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Wer dem Tao folgt, weiß, wie er sich von Begierde zu befreien, persönliche Mängel zu akzeptieren und geduldig daran zu arbeiten hat, um den Hunger des Geistes nach äußerer Befriedigung zu beseitigen.
Deng-Ming Dao (*1954) chinesisch-US-amerikanischer taoistischer Philosoph, Lehrer, Künstler, Kampfkünstler, Autor, Tao im täglichen Leben, Goldmann Verlag, München, 1998

Je weniger man über das I-Ging nachdenkt, desto ruhiger kann man schlafen.
Die Wissenschaft des I-Ging beruht nämlich nicht auf dem Kausalprinzip, sondern auf einem bisher nicht benannten – weil bei uns nicht vorkommenden – Prinzip, das ich versuchsweise als synchronistisches Prinzip bezeichnet habe.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Schweizer Psychiater, Psychoanalytiker, Gründer einer neuen Denkschule der analytischen Tiefenpsy-
chologie, Autor, Rede zum Gedenken an Richard Wilhelm, München, 10. Mai 1930, zitiert in: Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) franzö-
sischer Komponist, humanistischer Astrologe, Pionier der transpersonalen Astrologie, Autor, Die Astrologie der Persönlichkeit: Ein neues Verständnis astrologischer Konzepte in Bezug auf zeitgenössische Psychologie und Philosophie, S. 81, Chiron Verlag, Taschenbuch, 1. September 2001

Jedes System, sei es der genetische Code oder das I Ging, widerspiegelt auf mikrokosmischer Ebene das umfassen-
dere Prinzip der Co-Chaos-Theorie. Glücklicherweise liefern diese beiden Modelle, das alte und das moderne, einen
Beobachtungszugang zu einem mathematischen Paradigma, das womöglich der Struktur des Universums selbst inne-
wohnt. Zahlen erzeugen die Muster des Universums. Analoge (nichtlineare) Zahlen bilden das Geflecht der qualitativen
Resonanz innerhalb der zeitlichen und räumlichen Anordnung und Ausdehnung von Materie und Energie, während li-
neare Zahlen die für sich allein stehenden Summen bilden, welche die Einheiten von Raumverteilung (Distanzen) und
Zeiträumen quantifizieren. Zusammen – als analineare Zahl – verleihen sie den eigenständigen Größen des Univer-
sums eine fließende, verbindende Beschaffenheit. Die Verschmelzung des Analogen mit dem Linearen in der Muster-
bildung des Co-Chaos liefert in der Tat eine universelle Berechnungsmethode. Gelöschter Konferenzvortrag von Dr. Katya Walter, US-amerikanische Physikerin, I Ging Gelehrte, Jungsche Gelehrte, multidisziplinäre Wissenschaftlerin, Autorin, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation [Ein neues (und sehr altes) Modell für nichtlineare Berechnungen], veranstaltet von der "Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction", Tokio, Japan, Juli 1995

Ein taoistischer Wissenschaftler tut das, was sein westlicher Kollege vorhat zu tun. Er beobachtet und lenkt die inneren und äußeren Kräfte, die sich auf das Glück und das Wohlergehen der Menschen auswirken. Der Unterschied besteht darin, dass ersterer Achtung hat vor der gesamten Schöpfung und die Notwendigkeit einer maßvollen Vorgehensweise erkennt, während letzterer in seiner Überheblichkeit glaubt, grobes Ungleichgewicht lasse sich durch rohe Gewalt aus-
gleichen. Michael Page, Tao der Kraft. Östliche Weisheit für das westliche Leben, S. 128, Heyne Verlag, München, 1998

Zitate aus dem Tao te King

Der SINN [Tao] ist immer strömend.
Aber er läuft in seinem Wirken doch nie über.
Ein Abgrund ist er, wie der Ahn aller Dinge.
Er mildert ihre Schärfe.
Er löst ihre Wirrsale.
Er mäßigt ihren Glanz.
Er vereinigt sich mit ihrem Staub.
Tief ist er und doch wie wirklich.
Ich weiß nicht, wessen Sohn er ist.
Er scheint früher zu sein als Gott.
Laotse, Richard Wilhelm, Übersetzer, Tao te King, Abschnitt 4, 800-200 v. Chr.

