Tao: The Natural World

[@tedburycombo2178]

I just found this channel 👍...love it... I love this philosophy, thank you... Being a Australian Originee 🪃 [-o-] from Gamilaroi/Euahlayi tribe's We have ceremonial observances, I can relate to this...very much... I read much Taoists philosophical text... I think I'm a Taoist naturally... Lao Tzu my favourite philosopher... ❣️🙏❣️

[@audiobuddho]

Awesome! Thank you! 😊🙏

[@Inwoodarts]

Thank you 😌

[@dayveda3736]

Proper.

[@AlanPhan128]

TLDR: Maintaining harmony with the natural world through performing seasonal rites and ceremonies is crucial for preventing disasters and ensuring well-being. 1. 00:00 🌿 The natural world is formed by the interaction of yin and yang, giving birth to the universe and affecting all living things, while being influenced by human actions. 1.1 The natural world began as formless and undifferentiated, giving birth to the universe through the separation of sky and earth, with the interaction of yin and yang generating the four seasons and giving life to all things. 1.2 The natural world operates on the principles of yin and yang, with creatures and natural phenomena responding to the dominance of either force. 1.3 The natural world is affected by the actions of humanity, with events such as eclipses, shooting stars, and natural disasters being linked to human behavior. 2. 03:39 🌍 The celestial realm is divided into nine domains, each associated with a specific season, color, and animal, and is ruled by the sun, moon, and stars, while longitude and latitude measure the natural world and the eight winds mark seasonal changes and corresponding activities in ancient times. 2.1 The celestial realm is divided into nine domains, each associated with a specific season, color, and animal, and is ruled by the sun, moon, and stars. 2.2 Longitude and latitude measure the natural world, with mountains representing benevolence and virtue, water representing intelligence and judgment, and high ground associated with activity and low ground with rest. 2.3 The eight winds mark seasonal changes and corresponding activities in ancient times. 3. 07:17 🌿 The natural world operates on a cycle of five elements and their interactions, influencing growth and balance, and it is important for humanity to be in harmony with these natural rhythms to prevent disasters and ensure well-being. 3.1 The natural world operates on a cycle of five elements and their interactions, influencing the growth and death of plants and the balance of strength and weakness between the elements. 3.2 The natural world operates on the principles of the five elements and the cycle of seasons, and it is important for humanity to be in harmony with these natural rhythms to avoid disrupting the balance of nature and causing disasters. 3.3 Performing the appropriate ceremonies for each season is crucial to prevent disasters and ensure the well-being of the people and crops. 4. 10:51 🌿 Performing seasonal rights and ensuring merchant scales comply with government standards are crucial for maintaining balance in nature and preventing natural disasters and social disorder in Tao. 4.1 Inspecting prisons, giving gifts to the needy, and ensuring merchant scales comply with government standards are all part of the natural world in Tao. 4.2 Performing the seasonal rights is crucial for maintaining balance in nature and preventing natural disasters and social disorder. 4.3 Boats, farming, and ceremonial rituals are all important in ensuring a good harvest and the well-being of the state. 5. 13:54 🌿 Performing seasonal rites and ceremonies is crucial for preventing disasters and ensuring the well-being of the natural world. 5.1 Performing the rites of summer and autumn will bring about epidemics, inadequate rain, and floods, war, and destruction. 5.2 Government officials are promoted, citizens of virtue and filial piety are recruited, no demolition or new construction is allowed, natural resources are estimated, farmers watch for crop destroyers, and there are ceremonies of thanksgiving and prisoner release during the wheat harvest. 5.3 Performing the seasonal rights and ceremonies is crucial for ensuring the well-being of the natural world and preventing disasters such as floods, famine, and crop failure. 6. 16:30 🌿 Pregnant animals separated, citizens move to mountains in summer; purification, ceremonies, and seasonal rights crucial for maintaining balance in the natural world. 6.1 During the summer, pregnant animals are separated for safety, livestock is rounded up, and citizens are encouraged to move to the mountains to escape the heat. 6.2 During the sixth month, people purify themselves, government officials observe yin and yang changes, and ceremonies honor earth guardians and the four directions. 6.3 Memorial services are held for the dead, the sick are comforted, and the elderly are given rice, while the trees are at their peak growth and only dead trees and fallen branches are allowed to be gathered for firewood. 6.4 Performing the rights of spring, autumn, and winter at the wrong time will lead to negative consequences such as withered crops, floods, and cold winds. 6.5 The performance of seasonal ceremonies and military rewards, training, and patrols, as well as the review of laws and maintenance of infrastructure, are crucial for maintaining balance in the natural world and preventing negative consequences. 7. 21:40 🌱 Performing seasonal rites at the right time is crucial for maintaining harmony in the natural world and society, with negative consequences for performing them at the wrong time. 7.1 Offenders are sentenced, prison security is increased, the elderly are provided with clothing and food, military installations are repaired, and farmers are encouraged to plant wheat before winter. 7.2 Performing the seasonal rites at the wrong time will lead to negative consequences such as drought, lack of harvest, and fear and distrust among the people. 7.3 In the ninth month, preparations for winter are made, including collecting provisions, halting public works, announcing taxes, drilling soldiers, and conducting military exercises. 7.4 Performing the seasonal rites and ceremonies is essential for maintaining harmony and balance in the natural world and society. 8. 25:55 🌿 Funeral rights, inspections of work, feasts and offerings to earth mother and celestial lords, military testing, seasonal rites, rest and purification, preparations for farming and fishing. 8.1 Funeral rights are reviewed, and the work of engravers and casket makers is inspected, with punishments for below standard work, and feasts and offerings made to the earth mother, ancestors, and celestial lords in thanks for a prosperous year, with rewards for farmers. 8.2 Military commanders are tested and taxes are collected from those who harvest fish and kelp, with specific rites performed in each season to prevent natural disturbances, and instructions for the eleventh month to ensure rest and prevent epidemics. 8.3 In this month, wine is brewed, containers cleaned, ingredients measured, offerings made, and hunting and gathering permitted, with punishments for disputes and encouragement for rulers to perform purification rites and abstain from meat. 8.4 Rest and minimize desires in the quiet, refrain from activities, perform seasonal rites to avoid natural disasters and war. 8.5 The 12th month marks the end of winter, with signs of life stirring, preparations for farming and fishing, and the need to perform specific rituals to avoid negative consequences.

[@FearFx21]

I enjoyed this as a literary work of art however I personally feel this “can be” conflicting with the original daodejing text for it says if we try to conceptualize it, it is no longer the dao. Yet it’s concludes in yet another wonderful paradox for I’m conceptualizing the conceptualization itself therefore -all is dao and my path may not be the same for the next so where I may be hearing one thing “the dao” someone else may be hearing something else “also the dao “. 😅❤ None the less I still feel for anyone just learning of this philosophy and way of life, try not to take this as a guide but instead see it for it’s metaphors and similes that are speaking to your soul

[@thetaeater]

No mention of what happens when a groundhog sees its shadow

[@BornvsMe]

But why the earth is square?

[@josephvalle6291]

If I understood the way of the Buddha I would move on to another study. I would have no interest in the way of the Buddha. I’m a life long student of Asian studies. My death in this life means that I’m a master of life.

[@interdimensionalsailboat]

Bro I can barely follow this element interaction and whatever stuff. Holy crap what is this about? Pokemon effectiveness typing? 😂