Duality/ Polarity

Lykeios wrote: That verse from Tao teh Ching that Jestor posted has always baffled me, why couldn't he leave it at "the one creates all things" instead of going to three? Obviously its implied, but still, K.I.S.S.

Because, like like life...

It's told as poetry, or as a song...

That verse from Tao teh Ching that Jestor posted has always baffled me, why couldn't he leave it at "the one creates all things" instead of going to three?

Simple. First there was Oneness. No duality. The Force United. One gave birth to two, meaning Yin and Yang were created so that we could experience opposites and exist in a subjective universe. Two gave birth to three, creating the Trinity: Mind, Body, Spirit... God the Father, the son, and Holy Spirit... Past, Present, and Future... Here, There, and In Between...

Once that was established, the universe was set to give birth to ALL THINGS. This is why there needed to be the one, to split into two, which created the three. Skip any of those steps, and the universe would not exist.

Lykeios wrote:

(there was a time I called it Eru and anyone that picks up on that reference has my undying respect)

Eru Iluvatar. One of my favorite reads.

Nephilim wrote: Lykeios wrote:

(there was a time I called it Eru and anyone that picks up on that reference has my undying respect)

Eru Iluvatar. One of my favorite reads.

Rickie The Grey wrote: Tolkien been around for a very long time.

Woohoo! Not one but TWO! AWESOME! I knew people know Tolkien but that's one of his less-read books! Silmarilion is my favorite of his works because it covers the history and mythology of Middle Earth and those are my favorite topics.