Dreißig Speichen umgeben eine Nabe:
in ihrem Nichts besteht des Wagens Werk.
Man höhlet Ton und bildet ihn zu Töpfen:
in ihrem Nichts besteht der Töpfe Werk.
Man gräbt Türen und Fenster,
damit die Kammer werde:
in ihrem Nichts besteht der Kammer Werk.
Darum: Was ist, dient zum Besitz.
Was nicht ist, dient zum Werk.
Tao te King, Abschnitt 11, 800-200 v. Chr.

General quotes

Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended.
Zhuangzi [Chuang Tzu] (~365-290 BC) influential Chinese philosopher during the warring states period, cited in: AZ Quotes

Still-point of Tao

When there is no more separation between "this" and "that," it is called the still-point of Tao. At the still-point in the center of the circle, one sees the infinite in all things.
Zhuangzi [Chuang Tzu] (~365-290 BC) influential Chinese philosopher during the warring states period, cited in: Jane English, Chuang Tsu. Inner chapters, Vintage Books, 1974, Mass Market Paperback, 14. November 2017, cited in: AZ Quotes

Tao

Surrender to God

Instead of resisting life, we go with life and surrender it to God. This is the wisdom of the Tao, which teaches that the willow tree bends with the wind, but the oak tree, which resists it, breaks. ⚡ Dr. David R. Hawkins, Healing and Recovery, S. 309-310, 2009

Note: The "shadowy monsters" are similar to what Carlos Castaneda called "dark flyers."

The shadowy monsters in the body are the dark vapors of untransformed energy […]. The dark vapors are dangerous because they can dissipate life energy and harm the seed of the Buddha. Liu Hua-Yang – Taoist School of Immortals and Buddhas, Cultivating the Energy of Life. A Translation of the Hui-Ming Ching and Its Commentaries, 16th and 17th centuries, Shambhala, 1st edition 17. February 1998

Through the alchemical firing process described in the Hui-Ming Ching and other Taoist texts, one's life energy and original nature can be restored.

If the student proceeds accordingly, ascending from the low to the high and going from the near to the far, he will probably not miss the aim. If, however, he disdains the low and the near and restlessly seeks the high and the far, skips over the steps and crosses the limits, he will be drifting in emptiness and vacuity, without anything to rely on.
Lu Tsu-Ch'ien, cited in: Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, Preface, S. 3, Cambridge University Press, 1976

According to the Hui Ming Ching, the ancient sages knew how to bridge the gap between consciousness and life because they cultivated both. In this way the shelf, the immortal body, is 'melted out', and in this way 'the great Tao is completed'. Commentary by Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, founder of a new school of analytical depth psycho-
logy, author, cited in: Richard Wilhelm, translator, The Secret Of The Golden Flower. A Chinese Book of Life, S. 82, 1999, 2013; cited in: Carl Jung on "Tao" Anthology, presented by Carl Jung Depth Psychology

By wu-wei, the sage seeks to come into harmony with the great Tao, which itself accomplishes by non-action.
Robert E. Van Voorst, Anthology of World Scriptures, Thomson Wadsworth, 2005

The end result was a purgatorial system structured along Confucian bureaucratic lines, with a well-organized program of karmic bookkeeping, trial in courts exactly like those of the magistrates in the Chinese empire, punishment in various hells where the tortures meted out exactly fitted the crimes of the guilty souls. Those rare souls with an excess of good deeds over bad were of course able to pass directly into new births in favorable circumstances without undergoing these torments.
Troy Wilson Organ, Philosophy and the Self. East and West, S. 136, Associated University Press, 1st edition 1. October 1987

Reference: en.Wikiquote entry ► Tao

Literary Tao quotes

As for the Way [Dao]:
It is what the mouth cannot speak of,
the eyes cannot see it,
And the ears cannot hear it.

