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Wu-Wei. Taoist Faith.

Posted by Butcho on 4/9/2009, 11:14 pm, in reply to "Re: It takes faith to let go"
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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : : Friends, : : By "Faith" I do not mean anyone : has to have the same faith in my God or gods : as I do. By Faith I mean that no matter our : personal philosophy we rely on something we : have "named" to get us through our : day. Especially the difficult ones. : : For ren ying it is faith in the : "swing". For some it is simply : faith in existence. For some it is the : eternal Tao. Others Allah. Others the Great : Spirit in the Sky. Others claim no faith in : anything at all. Some have faith in no : faith. : : We all trust in something. I trust in : existence. And for me there is something : behind or beyond the One and the Many. : Beyond temporal existence. Something : eternal. Something Moses called "I AM : THAT I AM". : : Letting go of our conditioning is what it is : all about for me. Being born again. Waking : up. Returning to our original self, our : original nature. : : And for me I find this best done when I let : go of words. : : Butcho : : Letting go of conditioning is what it's all : about for me too. Your "We all trust in : something" gave me pause, wondering : what it is I trust in. On reflection, : strangely it's cause and effect, process, : AKA Tao, the Way. : : Yes Josef, letting go of conditioning, i : like that! : : in peace, : gar : Friends, Is not faith another word for wu-wei? Is not wu-wei action that is in accord with the way of the Tao. Wu-wei equals faith-action. Unconditioned action. Action free of one's conditioning. Natural action is more the product of feel than it is of thinking. Butcho

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