Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.
When there is time, there has to be suffering. Because in time there’s desire and attachment and transition. This is the world of experience.
There are two choices available in duality – one side or the other side. Everyting is formed from that.
The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.
Our seeing is sexual initially.
Gradually, you were given a description of the world, a way of seeing, which is largely sexual.
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.
The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.
There’s a sense of productivity which cripples us terribly. We either have to be doing something worthwile or not. We are back to our little binary male-female code.
It’s either good, bad or somewhere in between. It’s either ying, yang or it’s a combination. You’re either male, female or somewhere in between. You’ve got to be somewhere on the map.
In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that’s linear. But in the east we tend to think of yin and yang as circles. They’re two circles that actually can lie on top of each other, yet they remain separate.
The pageant of life is divided into ying and yang. They’re two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop enough speed to move beyond this world to other worlds, dimensional realities.
The I Cing is a study in duality and what lies beyond duality.
The dreams of existence of that we call time, space, matter, subject, object, yin, yang – everything flows forth from this tai chi.
Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise, whatever happens.
Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching.
Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful or to be weak, thinking that they live their lives and die their deaths.
Chaos is not disorder. Chaos is the totality of existence. You could call it God. You could use the term, the Tao. I like chaos. It means more to us in English. Chaos is all things, wild and wonderful, connected perfectly by the life force.
You are not anyone or anything in particular. You are awareness itself. You don’t have a particular form. You contain everything or you are contained by all things.
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.