Harold D. Roth, Ph.D., US American professor of religious studies, director of the contemplative studies initiative, Brown University, Original Tao. Inward Training (nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism, Columbia University Press, 1999, University Press Group, bilingual edition 3. November 2004

Bright! —as if ascending the heavens;
Dark! —as if entering an abyss;
Vast! —as if dwelling in a ocean;
Lofty! —as if dwelling on a mountain peak.

When you enlarge your mind and let go of it,
When you relax your vital breath and expand it,
When your body is calm and unmoving:
And you can maintain the One and discard the myriad disturbances.
You will see profit and not be enticed by it,
You will see harm and not be frightened by it.
Relaxed and unwound, yet acutely sensitive,
In solitude you delight in your own person.
This is called "revolving the vital breath":
Your thoughts and deeds seem heavenly.

Quotes by Katya Walter

Binary chunks ∞ analog flow

The ancient Chinese I Ching [expressing binary numbers counting from 0 through 63] provides an astoundingly complete model […] in a clever shorthand that uses binary/digital sequencing plus analog flow. Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at
the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

Chaos theory developed an odd vocabulary where fractals, the Julia and Mandelbrot sets, the butterfly effect and the strange attractor suddenly opened up a new "nonlinear" reality. This fractal development can be found in the DNA struc-
ture which Watson and Crick discovered in the 1950s. Amazingly, this phenomenal use of number also exists in the
I Ching, developed according to apocryphal Chinese history, in 3322 BCE.
Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model
for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

Water droplet, upward "rebound" jet
surrounded by circular capillary waves

[E]ach system – genetic code or I Ching – gives a micro-
cosmic rendition of a larger principle of cochaos theory. Fortunately, these two models, ancient and modern, pro-
vide a means to observe a mathematical paradigm that is perhaps inherent in the fabric of the universe itself. Numbers create the patterns of the universe. Analogs form the networks of qualitative resonance in the ti-
ming and spacing of matter and energy, while linears develop the discrete sums that quantify units of what-
ever is being spaced or timed. Together – as analinear number – they give a flowing, connective quality to the universe's discrete quantities. To merge the analog with the linear in cochaos patterning provides a truly uni-
versal computation method.
Deleted conference speech by Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, sponsored by the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, Japan, July 1995

Cochaos patterning: Merging the analog with the linear

Chaos patterning can predict an overall pattern, but it cannot specify any exact detail of its next manifestation. A mathematician can determine its general form but not the exact contents. Patterned chaos has its own special signature:
➤ Order in the midst of apparent disorder
➤ Cycling that repeats with continual slight variation
➤ Scaling that fits one level into another like nesting boxes
➤ Universal applicability.

Deleted conference speech by Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar,
A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, sponsored by the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, Japan, July 1995

To balance and harmonize the analog and linear functions of number is the special gift of analinear computation. It
is evident in the ancient I Ching and in modern DNA. By combining unitized counting with flowing proportions, this paradigm creates nonlinear equations, or more appropriately, analinear equations.
Deleted conference speech by Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar,
A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, sponsored by the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, Japan, July 1995

See also: ► Linearity ⇔ Nonlinearity and ► Lao Tzu

Zitate von Laotse – Daodejing – Tao te king

Daodejing – Tao te king

Quotes by Lao Tzu – Tao Te Ching

In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep in the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, verse unknown, 800-200 BC

The Tao pours everything into life. It is a cornucopia that never runs dry.
It is the deep source of everything. It is nothing, and yet in everything.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], verse 4, 800-200 BC

Stay in the center of the circle and let all things take their course.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], chapter 19, 800-200 BC

Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], verse 11, 800-200 BC

Something mysteriously formed
Born before heaven and earth
In the silence and the void,
Standing alone and unchanging
Ever present and in motion.
Perhaps it is the Mother of the ten thousand things.
I do not know its name. Call it Tao.
For lack of a better word, I call it Great.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], Gia-Fu Feng, translator, Jane English, translator, verse 25, 800-200 BC

