Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Chen Jen on Laozi - Chapter 2

Is there ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ on the moon? Or in the unfathomable reaches of empty space?

It is you who introduces opposition into the world.

But if you are to blame, so am I for calling you ‘you’. Without ‘I’ there is no ‘you’, Without ‘you’ there is no ‘I’. Yet we know and love each other because there is other. And without ‘you’ and ‘I’ there is no ‘moon, no ‘space’, no ‘world’.

Tao manifests. Manifestations are Tao. One generates Not-one. Not-one generates One. This is the human experience. This is Tao.

Wholeness is to dwell in both One and Not-one. The Whole Person lets One generate his Not-one and his Not-one generate One. This is to dwell in spontaneity. This is harmony. This is Walking Two Roads.

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