world. He is saying, drop all your laws, all your morals, for the one law, Tao. We are the real Anarchist because we are going against and not following the one true law. Chuang Tzu, who was a famous Taoist, was a Anarchist too! In the Mind Taoism appears to be complementary duality. This means that with good comes bad and there is no bad without good and vice versa. But, this is only in the mind. In reality there is no Good or Bad, Right or Wrong, etc. There is only the one real law, Tao. Because of our restless minds we have fallen away from seeing Tao, the one law. From this happening, we have created our own laws, our own societies, and things like this. The Ego or Mind has spawned Society and that is the largest revolt against Tao. Chuang Tzu used to say that Tao doesnt see the world in good or bad, or anything like that, it sees and balances the universe as it is. When I meditate and go into the thoughless state there is no good or bad and Tao doesnt follow good or bad, because they dont exist. The mind wants to catagorize things, but them into stages, and label them. But, Tao doesnt do this, so why should we? The Moralist will say, "So that means we can all go kill and steal and because there is no good or bad." No, only mind will allow this to arise. To keep the mind in place it creates for itself duality. When the walls fall down, the mind panics! Its says so i can kill, steal, rape, etc and its not bad?!?!?! No, that is not what Lao and Chuang Tzu were saying. What they were saying is that with morality comes immorality, with ethical comes unethical. So they say drop one and the other will dissapear. when one truly drops good, there will be no thought of doing bad. When one drops right, there will be no thought of doing wrong! All there will be is the real flow, the real way, the one law, Tao. So to do good, to Lao and Chuang Tzu, is to follow Tao and to let every action come from non-action, and to just lets all arise spontaneously. Thats it!