The man of superior character is not (conscious of his) character. Hence he has character.
The man of inferior character (is intent on) not losing character. Hence he is devoid of character.
The man of superior character never acts, nor ever (does so) with an ulterior motive.
The man of inferior character acts, and (does so) with an ulterior motive.
The man of superior kindness acts, but (does so) without an ulterior motive.
The man of superior justice acts, and (does so) with an ulterior motive.
(But when) the man of superior lie acts and finds no response, he rolls up his sleeves to force it on others.
Therefore:
After Tao is lost, then (arises the doctrine of) humanity.
After humanity is lost, then (arises the doctrine of) justice.
After justice is lost, then (arises the doctrine of) lie.
Now lie is the thinning out of loyalty and honesty of heart and the beginning of chaos.
The [false] prophets are the flowering of Tao and the origin of folly.
Therefore the noble man dwells in the heavy (base), and not in the thinning (end).
He dwells in the fruit, and not in the flowering (expression).
Therefore he rejects the one and accepts the other.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BC) Chinese sage, philosopher, founder of Daoism, Lin Yutang, translator, Tao Te Ching
[The Book of the Way], verse 38, 800-200 BC

The Tao gave birth to One.
The One gave birth to Two.
The Two gave birth to Three.
The Three gave birth to all of creation.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism,
Stephen Mitchell, translator, Tao Te Ching, verse 42, 1988, updated 1995

In the pursuit of knowledge, everyday something is added.
In the practice of Tao, everyday something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things until you finally arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Mastery of the world is achieved by letting things take their natural course.

Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], verse 48, paragraph 1-2, 800-200 BC

Governing a large country is like frying small fish. Too much poking spoils the meat.
When the Tao is used to govern the world then evil will lose its power to harm the people.
Not that evil will no longer exist, but only because it has lost its power.
Just as evil can lose its ability to harm, the Master shuns the use of violence.
If you give evil nothing to oppose, then virtue will return by itself.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism, John McDonald, translator,
Tao Te Ching, verse 60, 800-200 BC, Chartwell Books, 18. June 2009

When a country obtains great power,
it becomes like the sea:
all streams run downward into it.
The more powerful it grows,
the greater the need for humility.
Humility means trusting the Tao,
thus never needing to be defensive.

A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults
as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.

If a nation is centered in the Tao,
if it nourishes its own people
and doesn't meddle in the affairs of others,
it will be a light to all nations in the world.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism,
Stephen Mitchell, translator, Tao Te Ching, verse 61, 1988, updated 1995

If you want to govern the people you must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead the people you must learn how to follow them.

Tao Te Ching, verse 66, paragraph 2

Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Tao Te Ching, verse 67, 800-200 BC

Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard;
the gentle overcomes the rigid.
Everyone knows this is true,
but few can put it into practice.
Therefore the Master remains
serene in the midst of sorrow.
Evil cannot enter his heart.
Because he has given up helping,
he is people's greatest help.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism,
Stephen Mitchell, translator, Tao Te Ching, verse 78, 1988, updated 1995

As honest words may not sound fine,
Fine words may not be honest ones;
A good man does not argue, and
An arguer may not be good!
The knowers are not learned men
And learned men may never know.

The Wise Man does not hoard his things;
Hard-pressed, from serving other men,
He has enough and some to spare;
But having given all he had,
He then is very rich indeed.

God's Way is gain that works no harm;
The Wise Man's way, to do his work
Without contending for a crown.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism,
Stephen Mitchell, translator, Tao Te Ching, verse 81, 1988, updated 20. July 1995

Tao Te Ching – all translations

Englische Texte – English section on Tao

Tao Te Ching

The most influential Chinese book of all times Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way], originated in China about 2,500 years ago. Contemporaries were Buddha (563-483 BC) in India and Pythagoras of Samos (570-495 BE) taught in Greece.
The book Tao Te Ching contains 81 chapters. It is the most translated Chinese document into the English language.
The philosophical school of Chinese Taoism is derived from the Tao Te Ching, which provides the basis for it and is an im-
portant pillar of thought. Taoism teaches an undivided truth at the root of all things.

Word meaning of the Tao Te Ching

Chinese	English
Tao	Way
Te	Strength/Virtue
Ching	Scripture

Yin and Yang – Chart

Buddha concluded, wisdom is the middle way.

