04、第四集　「道」與我們的關係（幻燈片）

想下載此視頻，請點擊>>>這裡繼續透過一些幻燈片來跟大家分享「道」是什麼，讓大家更清楚地了解。千萬不要以為說：「噢！這麼簡單，我知道了。這個沒什麼，我會了。」沒那麼容易。千萬不要把知見當作實際的體悟、體證，不要把知見當作證量。希望大家要正確、深入地去了解，你一定要有正知正見，然後實際在日常生活之中、歷緣對境之中再去體悟、體證。你真正證悟到，你才會真的安心自在，你的品德、個性、脾氣才會真的逐漸改變，也才會真正開啟高等智慧。只要你本身還沒有真正明顯蛻變，身心沒有柔軟，沒有懂得感恩、沒有開啟高等智慧、沒有流露出慈悲心的話，那表示你還不知道真正的「道」。所以，希望大家要深入去探討、研習。

無字天書這一張幻燈片上面什麼都沒有嘛！對不對？什麼都沒有。但是這一張幻燈片卻是最深的。這就是真正老祖宗跟我們講的「無字天書」，老子所講的「道」，儒家所講的「無極」，佛家所講的「空」，天主教、基督教所講的「上帝」。但如果你沒有了解實相的話，你把它變成一種信仰，那就容易偏頗、偏差。我們現在就是要超越那個信仰的層次，不要盲信、不要迷信，要來到客觀、冷靜、理智地去求真求證的精神。所以我跟大家講的都是實相，都是可以用科學來檢驗、來求證的。這是真正的「無極」，老子所講的宇宙的本體。你看起來沒什麼，但是它裡面卻蘊藏著無盡的能量。科學家也發現，以前認為的能量很龐大，竟然後來發現，暗物質、暗能量那才更龐大！所以，這個無極，絕對不是一般所理解膚淺的層次，它是很深的。就是老子所講的「玄之又玄」！很玄的。

宇宙大爆炸現在的天文物理學方面的，他們就會推論假設有一個開頭，有一個大爆炸。當然，這也是推論！事實上，這方面都要保留，因為科學家還是在繼續探討。那這個大爆炸之前呢？

大爆炸產生星雲大爆炸會釋放出非常巨大的能量。這個能量會形成整片非常廣大的、極微的粒子。從能量轉換成為物質，最初就是極微的粒子。那極微粒子慢慢再形成比較大、比較粗的粒子，然後再運作，再旋轉、旋轉，慢慢就形成所謂的各種星雲出來。

玫瑰星雲像這個就是玫瑰星雲，它看起來就像一朵玫瑰。

火鳥星雲這是火鳥星雲，看起來就像一隻火鳥。這個火鳥星雲，如果你有比較高倍的望遠鏡的話可以看到，在獵戶星座那裡可以看到這個火鳥星雲。

星雲一角這是星雲裡面的一個角落。因為宇宙真的非常的廣大、非常的浩瀚，那其中的一個角落，你看起來好像一個塵埃、好像一些沙土！

星雲旋轉但是，這裡面你看起來一個小點，要知道它一旋轉，形成出來的就是一個太陽系呀！這裡面任何的一個，你看起來好像一個小團，它形成出來，它會旋轉、旋轉，它就形成一個太陽系。只要它形成物質，記得！它從能量轉換成為物質，最極微的粒子都是陰、陽同時產生，也就是說它的電位是不一樣。有電位不一樣的時候，它就一定會旋轉、會流動、會變化。萬物就是透過這樣一個流動、旋轉、變化，然後不斷地讓各種能源轉換成微小的粒子之後，然後慢慢地演變成為原子、分子，然後形成所有的萬物、各種物質。

星雲旋轉形成一個太陽系這個就是一個太陽系。銀河系的形成也是這樣，都是從宇宙無窮無盡的能源裡面轉換成為物質、極微的粒子。所以，如果把這個宇宙看成只是物質，那你看不到它的本體、看不到它的空，而且看不到它裡面的奧妙。那個「玄之又玄」你看不到的話，你就會產生很大的我慢，認為自己懂，但不知道自己很偏頗。這就是從能量轉換成物質的過程，然後它整個會不斷地旋轉，它一定是透過動態旋轉。

銀河系我們這個銀河系也是這樣。這個就是《道德經》裡面所講的，天地的萬有都是從道裡面演化出來，整個銀河系也是從道裡面演化出來。

銀河系（側面）這是銀河系的側面來看，它中間還是一樣，不斷地、不斷地在釀造很多很多的星球。記得，只要有能量的地方，它就會轉成物質出來，它就會不斷地創造、創造。那這個創造，你如果把它變成：「有某個特定的一個什麼超級神，然後在那裡操控。」這樣的話，你就把「道」狹窄化了。老子看到這個宇宙的本體是無形無相啊！不是一般眾生瞎子摸象那樣去形容它是什麼。所以，老子看得那麼深，然後看到萬物演化竟然就是從宇宙的本體「道」演化出來。前面的銀河系是這樣出來，這個太陽系也是這樣。

太陽系的形成現在我們縮小範圍來到我們這個太陽系。我們這個太陽系也是一樣，從廣大星雲裡面的一個角落、一個雲團，然後形成我們這樣的一個太陽系。當然，這個都是經過蠻漫長的時間的醞釀，我們這個太陽系才出來。所以，讓大家了解，你所看得到、所想得到的物質，全部都是由宇宙的道的本體演化出來。儒家就是從無極、太極、兩儀、四象、八卦演化一切，這樣來形容。那基督教、天主教就把這個過程形容為上帝的創世紀，他們透過宗教信仰這樣來描述，但這樣的話，很容易就變成停留在信仰的層次，而容易失去那種客觀的認知。並不是說它描述有錯，它只是整個道演化萬物的過程，把它用容易了解的這樣一個比喻來形容而已。所以這個就是基督教所講的現代創世紀的過程。其他宗教一樣，都會要去探討到這個萬有的總源頭在哪裡。

