Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Grasping Yin Yang..

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.

Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.

Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The myriad of things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefor it lasts forever.

- Tao Te Ching [2]

"Yin yang is the Way of Heaven and Earth, the fundamental principle of the myriad things, the father and mother of change and transformation, the root of inception and destruction."
- Su-wen

Getting close to God can make you Happy

I found it interesting that when we do something, we must connect to it fully to enjoy it.

Connect to your Work, to your Home, to your Friends,
Connect to your Driving, when taking a shower, and to trillions of trivial things we do daily.

When we connect to something, we are creating a bonding between 2 things. We are becoming that thing, and that thing is becoming us.

Can we connect to something which doesn't exist? Like some concept? That's how our beliefs are instantiated -- we are strongly connected to certain concepts.
And we proudly call them as our beleifs.

So how can we get close or connect to the soul of universe?