Tao & law of attraction

[PerDev]

Isn't Tao the other name for Law of Attraction, its similar to law of attraction.

Tao is undifferentiated
Tao returns
Tao is subtle and quiet
Tao is simultaneously dispassionate and nurturing


The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.

It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God.


Look this link
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - Taoism

[PerDev]

TAO is also consider one of the most oldest book .. Its said that its written 5000 years ago.

Originally Posted by PerDev

Isn't Tao the other name for Law of Attraction, its similar to law of attraction.

Tao is undifferentiated
Tao returns
Tao is subtle and quiet
Tao is simultaneously dispassionate and nurturing


The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.

It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God.


Look this link
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - Taoism

[vartann]

yes Tao is Everything
Karma IS LoA

a few days ago i overheard an Asian woman casually discussing about this with a novice Monk - very interesting: from the little i grasped, though, it MIGHT be that Tao/LoA is linked to the lower planes of consciences only -
so a "limited transcendence" ??.

i had never thought about it, but it would make sense, since when reaching the Upper Planes of Enlightenment you are supposed to "escape the Karmic Wheel"

ironically,
would Transcendence lead to Immanence ??.

[PerDev]

You mean transcendence consciousness ?

Originally Posted by vartann

yes Tao is Everything
Karma IS LoA

a few days ago i overheard an Asian woman casually discussing about this with a novice Monk - very interesting: from the little i grasped, though, it MIGHT be that Tao/LoA is linked to the lower planes of consciences only -
so a "limited transcendence" ??.

i had never thought about it, but it would make sense, since when reaching the Upper Planes of Enlightenment you are supposed to "escape the Karmic Wheel"

ironically,
would Transcendence lead to Immanence ??.

[vartann]

Originally Posted by PerDev

You mean transcendence consciousness ?

i don t really know what i mean
merely on the Path, just that it makes sense that the closer to Enlightenment, the less relevant the labels

[davidchung]

I do not feel 'The Tao' equates to 'The Law of Attraction'.

However, I do feel it can be argued that an element of the 'Law of Attraction' can be found within Lao Tzu's teachings.

There are some similarities in some passages that hint at the idea of a 'Law of Attraction', but I personally feel it's subtly different somehow.

The following is from p.48 of Brian Walker's Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu, the Harper Collins 1995 Paperback edition.

This is from page 48:

Forty

The natural laws of the universe are inviolable:
Energy condenses into substance.
Food is eaten through the mouth and not the nose.
A person who neglects to breathe will turn blue and die.
Some things simply can't be dismissed.

It is also a part of the cosmic law that what you say and do determines what happens in your life.
The ordinary person thinks that this law is external to himself and he feels confined and controlled by it.
So his desires trouble his mind, his mind troubles his spirit, and he lives in constant turmoil with himself and the world.
His whole life is spent in struggling.

The superior person recognizes that he and the subtle law are one.
Therefore he cultivates himself to accord with it, bringing moderation to his actions and clarity to his mind.
Doing this, he finds himself at one with all that is divine and enlightened.
His days are passed drinking in serenity and breathing out contentment.

This is the profound, simple truth:
You are the master of your life and death.
What you do is what you are.