地球和誕生我們看地球是怎麼誕生的，地球是從整個太陽系的星雲裡面，它在其中的一大片形成旋轉之後，然後形成這個地球出來。最初地球也是非常的高溫高熱。它慢慢冷卻下來的過程會有水蒸氣出來。水蒸氣飄到空中，它因緣會旋轉改變，又會降雨水下來。有雨水下來，就會有湖泊產生。在太陽系慢慢醞釀、形成的過程中，地球慢慢地冷卻下來。有土地、有海洋、有空氣，所以各種生命就逐漸地慢慢在醞釀。這個醞釀各種生命的過程，就是《道德經》裡面所講的「三生萬物」。

生命的起源與演化「道生一」，道就是宇宙的這個本體。無窮無盡的虛空裡面含有巨大能量，顯現出極微的粒子，形成星雲一大片，這就是「道生一」。然後慢慢地形成了各種現象界萬有了，星雲、銀河系，還有太陽系慢慢這樣形成，「一生二」。然後再來，「二生三」。「二生三」就是整個太陽系出來了。太陽系出來的時候，就好像來到生「三」的這個過程、階段。那因為有太陽、有地球，還有無窮無盡的虛空，空又不斷地支撐太陽系的存在，又不斷地供應能量，而且整個太陽系又不斷地釋放出非常巨大的能量，所以有虛空、有太陽、有地球，這就是所謂的「三」。「三」這樣地醞釀、醞釀，萬物就會產生出來。所有的植物、所有的動物、所有的生命、所有的人類，全部都是這樣醞釀出來。這樣可以了解嗎？這個很重要、很重要！你要好好地深入去咀嚼、好好去思維。因為這裡面要幫大家了悟生死大事。整個的萬有的現象，包括所有植物、動物就是這樣從天地父母醞釀出來。「道生一，一生二，二生三」，就是有宇宙的這個無窮盡的本體空、能量，還有太陽、還有地球，經過幾十億年的醞釀，醞釀出各種植物跟動物。你看，這就是五億多年前地球的生物情況，動物都有。兩億多年前，一億多年前，還有十萬多年前，這個都是在描述整個地球的情況。

生命的演化這是現在的情況。一樣，不要忘了，這些通通都是由道演化出來。我們的老祖宗、我們的祖先全部都是由道演化出來。現在再讓大家來看《道德經》第四十章，這個很深。那我們等一下讓大家來透過現在的天文物理學這方面來了解老子的智慧。「反者，道之動；弱者，道之用。天下萬物生於有，有生於無。」哇！太奧妙了！太奧妙！老子竟然能夠看到那個「有」，現象、一切，竟然生於「無」。最主要我們是要了解，「天下萬物生於有」跟「有生於無」裡面的深意。什麼叫做「天下萬物」呢？大家比較容易了解，就是地球上所有的植物、動物、日月星辰、山河大地，包括所有的種族、所有的人類，全部都稱為「天下萬物」。那這些「天下萬物」生於什麼?就是前面所講的「三」、「有」。宇宙無窮無盡的這個虛空醞釀出太陽系。太陽跟地球是不是有形有相、物質化了？是不是？它已經形成「有」，現象界的一切。所以，這裡講的「有」就是整個銀河系、太陽系，那更縮小範圍就是太陽跟地球。有太陽，有地球，那它就能夠演化出地球上所有你看得到的一切植物、動物、山河大地。那這個太陽系跟地球，「有」又生於哪裡呢？「有生於無」。這個就很奧妙。科學家對這方面，現在怎麼來理解呢？在看這個之前，我們再看四十二章的這一句話，前面我們有講過「道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬物」的過程。但是這一句話，請大家特別注意：「萬物負陰而抱陽，沖氣以為和」。老子竟然看到，萬物不管多大、多小，都是陰、陽同時存在。這個很厲害喲！萬物竟然「負陰而抱陽」，意思就是說，它的出現都是陰陽同時存在，有陰就一定有陽的存在，這方面太奧妙了。我們現在透過現代科學界來理解。

「無」的物理學這是在台灣蠻有名的，專門報導最新科學領域的一些研發出來的知識，還有包括發明、發現、研究，算是很有分量的一份雜誌。它都是專門報導先進科學、尖端科學方面的。這是兩三年前他們報導現代的科學界、物理學界探討、深入到「無的物理」。也就是在瑞士那邊實驗那個大強子撞擊之後，他們科學界跌入了那個「無」的世界裡面，接觸到了那個「無」的世界裡面。

宇宙真的是從「無」中誕生嗎？但是這幾年來科學界還是一樣啊！在探討、在那裡研究：「宇宙真的是從無中誕生的嗎？」這個是不久前的報導：「宇宙真的是從無中誕生嗎？」所以，這些都是最新的。以前科學界界定了一個絕對沒有物質的那個空間，沒有任何粒子、沒有任何東西的那個空間。包括陽光都沒有，包括什麼東西、最微小的粒子，全部都沒有。認為那個世界叫做「無」的世界。這就是他們認為：「你一定要可以讓我測量得到，這個再極小的粒子，我一定要可以測量得到、可以量化，我可以實驗、我可以摸得到、我可以看得到。肉體感受不到，沒關係我可以用儀器檢驗得到。」他們認為，這樣才會信。如果檢測不到、看不到的，他就不信那一套，認為那是迷信、那是不切實際的，那是空無、玄，那個都是談空說玄、不切實際。但是，當科學界一直要追那個最微細的粒子，竟然一路追到後來，哇！消失了！然後從那個消失裡面，從什麼都沒有的世界裡面又冒出來。所以，科學界現在才了解到無的奧妙。

