Kristoffer
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Can someone be so kind to explain me the basics of the taoistic belief system?
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Explaining the basic of taoism
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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
and maybe this will help too Taoism 101
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.
That being said, the tao of pooh is a really fun easy read that I recommend to anyone.
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.
Balance, levels in ones being is the ying yang.
Society done took care of it.
Think to internal peace.
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.
Balance, levels in ones being is the ying yang.
Society done took care of it.
Think to internal peace.
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?
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?
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
I took the Belief-o-Matic test and Taoism came in second on my list, after UU.
chevron1
Active Member
does uu recognize sin?
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
No, they don't.
chevron1
Active Member
then they can perpetrate evil and no deity will stop them?
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
How does a deity stop anyone anyway?
chevron1
Active Member
that's the secret, isn't it? its not the deity that stops evil, it is the church in mega-ness.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
That doesn't sound very Taoist, does it?
chevron1
Active Member
no, that's why i'm not a universalist.
Baladas
An Págánach
I tend to get the same results. Sometimes in reverse order.
Have you read any Taoist philosophy?
chevron1
Active Member
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
An Págánach
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.
chevron1
Active Member
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."
Baladas
An Págánach
Unitarianism is not the same thing as Unitarian Universalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
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