'The Thoughts of Tao Te Ching\r'

'The thoughts of Tao Te Ching (Philosophy) The first thing that enamored me about Tao Te Ching is Albert hotshot. I am a big fan of hotshot, mystify by years of studying his scientific theories and thereafter forever being scargon by his genius. As for Taoism, being of Chinese descent, growing up in the east world, I have constant characterization to the Taoist practices, culture, traditions, images and symbols. However, the irony is that I had never ventured further than vertical being a mere observer, a classic theme of non give earing the forest for the trees.When I began to read Tao Te Ching, I am intrigued by the concept of Tao and its similarities to scientific theories, Einstein’s theories and thoughts, in particular. In Chapter 1 of the Tao Te Ching, it tells me that the real Tao is not an entity and posteriornot be described in words or named. All that could be named are just whoremasters or mere manifestations as give tongue to in chapter 1, â€Å"Nam ing is the origin of solely particular things” and an separate line, â€Å"Caught in desire, you can knock against notwithstanding the manifestations”.The â€Å"mystery” which is the â€Å"unnamable Tao” is naive realism as stated in this sentence, â€Å"The unnamable is the perpetually real”. Then, it goes on to say that, â€Å" that mystery and manifestations arise from the homogeneous ejaculate”. I would interpret this as honesty and illusion are both the same. Here, I draw similarity to Einstein’s quote â€Å"Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent 1”. Chapter 2 reads to me as Einstein’s supposition of Relativity. It says that what is defined as sightly is possible only when compared to what is ugly.Likewise, what is ugly is only definable compared to what is beautiful. It gives other examples of paradoxical unity. oft what we see is congress to another(prenominal) that opposes: fair and bad; being and non-being; difficult and prospering; foresightful and short; towering and humiliated; before and after. To me, it means that what we can see as real is defined by comparing to something that is opposite, without which, neither exists. unmatchable entity is congener to another. This is exactly what Einstein says in his Theory of Relativity. He says to imagine a passenger sitting in a high speed discipline hich is really departure smooth, and looking out through the windows. The trees exit appear to be moving, rushing by and the passenger does not feel that the train is moving. To an observer standing on the platform, the same train appears as speeding by, not the trees. Who is correct? Einstein says both are true. He goes on to explain that if a high speed train is traveling very smoothly and the windows are whole closed, the passengers inside could not tell whether they are moving. This is the part of the Einstein’s speculation that is the basis of his famous formula of E=MC? which I hap twin to that of another line of this chapter which reads, â€Å"Therefore the keep in line acts without doing anything and t each(prenominal)es without saying anything. ” My interpretation of this is â€Å"Tao” advocates concentrating on ‘contradictions’ or â€Å"relativity” as the basis of reality and it is also the Master’s testimony as the principle that governs the world. In other words, everything is interconnected and does not exist without each other, as there is no downhearted without white; no short without long; and no being without non-being.Everything exists as relative to another just as Einstein said so. This interconnectedness and mutual foundation appears to me as a key theme of Tao. I understand Tao to be not an entity or something tangible that we can take hold on. We can only know of its manifestations in Nature, in relation to one another †relativity. Through Tao, one c an see that everything on earth and in the existence is intertwined in a harmonious balance. One cannot survive without the other, just like a perfect ecosystem.It follows that a person who has comprehension or has Tao will not endure or try to control nature. He is at â€Å"One” with nature. I find this concept of â€Å"At One” and connectivity explicit in many chapters such as: Chapter 23 †be like the forces of nature, uncivil yourself to Tao, you are at one with the Tao; Chapter 42 †but the Master makes use of it,…he is one with the whole public and; Chapter 51 †Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao.Last but not least, I find the best expression of my understanding of Tao in Chapter 39: â€Å"In accord with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, centre with the way they are, perpetually repeating themselves, endlessly renewed. When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the symmetry crumbles, and creatures become extinct. ”\r\n'