「無」的空間這是一個描述，形容以前的那個黑色的箱子裡面是一個絕對沒有東西的世界、無的世界。因為他們一直要追討那個最微細粒子，竟然追討到「無」的世界來。才發現，那個粒子竟然是陰、陽同時從「無」的世界裡面不斷地冒出物質的、極微的粒子出來。那又觀察到，那個極微的粒子又會陰陽同時消失，有生有滅。

粒子的誕生與消失在那個「無」的世界裡面，他們竟然觀測到，那些粒子竟然「無」變成「有」，「有」變成「無」，然後又是陰陽同時出生，陰陽同時消失！我覺得，科學界又邁出非常大的一大步。再回來看看老子所講的，哇！你看，老祖宗兩千五百多年前就觀測到這麼的深。有——萬物來自於無，所有的日月星辰全部來自於無，老子竟然這麼篤定地講出來，而且還告訴我們：「萬物」都是「負陰而抱陽」，都是陰陽同時出現、同時消失。很厲害！當然，我也很感恩這些科學界的尖兵大師，他們不斷地去下功夫，也讓更多人可以了解到宇宙的奧妙、神秘。

粒子的誕生與消失你看，這個就是從虛無的世界裡面，成對的粒子產生，而這個粒子它竟然是一陰一陽同時產生。那也看到成對消滅的粒子，生生滅滅，有生、有滅，有生、有滅。這是科學界現在觀察到「無」裡面的奧妙。《道德經》第一章一開始就跟我們講：「道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。」你看，「無，名天地之始；有，名萬物之母」。所以，你如果真的了解真理實相的話，你光看《道德經》的第一章，你就會震撼，震撼到甚至會休克！如果你的腦筋很死板，都是僵化、物質化的，你覺得：這個沒什麼啊！這個是玄虛呀！這個不切實際呀！談空說玄！或是，如果你是物質化的話，你就看不到這裡面的奧妙。老子在第一章後面就講：「此兩者同出而異名，同謂之玄，玄之又玄，眾妙之門。」太厲害了！老子看到那麼的玄奧、玄妙！所以，老子後來：「啊！我投降了！」也就是說那個自我就消融掉了。「我還在我慢什麼？」那個我慢真的就消融掉了。你一定要看到萬物的玄妙、宇宙的奧妙，人類那個自我、自負才會消融掉。

生命是由「弦」所形成的？老子以前早就講這「玄之又玄」了！我們來看，現在的天文物理、現在的科學，在從量子物理之後進入到弦的物理。他們發現以前是什麼原子、電子、質子、中子。現在這些都還不夠細，再繼續深入去探討，把質子抓出來解剖，然後把那個核子、質子、電子抓來解剖，發現竟然是弦！物理學界一樣都有它的那個進度，都有那個一個階層、一個階層。超過相對論之後，來到那個量子物理。量子物理已經是超過相對論的領域了，然後量子物理之後，又進入到弦的物理。那弦的物理又進入到剛才所講的「無」的物理。那這個有沒有逐步地在印證老祖宗、老子的智慧之高？有沒有？大家要好好去看、好好去體會。哇！竟然科學界發現，整個宇宙是一個弦——很優雅的弦。優雅的宇宙！整個宇宙它是一個和諧、和弦啦！用不同的樂器，然後演奏出一個交響樂。晚上我們在這裡可以聽到大自然的和弦樂曲，大自然的天籟之音、交響樂。宇宙本來是那麼樣地和諧的弦的物理。哇！這也都是最近這十幾年來科學界的發現。

弦的物理這是一個弦的物理！那當然弦物理之後，進一步再去突破就是進入到「無」的物理嘛！所以，老子就跟我們講，他看到是：「有物混成，先天地生，可以為天下母。」哇！「吾不知其名」，勉強說它叫做「道」。現在大家對道有沒有比較清楚、具體的了解？一點都不迷信！不要迷信、不要盲信。但是也不要物質化，把自己當作一個機器人在研究。萬物是有陰、有陽。每個人的生命都是有陰、有陽組合而成。不管極小的粒子，一樣，都是陰陽同時存在。我們的生命體都是陰陽同時存在啊！再把它講更淺顯一點就是：我們的生命體是由物質跟心靈組成。心靈就是那個無形的道之體——空，那是很深很玄的。地球上很奧妙，所有的動物、包括人類都一定是男、女，陰、陽平衡存在，誰在掌控？太奧妙了！地球上從古到今，不管哪個國家、哪個民族都是陰陽同時存在，而且它維持動態的平衡，很奧妙。所以，老子看得很深，他說：哦！太玄了！「玄之又玄」哪！那我們現在把它做一個歸納。

左邊這個就是講的宇宙本體，右邊就是從本體顯相出來。一邊是無形無相的，一邊是顯相的。就好像一邊是精神、心靈，一邊是物質。如果一個人，你只是物質化，你不信這個精神、空這一方面的話，那你會變成偏頗，你的生命就會變成物質機械化。所有的現象，它都是兩者同時存在。本體會產生現象界的一切，就是萬有。再來，虛空產生萬有。萬有，它顯相出來，就像波浪。然後，這個本體就像大海。因為有大海這個本體存在，所以波浪才會產生，那因為有虛空宇宙這個本體存在，所以才會產生現象界的一切。這樣大家可以了解嗎？所以，大家不要怕那個空無、不要怕無極。因為那是我們生命的源頭！就像根源跟枝葉，樹木都要有根嘛！然後有樹榦、有枝葉。這個是一個比喻，讓大家容易理解，就像母產生子。那左邊的這方面呢？我們再看下一張。