Yin and Yang qualities – juxtaposed

༺༻	Yin expression	Yang expression
1.	Earth below	Heaven above
2.	Quiet, female, receiving, intuitive	Strong, male, giving, creative
3.	Source of life, sustaining, sustenance	In motion, triggering change
4.	Night, dark	Day time, light
5.	Rain, water, cold	Sunshine, fire, heat
6.	Winter, autumn	Summer, spring
7.	Odd numbers	Even numbers
8.	Moon	Sun
9.	North, West	South, East
10.	Right, down	Left, up
11.	Intuition	Intellect
12.	Passive, static	Active, dynamic
13.	Contraction, decreasing	Expansion, increasing
14.	Conservative^[*], traditional	Innovative, reformative^[*]
15.	Valley	Mountain
16.	River	Desert
17.	Curve	Straight line
18.	Soft	Hard
19.	Solidifying	Dissolving
20.	Psychological world (Astral)	Physical world (Observable)
21.	Tiger	Dragon
22.	Kidneys, heart, liver, lungs	Bladder, intestines, skin

Eternal cycle: ► When Yin reaches its climax, it recedes in favour of Yang, then after Yang reaches its climax it
recedes in favour of Yin. Yin cannot exist without both Ying and Yang.

Yin and Yang characteristics

YIN features	Legend	YANG features	Legend
Yin characteristics	Sensitive, nurturing, slower moving, intuitive, relaxed, imaginative, quite, introverted	Yang characteristics	Excited, rational, direct, mental, enthusiastic, outgoing, changeable, logical
Too much Yin	Depression, weight gain, accumulates clutter, past-oriented, cries frequently	Too much Yang	Anxious, future-oriented, hyperactive, emo- tionless, reactive
Balancing with Yang qualities	Large windows, open floor plan, skylights, high ceilings, light colors, natural light, Tall furniture, hardwoods, minimalism, mirrors	Balancing with Yin qualities	Small separate rooms, Closed doors, lower ceilings, covered porches, small windows, more trees and shrubs, rugs and carpet, window coverings, low furniture, low light, dark colors

Source: ► Blog article Are You More Yin or More Yang?, presented by the "Earth Home TV Blog", 28. June 2011

Three types of integration
1. The first integration of yin and yang is the union of seed and egg within the womb.
2. The second integration of yin and yang is the sexual union of the mature male and female.
  Both of these are concerned with flesh and blood, and all that is conceived in this realm must one day disinte-
  grate and pass away.
3. It is only the third integration which gives birth to something immortal.
  In this integration, a highly evolved individual joins the subtle inner energies of yin and yang under the light of spiritual understanding. Through the practices of the Integral Way he refines his gross, heavy energy into some-
  thing ethereal and light. This divine light has the capability of penetrating into the mighty ocean of spiritual energy and complete wisdom that is the Tao. The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous,
  it can never die.

Wang Fou, taoist, author, Brian Walker, translator, Hua Hu Ching. The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu, verse 66, HarperOne San Francisco, 1995, Harper Collins, revised edition 4. August 2009

Historically, the most influential Chinese perspectives on the issue of gender come from what are commonly referred to as Confucian and Daoist traditions of thought, which take somewhat opposing positions. Many texts associated with Confucianism emphasize yang’s dominant, male-related characteristics, where-
as those linked to Daoism, especially the Laozi, reverse this view, finding value in yin’s subordinate, female characteristics. However, it should be noted that Chinese thinkers, regardless of their classification as Confucian or Daoist, generally see the opposing qualities of yin and yang as integral parts of a whole that complement one another. Accordingly, the closest word to "gender" in modern Chinese is xingbie, which can be quite literally understood as a difference (bie) of individual nature or tendencies (xing).
Article Gender in Chinese Philosophy, presented by the scholarly online encyclopedia Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Lijuan Shen, Paul D'Ambrosio, undated

All patriarchal societies used a single currency monoculture monetary system, based on interest and debt, since 5,000 years.
Video interview with Bernard Lietaer, Ph.D. (1942-2019) Belgian econo-
mist, co-designer of the European € currency, Central Bank of Belgium, professor of International Finance, University, Louvain, Belgium, research fellow Center for Sustainable Resources, UCB, co-founder of the ACCESS Foundation, author, New Money for a New World,
part 5 of 19, YouTube film, presented by the outlet newmoneyforanewworld.com, 3:38 minutes duration, posted 14./15. February 2012

