Taoist Questions

A student asked a series of questions the other day. Lets focus on a series of three of those questions today.

Lets start with this question:

Have you been through struggles in understanding Taoism yourself? Do you ever wonder if you could be wrong?

Taoism is a journey, understanding is just a side trip. Within Taoist practice, some days you get it, other days not... You never worry about grasping upon the ideals, rather, you surf along Taoist ideals and practices. In this journey, the central core would be acceptance and not understanding...

In approaching life from acceptance it becomes possible to derive understanding of the various moments you experience. Understanding to me is a rainbow of possibilities and angles. Not solid state single answers, but a range of quantum states of being, of possibilities.

The problem comes when trying to define it for others: since at that point you cannot truly define it for another (IN effect you end up embracing the other person's struggle towards acceptance.)

Wrong?

Wrong is a strange concept... from a Taoist point of view: how can you be wrong when being yourself...

Being wrong implies you are at odds or conflict with another... Then that's another matter entirely. So I am never wrong within my embracing of life, of my acceptance of Taoism. I make mistakes... but that's relative and not really a measuring stick for myself, but towards others.

This lead to the next question:

Taoism seems to be something people have a hard time accepting, how do you convince someone that you are infact normal and your belief is valid?

The only reason people have a hard time accepting Taoism is becuase they cannot accept themselves...

It isn't a Taoist issue, it's a personal issue. I don't waste time convincing anyone of anything. that's a mistake of ego and belief through consumption. You can never find acceptance from that angle, so I never even bother.

A Taoist answers this question by throwing it away... many questions are not even questions, and the "pseudo" question tricks us into thinking it is a question that deserves a proper answer.

Refer to Inner truth about the nature of questions.


The final question was:

In your experience of Taoism do you find yourself more passive or active in defending your belief?

This is a Western view point problem.... Not a issue or question from Taoism.

I am what I am, I could care less how others interact with me on that issue. Defending myself implies I need to be able to define myself from another person's view point...

Really think about that for a moment, defending my ideals relative to another is a pure waste of time isn't it? How can I find surety of self from another that would be true to my own inner truth? This is a mistake most people make in life. This is why many people are unhappy or not content with their life.

I will flip this around: consider how: asking or answering this question from a personal view point in fact traps you not to be yourself?


Peace