老子就把它稱為「道」跟「名」，第一章裡面就這樣的區分出來——道、名。道講的是宇宙本體，虛、無，空、無的這一面。那顯相出來的，我們為了溝通起見給它取一個名稱。它一定要有顯相出來。相，它會有千差萬別嘛！如果沒有給它貼上一些名稱的話，那不好溝通嘛！如果大家都沒有取名字的話，那我叫一個人名字，你們全部都站起來！所以，現象界的一切都是千差萬別，為了溝通我們會給它一個名稱。老子所講的「名」就是現象界的一切。「道」，有時候老子又把它稱為「無」。「無」跟「有」就是一個對比，能源跟物質又是一個對比。能源跟物質，這是科學界、物理學界所理解的。但要知道，這只是讓大家容易了解而已！科學界所理解的能源並不等同老子所講的道，並不是相同。老子所講的道是包含能源，能源是道裡面的很重要的成分。科學界能夠理解的是能源，現在才逐漸地接觸到無的邊緣、無的世界，才漸漸了解「道」。所以，並不是說「道」就是能源。能源是在道裡面，道太奧妙了。這個能源絕對不是說把木柴燃燒，然後它釋放幾卡的那個熱量出來，只是一堆能量、可以取暖，不只是這樣，這是人類看得很膚淺。能源不只是一種熱量這樣而已。能源裡面含有很強的創造力！能源是有生命的，它是很玄的。《心經》裡面就講到「色不異空，空不異色」，空就是老子所講的道，色就是現象界的一切。那一樣啊！色就是從空裡面演化出來，然後這個現象界一切又會回歸到空，就是儒家所講的無極跟太極。那我們回來看這一張。

左邊這一系列的都是同樣的內容，讓大家了解，那這個就是萬物的總源頭，你要把它稱為什麼名稱並不重要。不同的宗教就會有不同的名稱，有的把它稱為上帝、天主、真主，有的就把它稱為老天爺，但所講的都是相同的內容。這個不是有些宗教信仰說，某個天界的一個主宰的神。就好像，比如說地球上某個國家的一個最高領導人，某個天界會有一個最高領導人，他在掌控、發號施令，不是這一種層次！如果他是一個有形有相的某種天神、某種神、佛，要知道，他就是現象、他就是顯相。那顯相出來的，一定有背後的這整個無形無相的道成為他生命的源頭。所以，有些宗教信仰把他們認為的生命的源頭用某種形象形容出來。包括佛教一樣，有人講說：「某某神、某某佛，怎麼樣厲害、怎麼樣厲害。」要知道，只要你是某種形、某種相出來，你的生命都是道在養育、都是道在支撐，顯相出來他就是來自於無相。那這個無相不屬於某個人的，那是所有生命的源頭。剛才是講那個大原則、大方向。我們現在再回到太陽系來，看到這個現實的地球上道是怎麼樣在「三生萬物」。

太陽　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　地球這個就是真正的太陽和我們生存的地球。前面《道德經》裡面有講「三生萬物」。

三生萬物最背後的那個就是道、無極——宇宙本體，然後產生太極。太極再來繼續演化、演化，分裂、分裂，所有的萬物就這樣產生。這個是《易經》裡面，包括《道德經》裡面所講那個很重要的原則。那大家進一步去看《易經》跟《道德經》裡面所講的，就都是整個天地萬物在化育。

太極八卦　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　八卦《易經》八卦裡面的天講的就是太陽跟虛空，地就是大地，山河大地。有天、有地，有風、有雷電、有水、有火、有山、有海。地、水、火、風、空，全部配合起來，它就會醞釀、化育各種萬物出來。所以，伏羲畫八卦，要知道啊！講的都是整個大自然在孕育萬物啊！你了解這方面，才有助於去了解生命是怎麼來，生從哪裡來。你進一步才會了解到、進一步再去探討宇宙的現象，萬有是怎麼樣在演化，你才會進一步了解到什麼叫做不生不死。

「八卦」八卦，就是整個大自然各方面的條件配合啊！天、地、水、火、雷、電，各種因素配合，那就會產生生命出來。所以不只是男人，女人也全部都是道的演化。包括你看到所有的一切，全部都是由道演化出來。

太極花（秋海棠）這一張也是讓我們看，很多的萬物它們都在告訴我們，都是同一個源頭。像這個花，我把它稱為太極花，事實上這是秋海棠。太極花，你有沒有看到它這個花是從一朵，然後一朵謝掉之後變成開兩朵，兩朵謝掉開四朵，四朵謝掉開八朵，八朵花謝掉開十六朵花。如果你繼續照顧它、繼續愛護它，給它能量，十六朵花謝掉之後，它會開三十二朵花，是這樣啊！很奧妙的！我看它們，它們都在跟我敘述宇宙的奧妙！

