[ Post a Response | Tao Speaks ]
Posted by Wayne L on 8/5/2008, 7:49 am, in reply to "Re: pan gu - the origin is one"
130.94.133.X
--Previous Message--
: I have a problem with anyone interpreting
: Heaven being Yang and Earth being Yin.
:
: Only a Male dominated Society would make
: such a claim.
:
: -------------------------
:
: i think...
: this claim is a misunderstanding
:
: it is far away from Laozi's view -
:
: is it because viewing it statically?
:
: in ddj 42 you find the sentence:
: chong qi yi wei he
:
: qi being in flow then there will be a
: dynamical peace
:
: heaven and earth being separated but not
: isolated - they remain in interaction - and
: humans remain part of the whole
: neither yang is dominating ...nor yin is
: dominating
: water rises to heaven - and returns to
: earth...
:
: -----------------------
:
: The mystical idea of Earth as 'feminine' and
: Heaven as 'masculine' has many roots.
:
: As I understand it, in Jewish mysticism
: there is the notion of the People of God
: (the Shekhinah, the Sabbath Bride, the
: female principle) rising up in reverence and
: obedience to God (the male principle) and
: rejoicing in a kind of metaphorical sexual
: intercourse. To this day, many Orthodox
: Jews consider the Sabbath to be a
: particularly propitious time for husband and
: wife to...um...get it on.
:
: (Well, that's what my granddaddy taught me.
: Additions/subtractions/corrections are
: welcome.)
:
:
| 41 |
|
Message Thread:
|
"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Webmaster: zentao00@yahoo.com Donations help to support, upgrade and expand the Tao Speaks! community..
