"TAO remains ever nameless. However insignificant may be the simplicity the Empire does not presume to claim their services. If Princes and Monarchs could but preserve this simplicity, every creature in the world would submit itself to them; Heaven and Earth would be in mutual accord, and shower down sweet dew; the people would need no laws, but live in harmony of themselves. It was in the beginning that a name was fabricated. This name once existing, Heaven, also, may be known; and such knowledge ensures the indestructibility. The presence of TAO in the world may be compared to streams, and mountain-gorges, in their union with rivers and seas." - Tao Te Ching - verse 32 - LAO TZU
Tao means "the Way". Christians say God. Jews say Yahweh. Muslims have many names for Allah; the Creator, the Merciful, the Almighty, etc. Hinduism teaches of Dharma, or eternal law, and Karma, the scales of justice. Buddhism also follows Dharma and adds in Buddha as the model and Sangha, or community. Indigenous peoples follow religions of sorts as well. They follow natural law and understand balance. Therefore, they live their lives according to the sun, moon, tides, seasons, etc.
All religions of the world operate within the boundary of laws whether they be divinely inspired or naturally occurring. With these laws comes warnings, too, of what will happen if the laws are disobeyed or ignored. Disease, famine, plague, Hellfire, drought, pestilence, lesser incarnation, miserable existence and suffering are just a few of the punishments described by world religions. When we break the law we are punished. I do not speak of man's laws. I speak of the Eternal Law, the Truth, Tao, God, Allah. We, in our self-proclaimed wisdom, have become blinded and ignorant to what Is. We battle each other with great wars because of our greed. We kill each other in the name of our God. We poison the ground in which our food grows. We poison our bodies and then blame someone else for our condition. We close our doors to our neighbors because we are too afraid to help. We allow a few to tell the rest what to think and how to act because of our inability to stand up and do for ourselves. We sit idol, expecting others to do for us. And after we have layed our loved ones to rest, prayed for health and wealth, and locked our treasures away, we curse God for having forsaken us.
Allah has given all to us with His Creation. Jehovah set forth the Law and asked that we obey it. Natural Law shows us every day how to live and be with each other. Why can we not live in harmony with each other as do the wind and the trees? Why can we not help each other as does the rain to a parched earth? Why have we given up on ourselves and allowed our fire to be diminished? Why do we constantly turn from the Tao and then turn around and blame It?
What will it take to open the hearts and minds of all, to see that we are one?
Tao means "the Way". Christians say God. Jews say Yahweh. Muslims have many names for Allah; the Creator, the Merciful, the Almighty, etc. Hinduism teaches of Dharma, or eternal law, and Karma, the scales of justice. Buddhism also follows Dharma and adds in Buddha as the model and Sangha, or community. Indigenous peoples follow religions of sorts as well. They follow natural law and understand balance. Therefore, they live their lives according to the sun, moon, tides, seasons, etc.
All religions of the world operate within the boundary of laws whether they be divinely inspired or naturally occurring. With these laws comes warnings, too, of what will happen if the laws are disobeyed or ignored. Disease, famine, plague, Hellfire, drought, pestilence, lesser incarnation, miserable existence and suffering are just a few of the punishments described by world religions. When we break the law we are punished. I do not speak of man's laws. I speak of the Eternal Law, the Truth, Tao, God, Allah. We, in our self-proclaimed wisdom, have become blinded and ignorant to what Is. We battle each other with great wars because of our greed. We kill each other in the name of our God. We poison the ground in which our food grows. We poison our bodies and then blame someone else for our condition. We close our doors to our neighbors because we are too afraid to help. We allow a few to tell the rest what to think and how to act because of our inability to stand up and do for ourselves. We sit idol, expecting others to do for us. And after we have layed our loved ones to rest, prayed for health and wealth, and locked our treasures away, we curse God for having forsaken us.
Allah has given all to us with His Creation. Jehovah set forth the Law and asked that we obey it. Natural Law shows us every day how to live and be with each other. Why can we not live in harmony with each other as do the wind and the trees? Why can we not help each other as does the rain to a parched earth? Why have we given up on ourselves and allowed our fire to be diminished? Why do we constantly turn from the Tao and then turn around and blame It?
What will it take to open the hearts and minds of all, to see that we are one?
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