沙果這個叫什麼果？東北這邊的沙果，也叫小蘋果。沙果樹上面結了至少三四百顆小沙果。這三四百顆的小沙果就好像在座的你、我、他，一個人就像一個沙果。那能不能去體會到，這三四百顆的小沙果是不是同樣來自於同一個源頭？同一棵蘋果樹長出這麼多出來。那也許有人會講：「那我這一棵蘋果樹跟那一棵蘋果樹不一樣啊！」如果你覺得有不一樣，請你把那個太極圖再繼續往上，你就可以找到相同的源頭。如果你還有那些二元對立的心，或是認為你的宗派才最好、你的宗教才最好，那表示你沒看到那個生命的總源頭。如果你還有這種二元對立、這些分別心，包括你、我、他的種種對立的話，請你往上去探討，一定可以探討到我們共同的生命的源頭，一定可以這樣。為什麼稱大家是家人？真的我們都是一家人！我們都是相同的老祖宗！而且我們來自相同的天地父母。你、我、他，有沒有相同？

西紅杮這些西紅杮同樣都是來自一個源頭。

百家齊鳴看起來有你家、我家、他家，千百家，百家齊鳴，但是要知道，不管你再怎麼分，你看這一兩百戶有沒有處在相同的天地父母的懷抱中？有沒有？這個就是真正的無字天書，要會看。《道德經》裡面講到天地父母，《易經》裡面一樣都會講到天地。《道德經》裡面一樣講到天地化育萬物，「三生萬物」，在哪裡？眼前遍一切處，你要會去看。

天地父母這個就是天地父母——道在化育食物給我們吃。就像我們每個人是父母親懷抱中的小孩子。當我們還是嬰兒的時候，我是吸奶長大的，後來有的人是喝牛奶長大的。但是不管你吃什麼長大，我們這些食物的源頭來自哪裡？來自天地父母的養育啊！不錯！我們的父母親他們會賺錢，然後用很多的食物來長養我們，但是要知道，這些食物的源頭來自天地父母的化育。

天地父母「誰知盤中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。」我們沒有否定農民的辛苦，感恩農民的辛苦。但是要知道，農民不是把種子放在口袋裡它就長出很多啊！不是放在布袋裡，幾個月之後就變成很多的米出來啊！這個種子要播種在天地父母的懷抱中、播種在道裡面，幾個月就成果累累。這個過程就是天地父母在化育萬物，化育各種食物來養育我們這些子女。我們進一步要去思維：道跟我們生命到底有什麼關係？如果你不了解的話，你真的會覺得：「這個沒什麼，這個不重要。」非常重要！非常重要！就像如果我們不了解、不認識生我們、養育我們的父母，我們甚至會破壞他、傷害他啊！如果我們了解養育我們生命的這個父母是那麼地辛苦在養育我們，我們就會懂得孝順、懂得感恩——人類對地球的認知決定整個地球未來的命運！前面這些是很重要的基礎，後面再去做深入地解析跟連接，你們才能夠體會到：哦！原來道跟我們有這麼深的密切關係！了解真正的生命共同體是什麼，進一步去了解道的特徵、特性，那你才會進一步去了解我們的清凈本心是什麼樣的特徵、特性。為什麼老子會講道，然後要引導我們回歸到道？引導我們回歸到道，不是引導我們去死亡，不是引導你向他方世界去求生，絕對不是那回事！老子要讓我們了解道是什麼，然後讓我們進一步了解道的特徵、特性是什麼，而這個道就是宇宙最清凈、最高的心靈品質！老子會告訴我們，我們每個人都擁有宇宙最清凈、最高的心靈品質。你要了解道是什麼，進一步你才會真的開發出最高的心靈品質。Episode4:《"Tao"and We》Dear countrymen,dear family people：Hi!OK，let"s continue to discuss the wisdom in Dao De Jing.Now we shall continue to use some slide to share the meaning of "Tao",to help you understand better.Never say：「Oh! It is just so!Oh! So simple!I have known it!It is nothing!Ah! I have understood!" Not so easy in fact!Never take knowledge as practical realization and real proof,and never regard your knowledge as something you have proved by yourself.I wish you will have a correct and in-depth understanding.You must have the right knowledge and right idea,then, go to the actual life,to experience the real world, and prove the truth by your own body.Only when you have really proved and realized by your own body can you feel at ease and free in the real sense；Only then can you change your moral character,individual character and temper gradually；And can really open the higher wisdom.So long as you have not really transformed obviously,so long as your body and mind have not become soft,have not known thanksgivings,not opened the higher wisdom，not shown the grace,you have not realized Tao really.So，I hope all of you will go deeper to discuss, study and learn.All right. Let"s use... use what scientists say to help us better understand "Tao".Look!This one, this slide shows nothing! Right？There is nothing in it.But this slide is the most profound.That is just the "wordless heavenly book" mentioned by our ancestor.That is, the "Tao" in Lao Zi"s theory,the "Non-pole" in Confucianism,the "Emptiness" in Buddhism,and the "God" in Catholicism and Christianity.Yet, if you have not understood the real picture, and only regard it as a religion，you will easily become partial, and biased.What we try to do now is just to transcend that religious level.No fanaticism, no superstition，so, we have come to the spirit of proving the truth objectively, coldly and rationally. So, what I am talking with you is just the reality, which can be proved and tested by science.OK! This is the real "Non-pole",the origin of the universe mentioned by Lao Zi.It seems to be nothing,but inside, it contains inexhaustible energy.Scientists have also found:compared with the energy considered by people in the past，the dark matter, and dark energy are even greater!Even more enormous!Thus，this non-pole is absolutely not at the shallow level usually considered by people,it is bottomless.That is what Lao Zi means by the saying "extremely mysterious"! Very profound indeed!In the current astrophysics,they suppose,it is also conducted that there is a start,called "big bang".Of course，it is just a deduction!In fact，we should keep a skeptical attitude to this.For scientists are still continuing to probe.What about the picture before the big bang？So，it is only a hypothesis at present.They think there is a start as the big bang.Because scientists feel, if there is no start, they will be unable to find the proper approach.Without a definite power or definite law, they will feel they will be unable to make a start.Thus, the present astronomic physics starts from a big bang begin.Then, the big bang will release a very huge amount of energy,extremely great energy.Then, how about this energy？It will form a whole lot of very spacious and minimal particles.In the transformation from energy to matter，the first thing is the minimal particle.The minimal particles form bigger particles slowly，grosser particles.Then, they operate, turn, and turn...Slowly, all kinds of nebulas come into being,so we have nebulas.OK, this is the Rosette Nebula，and it looks like a rose.This is the Firebird Nebula，looking like a firebird，called Firebird Nebula.called Firebird Nebula.If you have a high-power telescope,you will see this Firebird Nebula,in Orion,you can see this Firebird Nebula.Look, this is a corner of the Nebula.The universe is really extremely vast!Very immense!One corner of it,you see, looks like a grain of dust.Here it looks like some sand!Yet，in it,a tiny point in your eyes,we should know, once it turns,it will turn out a solar system!Any of these points,looks like a small ball though,once it operates,it will...turn, turn...and will form a big solar system.So long as it forms matter.Remember! In the transformation from energy to matter,all the initial minimal particles have both the positive and the negative,namely, their electric potentials are different.So, whenever there is a difference in electric potential，it will turn, rotate,move, and change for certain.Then all things come into being this way. Through the flowing,revolution, and changing,all kinds of energy are transformed into minute particles,then, they evolve into atoms, and molecules slowly.Then, they form all things.All things in the universe have come into being this way.So，this is a solar system.The formation of the Milky Way galaxy is also the case:it came into being from the inexhaustible energy source of the universe,with the energy being converted to matter,namely, the minimal particles.So，if you only regard the universe as matter,what you see is not its origin，you cannot see its voidness,and you cannot see its inner mystery, either.That is "extremely mysterious and abstruse".If you fail to see that point,you will be very conceited,believing you have understood,but you do not know you are very partial, very ignorant.OK. That is the process of conversion from energy to matter.Then, the whole thing will revolve continuously.It must rotate without stop.This is our Milky Way galaxy，and our Milky Way galaxy also came into being this way.Thus,just as Dao De Jing says,all things in the universe came gradually from Tao,including the whole Milky Way galaxy.This is a side view of the Milky Way.Inside it,it is still brewing many many stars continuously.So long as there is energy,remember，so long as there is energy anywhere,it will turn out matter,it will produce, and produce.As for this creation or production,how to understand it correctly?If you think there is a super deity,he is controlling everything,then, you will narrow the meaning of "Tao".What Lao Zi sees,wow! the origin of this universe is shapeless, and without image!It is not as common people image according to their experience.It is not as they describe, so and so.No.So，Lao Zi has seen so profoundly.He has seen all things should have been evolved from the origin of the universe, Tao.So，the Milky Way galaxy came out this way.Then, how about this solar system？It is no exception, either.OK!Now let"s narrow our scope to come to our solar system.Well，our solar system also came out this way:from a corner of the vast nebula,a cloud cluster，it came into being, so, we have had this solar system.Of course，the process was very very long.Only after a long gestation did our solar system come out, yes.So，as we have seen,all matter you can see and can imagine evolved from the origin of the universe, Tao.How about the description of this course？Confucianists describe it this way: the evolution starts from non-pole, then, we Taiji, then two poles,then, four images, then eight diagrams,and all things on earth.In Christianity and Catholicism, they call this process "creation of the world by God"!They use their religious belief to describe it.Yet, in this case，it is easy to stop only at the religious level,and lose the objective cognition.We do not say their descriptions are wrong,only that with regard to the process of Tao"s generation of all things,they use a metaphor to describe it,a metaphor easy for the common people to understand.So, that is just the process of Creation talked about by Christianity in modern times.It is true of other religions too:all of them will probe into the general source of all things in universe.Then, after the birth of our solar system,let"s see how our earth came out.Similarly,the earth came from the entire nebula of the solar system.A great part of it rotated,and then,turned out a star like the earth.At the beginning,the earth was also very hot,very very hot.After this high temperature dropped down,vapour would come out in the cooling process.The vapour floated into the sky,then it would change,rotate, so, there were rainfalls,with rainwater coming down.With the rainwater, there would be lakes coming into existence, so we have got lakes.So，after the slow gestation of the solar system,the earth cooled down slowly.After the cooling down，we had the land, oceans，and air,thus, all kinds of liveswere gestated gradually.This process of gestation of all kinds of lives,is just the "Three gave birth to all things in universe" mentioned in Dao De Jing."Tao gives birth to One".Tao is the origin of the universe.In this inexhaustible void,there is great energy，the great energy is shown in minimal particles，forming a vast area of nebulas.That is just the meaning of "Tao gives birth to One".Then slowly the nebulas，Milky Way galaxy，and solar system came into existence.That is "One gives birth to Two".Then， "Two gives birth to Three".In "Two gives birth to Three", the entire solar system came out.When the solar system came out,we reached the stage of "Three".At the stage of "Three",we had the solar system.Because there were the sun，the earth,and the inexhaustible void,the great void always supported the existence of the solar system,by supplying energy continuously to it;moreover, the whole solar system released very great energy,thus, we have the void, the sun and the earth.That is the so-called "Three".In the gestation by the Three,slowly, all things came out.All plants,all animals，all living creatures，including our mankind,came out this way.Now can you understand？This is very important, very important!You should chew it more deeply,think deeply.Because we want to help you to understand the great issue of life and death.All phenomena in the universe，including all the plants and animals,were gestated from our parents of Heaven and Earth.「Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, and Two gives birth to Three".Namely, the universe as an exhaustless void body,containing tremendous energy，generated the sun and the earth; then, in the slow process of gestation, a process of billions of years.All kinds of plants and animals came into being.Well, this is just...You see，the picture of the living creatures on the earth five hundred million years ago. You can see animals too.Then, two hundred million years ago，then, one hundred million years ago，and then one hundred thousand years ago:all those are descriptions of our earth.Well，this is the present condition.All the same，don"t forget,all these come from the evolution of Tao.Our ancestors,all our ancestors,have evolved from Tao.OK!Now, let"s read Chapter 40 of Dao De Jing."Tao operates through reversion；Tao is shown in weakness.All things in the universe come from being, and being comes from non-being."Wow! Too wonderful! Too wonderful!Lao Zi should actually have seen that all "existences" in the came from "inexistence".The most important thing for us is the deep meaning in "All things in the universe come from being" and "Being comes from non-being".OK!What does "all things in the universe" mean？As we can understand easily,all the plants and animals on the earth，the heavenly bodies, the mountains, rivers and lands,including all the human races all the human beings and all kinds of animals,are called "all things in the universe".Then, let"s see "all things in the universe".Where did they come from?Just from the aforesaid "Three" and "Being".The great inexhaustible void of the universe has gestated the solar system and the earth.This is the sun and the earth.Then, do the sun and earth have a shape and image, being materialized？Yes？They have already formed the "being"，all things in the phenomenon world.So，what we mean here by "Being" just refers to the solar system...that is, the whole Milky Way galaxy，and solar system，and the smaller scope is the sun and the earth.So，with the sun and the earth coming out，they will be able to evolve and turn out all things on the earth.that is, everything you see around you, such as the plants, animals，mountains, rivers and lands.Then, how about the solar system and the earth?Where did this "being" come from？"Being comes from non-being".This point is very mysterious.OK! Now，come on! Go on looking!How do scientists account for this point?Look! Before looking,let"s read this sentence in Chapter 42,as we have talked before,"Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three,and Three gives birth to all things in the universe". Let"s consider the process.But we should pay special attention to this sentence："Everything carries yin in the back and holds yang in the front,and yin and yang together lead to harmony".Lao Zi has actually realized that,in all things in the universe, whether big or small,there are two aspects: the positive and the negative.Oh! This is very great!All things in the universe actually "carries yin in the back and holds yang in the front"，that means,there must be both positive and negative in anything.If there is the negative, there must be the positive together.This is too wonderful.OK! Now let"s use modern science to account for it.This is an important magazine, very famous in Taiwan,specially reporting the latest progress in the domain of science,such as inventions，discoveries, researches and so on.Which played a great role,as it specially reports the progress of science,about the frontier science.This is what they reported about the new development of modern scientific community in recent years,as they are probing into the physics of the void.That is to say, after the test of the big hadron bumping in Switzerland,the scientific community dropped into that world of the void,touching the inner aspect of the void world.For several years,the scientific community has been probing!Probing!They are doing research! "Did the universe really come from the void？"This a new report only several months ago，only three months ago.only three months ago."Was the universe really born from the void？" So, all these reports are the latest, the latest.In the past, the scientific community defined a space absolutely having no matter.In that space, there was no matter at all, no any particle，nothing at all,including no sunshine,There is nothing at all in it. no minute particle.That world is called the "void world".So，in the physics world or the scientific community, people would suppose an absolute space，in which there is nothing at all.They used to think："You must let me be able to measure it, however small the particle may be，I must be able to measure it, quantize it.I can test，can feel, and can see it. If my flesh and blood cannot feel it, it doesn"t matter, I can use some instruments to detect it." They thought，only in this way can "I" believe.If they cannot test it and see it,they will not believe,and will consider it as superstition.They will say, it is unpractical，void, mysterious,too empty and mysterious to be worth considering.Yet，when scientists chased, chased and chased,trying to get that smallest particle，chasing all the way, wow!Everything vanished!Then, from that vanishing,from a world without anything, something came out again.So，only until now have scientists realized the profundity and significance of the void.So，this is a description,describing the aforesaid void world, in that black box,a world without anything, a world of the void.Only now have they found so，wow! They had been seeking, seeking, seeking that most minute particle，but in the end, they have come the void world.They should have found，in the void world,the particle they observed was in such a state:the particle contained both yin and yang(negative and positive), and from the void world,the material and minimal