The absence of order is as important as order. Because it is in that interaction [of Yin and Yang] that the flexi-
bility can manifest the resilience to adapt to new circumstances. […] It's the absence of these characteristics
that actually gives the flexibility to the system. In our civilisation we only understand efficiency.
Video interview with Bernard Lietaer, Ph.D. (1942-2019) Belgian economist, co-designer of the European € currency, Central Bank of Belgium, professor of International Finance, University, Louvain, Belgium, research fellow Center for Sustainable Resources, UCB, co-founder of the ACCESS Foundation, author, Bernard – Lietaer New Money for a New World, presented by newmoneyforanewworld.com, produced ~2012, Vimeo film, 55:15 minutes duration, posted 4. January 2016

Juxtaposing the Luciferic ⇔ the Ahrimanic – Rudolf Steiner

Luciferic and Ahrimanic traits and attributes

For Rudolf Steiner the devil expresses itself as Lucifer and Ahriman. Neither attributes are bad as such, each furthers
humanity's evolution. According to Steiner Lucifer has incarnated in a human body during the third millennium before Christ.
Ahriman will incarnate in the third millennium after Christ. [2000s].

༺༻	Luciferic – Excess expression	Ahrimanic – Excess expression
1.	Frenzy, hyperactivity [FIRE]	Tedium, boredom [FREEZING WATER]
2.	Flexibility, airy [AIR]	Solidification, granite-like [EARTH]
3.	Unification, generalization	Diversity, particularization
4.	Qualitative	Quantitative
5.	Unified vision [United Nations]	Individual vision [Chauvinism]
6.	High flight of Icarus	Humility of Francis Bacon
7.	Gnosis, speaking and thinking	Statistics, proof, literal Gospel reading
8.	Pagan wisdom	Technological advances
9.	Fantasy, illusion, superstition	Concrete sensory-based, materialism
10.	One language	Many languages
11.	Spirit-permeated cosmology Astrology	Mathematical astronomy
12.	Unspirited eating and drinking	Un-read knowledge stored in libraries

Lectures/Articles by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) Croation-born Austrian cultural philosopher, literary critic, social reformer, architect, mystic esotericist, founder of anthroposophy, M. Cotterell, translator, William Riggens, editor,
► Five Lectures given in Bern and Dornach, 1919, The Influences of Lucifer & Ahriman, GA 191, Anthroposophic Press, 1993
► The Ahrimanic Deception, Schmidt Number: S-3889, Zürich, 27. October 1919
☛ German version: Der Innere Aspekt des sozialen Rätsels. Luziferische Vergangenheit, Ahrimanische Zukunft, volume 193,
Bibliographic Survey, 1961
► Article The Luciferic and Ahrimanic in Relation to Man, GA 35, 1927, provided by The Anthroposophical Quarterly

Solution: Spirit-filled synthesis, walking a conscious middle way
between the temptation of both forces, balancing both gifts
(manic frenzy ⇔ depressed tedium) with Christ energy.

But woe betide if this Copernicanism is not confronted
by the knowledge that the cosmos is permeated by soul and spirit.
It is this knowledge that Ahriman wants to withhold.
He would like to keep people so obtuse that they can grasp only the mathematical aspect of astronomy.
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) Croation-born Austrian cultural philosopher, literary critic, social reformer, architect, mystic esotericist, founder of anthroposophy, author, D. S. Osmond, The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman, S. 18, SteinerBooks, 1. October 1993

The rainmaker calling in the Tao

There was great drought [in the Kiaochau province] in China. For months there had not been a drop of rain and the situation became catastrophic. The Catholics made processions, the Protestants made prayers and the Chinese burned joss-stick, and shot off guns to frighten away the demons of the drought, but with no result.
Finally the Chinese said,

"We will fetch the rainmaker."

And from another province a dried-up old man appeared. The only thing he had asked for was a quiet little house somewhere, and there he locked himself in for three days. On the fourth day the clouds gathered and there was a great snow storm at the time of the year when no snow was expec-
ted, an unusual amount, and the town was so full of rumors about the wonderful rainmaker that Richard Wilhelm went to ask the man how he did it. In true European fashion he said,

"they call you the rainmaker, will you tell me how you made the snow?"

And the little Chinese man said,

"I did not make the snow, I am not responsible."

[Wilhelm argued,]

"But what have you done these three days?"

The old rainmaker responded,

"Oh, I can explain that. I come from another country where things are in order. Here they are out of order, they are not as they should be by the ordinance of heaven. Therefore the whole country is not in Tao, and I also am not in the natural order of things because I am in a disordered country. So I had to wait [and meditate for] three days until I [had set myself straight and] was back in Tao and then naturally the rain [followed by the snow] came."

Sources:
► Originally orally shared as experienced by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) German sinologist, theologian, missionary, who suffered
the drought in China and was a firsthand witness of the rainmaker's effect
► Relayed by Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, founder of a new school of depth psychology, author,
Gerhard Adler, editor, R. F. C. Hull, translator, Mysterium Coniunctionis – Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 14, S. 419-420,
Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1st edition 1955, 2nd edition 1. August 1977
► Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. jeanbolen.com (*1936) US American Jungian analyst, proactive women researcher and supporter,
crone, spiritual teacher, author, The Tao of Psychology. Synchronicity and the Self, Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1. June 1982

Reference: ► Quote and commentary Synchronicity and the Self: The Rainmaker Story, presented by the JungCurrents.com, undated

See also: ► Stories

Siehe auch: ► Der Regenmacher und das Tao

Links zum Thema Tao / Dao

Literatur

Jolan Chang (1917-2002) chinesisch-kanadischer Sexologe, taoistischer Philosoph, Autor zu Themen der östlichen Sexualität, Das Tao der Liebe. Unterweisungen in altchinesischer Liebeskunst, Rowohlt, 4. Ausgabe 17. März 1978

Literature (engl.)

Lao Tzu (604-531 BC) Chinese sage, philosopher, founder of Daoism, author, Archie J. Bahm (1907-1996) US American professor of philosophy, University of New Mexico, translator, Tao Teh King. Interpreted as Nature and Intelligence, Frederick Ungar Publishing, New York, 1958, Jain Publishing Company, Fremont, California, 2nd paperback issue 1. December 1996
Jolan Chang (1917-2002) Chinese-Canadian sexologist, Taoist philosopher, author on Eastern sexuality, The Tao of Love
and Sex, 1977, Penguin Compass, 16. August 1991
Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, The Shambhala Dictionary of Taoism, Shambhala Publications, 1996

Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge I Ging, Dao, Daodejing – Tao te king

Artikel So fließt alles dahin. Das I Ging, ein jahrtausendealter chinesischer Text, weist den Weg in das "Neue Zeitalter", präsentiert von der überregionalen deutschen Wochenzeitung Zeit Online, Uta van Steen, 6. Februar 1987

Das dynamische Weltmodell des I Ging beschreibt die physikalische Gesetzmäßigkeit der "Dissipation", nämlich die Tendenz der Natur die Abläufe
in einem Ungleichgewicht, in ständiger Bewegung und Erneuerung zu halten.
Das verstandesdominierte lineare abendländische "Yang-Denken" überbetont die Logik und die Ratio zuungunsten des nichtlinearen Yin-Denkens der Intuition und Mystik (⇒ "Yin-Handeln"). Der durch dieses Ungleichgewicht von der Natur entfremdete Westler ist eher geneigt, sie auszubeuten.
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem bedeutenden chinesischen Gelehrten Lau Nai Süan übersetzte der deutsche Missionar Richard Wilhelm das Weisheits-
buch I Ging – im Lauf von zehn Jahren. 1924 erschien Wilhelms deutsche Übersetzung des I Ging erstmals beim Diederichs Verlag, wo es seither ein Dauerseller ist, der in jüngster Zeit deutlich mehr Kaufinteressenten gefunden hat.

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