The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.
We really have no choice in the matter. We are given a description of the world that is much more potent and much deeper than you might realize.
Male and female are the first things we learn because they represent the polarity of existence.
The strongest factor in conditioning is sex, in the sense that the first thing that a person is really taught is whether they are male or female.
Gradually, you were given a description of the world, a way of seeing, which is largely sexual.
Our seeing is sexual initially.
The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.
There are two choices available in duality - one side or the other side. Everyting is formed from that.
In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.
There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following - the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego.
Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it was in some way antithetical to contempory life.
Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source, beyond understanding, and all of us are a reflection, if not that source of life ourselves.
Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings.
Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless we bring order into ourselves.
Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.
Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.
When it reaches a blockage, water find the easiest path around the blockage, or it continues to assemble, and flows over the blockage.
Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life.
Water is the symbol of pure consciousness.
The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.
The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the fool, the way of someone who doesn't need to be noticed.
Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter how hard you meditate, you will not be happy and you won't be liberated.
Alow immortality to work through you. Be but a mere instrument. And that instrument should be so absorbed in the perfect perfection of existence, that it knows not even that it is absorbed.
What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of yin and yang is within you.
What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with a very solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence
