Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-8 Inexhaustible Tao

Today's Tao

Even if you use Tao, you can't exhaust it. (Ch.35)


Probably, this is one of the most encouraging sentences in Tao Te Ching.

Once you accept that so-called "Self" is just a concept,

Once you become free from cause and effect,

You are eternal.

Tao is unlimited.

So are you.

Tao is the inexhaustible fountain of energy.

All you have to do is to keep emitting and receiving the energy.

The rest?

It is not worth worrying about.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-7 Inaudible Tao

Today's Tao

Even if you try to hear Tao, you can't hear it. (Ch.35)


You cannot hear Tao. It is not sound waves.

Some might want to think that Tao is a sort of field where the interactions of waves take place.

The idea is seductive, but I find it a trap.

If you mix Tao with the idea of an objective space, surely you will get confused sooner or later.

The famous three monkeys at Toshogu temple in Nikko, Japan, know a little better.

"See nothing. Say nothing. Hear nothing."

It is not only about something evil.

In Japanese, we say that the monkeys of wisdom see, say, or hear nothing at all.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-6 Invisible Tao

Today's Tao

Even if you try to see Tao, you can't see it. (Ch.35)


You cannot see Tao.

All what you see is the manifestation of Tao.


Master Dogen says:

"If one emits Truth and goes back to the source, the false emptiness of ten directions will emit Truth and go back to the source."

一人発真帰源、十方虚空、発真帰源

(Tenborin 転法輪, «Shobogenzo»)


It means:

"When one emits Love the fundamental energy (=Tao) and goes back to Tao, his hologram will emit Love and go back to Tao, too".

Every hologram can be Tao the nothingness.


Love = Tao = Buddha


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-5 Tasteless

Today's Tao

Expressed "Tao" is plain and has no taste. (Ch.35)


We try hard to explain Tao, but words are not good enough.

I just wonder why.

Probably Tao and its function are too simple.

And people might say:

"C'mon! It cannot be that simple."

They may prefer some complicated jargons to the simple way to express Tao.

They find it tasteless.

Nevertheless, it has the taste called «no taste».

It is not exactly the same as «tasteless».


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-4 Music & Food

Today's Tao

Music and food make the passing traveller stop. (Ch.35)


We are all passing travelers in this world of holograms.

When we hear beautiful music, we stop.

When we smell the good odor of some food, we stop.

Like other holograms, music and food exist to stimulate us to emit more fundamental energy Tao.

Our destination is not the end of the life.

It is each act of accepting something and loving someone.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-3 Big's omnipresence

Today's Tao

It's peaceful, calm, and Big. (Ch.35)


A: "Master Bonbon, what does Tao look like?"

B: "Peace, brother."

A: "Eh, peace, Master Bonbon"

B: "Be calm, and you will see it."

A: "Be calm. I've gotta be calm. Then, I can see Tao. I will see it…. I can't see it. Oh, my god! I cannot see it!"


Not too bad. Not too bad, Master Bonbon, although we will never see Tao.

Or, I should say we are able to see Tao everywhere.

It is omnipresent.

Tao's sole objective is the creation and recreation of itself.

The rest is not important at all.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-2 No harm

Today's Tao

It goes by without harm. (Ch.35)


What's the difference between good and harm?

None.

Judgement exists only in your mind.

Whether you think it is harmful or not, Tao keeps on functioning.

It keeps on recreating itself.

The world of holograms goes around.

It is like toppings on the ice cream.

Whether you like the toppings or not, they don't stop your ice cream from melting.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 35-1 Big's image

Today's Tao

Grasp Big's image, and the world under the sky will go. (Ch.35)


"Big" means Tao.

Lao Tzu is asking you to picture the image of Tao.

It is a nasty task because it is not possible.

The least harmful answer might be what you see in front of you, the world.

Let's call your hologram Tao.

What!

Hologram = Tao?

Yes. Hologram = Tao.

It is a sheer contradiction, but, when you really accept it, your spiritual quest will end and the world of the holograms will go around.


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