Tao - The Life Force/Source
Posted on Dec 24th, 2006
by 
Alex Chua
Alex Chua
21. Tertonpa Peter Parker 2005 (76 x 61cm 105001)
http://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/karma1.htm
"Deep Ecology is rooted in a perception of reality that goes beyond the scientific framework to an intuitive awareness of the oneness of all life, the interdependence of its multiple manifestations and its cycles of change and transformation. When the concept of the human spirit is understood in this sense, its mode of consciousness in which the individual feels connected to the cosmos as a whole, it becomes clear that ecological awareness is truly spiritual. Indeed the idea of the individual being linked to the cosmos is expressed in the Latin root of the word religion, religare (to bind strongly), as well as the Sanskrit yoga, which means union." ~ Fritjof Capra
"When there is separation, there is coming together.
When there is coming together, there is dissolution.
All things may become one, whatever their state of being.
Only he who has transcended see this oneness."
~ Zhuang Zi
"The most important characteristic of the Eastern world view - one could almost say the essence of it- is the awareness of the unity and mutual interrelation of all things and events, the experience of all phenomena in the world as manifestations of a basic oneness. All things are seen as interdependent and inseparable parts of this cosmic whole; as different manifestations of the same ultimate reality." ~ Fritjof Capra
"When the mind is at peace,
the world too is at peace.
Nothing real, nothing absent.
Not holding on to reality,
not getting stuck in the void,
you are neither holy or wise, just
an ordinary fellow who has completed his work."
~ Layman Pang-yun
"The central aim of Eastern mysticism is to experience all the phenomena in the world as manifestations of the same ultimate reality. This reality is seen as the essence of the universe, underlying and unifying the multitude of things and events we observe. The Hindus call it Brahman, The Buddhists Dharmakaya (The Body of Being) or Tathata (Suchness) and the Taoists Tao; each affirming that it transcends our intellectual concepts and defies further explanation. This ultimate essence, however, cannot be separated from its multiple manifestations. It is central to the very nature to manifest itself in myriad forms which come into being and disintegrate, transforming themselves into one another without end." ~ Fritjof Capra
"Zen in its essense is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom." ~ D. T. Suzuki
Beyond Possibilities @ The Four Seasons of Spirit - From Space to Source
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