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Feb. 21st, 2006
I've just about finished a book called:
Tao: The Watercourse way by Alan Watts
I rather like it. It meshes well with how I see things.
I remember coming to the realisation some years back, that light and darkness were parts of the same thing - not something to split apart, because one cannot exist without the other.
It sounds trivial, I know. I suppose the 'point' is that I made the step between knowing, and understanding what that meant. As much as without night time, the concept of 'day' has no meaning, so it is with everything - passion without serenity, good without evil. These things cannot be, as without the other they have no meaning.
The easiest introduction is that The Tao is would seem to be the basis for 'the Force' in Starwars mythos. It's similar, and yet ... not quite there. The "Jedi" aspect is more a mix of several traditions (At least, according to this article).
Taoism doesn't 'do' the light and dark side thing exactly - there _is_ a balance between serenity and passion (which seems to be the core of light/dark jedi thing) but only in the sense of balance between night and day - essential and inseperable.
It's a hard concept to put into words, so I'll leave it there. I think I need to think some more.
Tao: The Watercourse way by Alan Watts
I rather like it. It meshes well with how I see things.
I remember coming to the realisation some years back, that light and darkness were parts of the same thing - not something to split apart, because one cannot exist without the other.
It sounds trivial, I know. I suppose the 'point' is that I made the step between knowing, and understanding what that meant. As much as without night time, the concept of 'day' has no meaning, so it is with everything - passion without serenity, good without evil. These things cannot be, as without the other they have no meaning.
The easiest introduction is that The Tao is would seem to be the basis for 'the Force' in Starwars mythos. It's similar, and yet ... not quite there. The "Jedi" aspect is more a mix of several traditions (At least, according to this article).
Taoism doesn't 'do' the light and dark side thing exactly - there _is_ a balance between serenity and passion (which seems to be the core of light/dark jedi thing) but only in the sense of balance between night and day - essential and inseperable.
It's a hard concept to put into words, so I'll leave it there. I think I need to think some more.