particles came out continuously.They also found:The minimal particle would vanish with both positive and negative together,so, there were both life and death.In the void world，they have actually found such a thing，wow!Those particles came from nothingness, and from nothingness,came out being; and moreover, the yin and yang (positive and negative) appeared at the same time and they disappeared at the same time, too.Oh! I feel，it is another very great step forward the scientific community has taken.In this regard, let"s come back to see what Lao Zi says，wow! you see, our ancestor"s observation was so deep as early as two thousand and five hundred years ago.Being, namely, all things, came from non-being (nothingness).All the heavenly bodies came from nothingness.Lao Zi could say so in such a definite manner,and he told us："Everything carries yin in the back and hold yang in the front." In all of them, the negative and positive appear at the same time, and vanish at the same time.Terrific!Of course，I"m also very grateful to those top masters in the science world,as they are working hard continually,to enable more people to understand the mystery and wonderfulness of the universe.So，you see，this is just the picture:From the void world,pairs of particles came out,and the particles must have both positive and negative at the same time.They came in pairs, and vanished in pairs.There are both life and death.Life is followed by death, and death is followed by life.That is the wonderful picture found by the scientists, about the mystery of the void.Also, in Chapter 1 of Dao De Jing, at the very beginning, it tells us so!Doesn"t it？"The Tao that can be said is not the normal Tao；The name that can be called is not the true name"，you see， "Non-being is the beginning of the world；Being is the mother of all things in the universe".So，if you have really known the true fact,just from Chapter 1 of Dao De Jing,you will feel shocked,yes, even shocked to death!If your brains are very stiff,very rigid, and materialized,you will feel： There is nothing in it!It is too deceitful!It is not practical at all!It is talking about empty things!Or，if you have been materialized in mind,you will fail to see the great truth in it.Right after the first chapter, Lao Zi says："Both came from the same origin but have different names.The same origin can be said to be mysterious,and the extreme mysterious thing is the gate to all wonders."Too great!Lao Zi has seen the great profundity and mystery!So，Lao Zi said later： "Ah! I surrender!" That is to say, that ego has melted off."How can I go on feeling proud？" That ego has really melted off.Only when you have realized the wonderfulness of all things,the wonderfulness of the universe,can the ego of mankind melt off.OK! Long time ago,Lao Zi mentioned the "extremely mysterious" already!Let"s see, the current astronomic physics，the current science，the present scientists，they have entered the chordal physics after the quantum physics.You see, in the scientific community，they have found the atom,The electron, the proton, the neutron，and so on!But now they feel none of them is minute enough.So they have continued to probe.They took the proton to dissect，then, they took the nucleon, proton, and electron to dissect.At last, they discovered the chord!That is to say... In the physics world,there is a rate of progress，step by step.After passing the theory of relativity，they came to quantum physics. Quantum physics has already transcended the field of relativity!Then, after quantum physics，they entered the chordal physics.Then, the chordal physics has entered the void physics as we mentioned above.Has this proved, step by step,the great wisdom of our ancestor，Lao Zi？Hasn"t it？Please think more carefully, and taste more profoundly.Wow! What scientists have found should be such a truth:the whole universe is a chord,a very elegant chord.So，wow! The science world has found，oh!An elegant universe.The entire universe is a harmonious chord!You play，we play together.You use a different musical instrument，and then we will play a symphony.In the evening, here,we will hear the chord music of Mother Nature,the sounds of nature, the great symphony.The universe turns out to be so harmonious.It is a chordal physics. Wow!All those are the latest findings,made by scientists in the recent decade.This is a chordal physics.OK. Then, after the chord physics,if we go further,we will enter the void physics!So，Lao Zi says so to us.What he has seen is： 「Something came before Heaven and Earth,and can be Mother of the universe」 Wow!「I do not know its name」so, I just call it 「Tao」 for the time being.Now have you got a more clear and concrete understanding?There is no superstition at all.Don"t indulge in superstition, don"t fall into fanaticism， but do not materialize and take yourself as a robot for study, either.All things in the universe have the two aspects of positive and negative.Every human"s life has both positive and negative,being a combination of the positive and the negative.No matter how small the infinitesimal particle might be，there are both positive and negative in it.The life of us everyone is the case, too...In the life of everyone, there are both positive and negative together!Let"s say more clearly:all our life is composed of matter and soul，and the soul is just the body of the immaterial Tao.That is a very profound truth.Including things on the earth.Look!On the earth, things are so mysterious!All animals，including mankind, must have two sexes, the males and females are in a balance.Who is controlling the world to make it so？Too wonderful!On the earth, from the ancient till the present,no matter which nation,there have been both male and female living together,and they keep a dynamic balance.Too mysterious!So，what Lao Zi sees is very profound.He says：Oh! Too mysterious! "Extremely mysterious"!OK! Then, let"s make a summary.Look! The left is the origin of the universe mentioned by us,and the right is a result of the origin.So，one side is immaterial and shapeless,and the other side is in certain shapes.Just as the case is, one side is spirit, the soul，and the other side is matter.If you as a person only materialize yourself,not believing the spirit，the void aspect,then, you will become partial，your life will be materialized and mechanized.In all phenomena，there are both aspects, being existent together.Well, look at the topside:the origin will produce all things in the phenomenon world,and that is our universe.And, the void turns out all things in the universe, all things come from the void.Then, in order to help you understand better, I will use a metaphor!This is a metaphor only!All things in universe, being shown out, are just like the waves.How about the origin？ It is like the sea.Because of the existence of the great sea,we have waves coming out；Because of the existence of the void universe,all things in the phenomenon world came into being.Now can you understand？So，don"t fear the void!Don"t fear the non-pole!For it is the source of our life!Furthermore, just like the root and branches and leaves,every tree has its root!Then it has tree trunk，and branches and leaves.So，this is a metaphor， for helping you to understand better.Just like a mother bearing a child.Then, how about the left side？Look! Let"s look the next one.Lao Zi calls it "Tao" and "Ming (Name)"，and they appear as early as in the first chapter.Tao, Name.Tao means the original body of the universe,referring to the void, nothingness and virtual aspect.Then, as for what is shown to us,we give it a name in order to facilitate communication.It must be shown out in an image.The image can vary greatly!The image is varied, yet,if we do not label it with a name,it will be hard for us to communicate with each!Just like the so many people at present here, including the many people of the TV viewers later.If you haven"t given them names, when I talk on someone, no one will know who I refer to.If none of you has been given a name,then, when I call someone,all of you will stand up!So，in the phenomenon world,as things are varied,in order to communicate, we will give them a name.So，what Lao Zi says about "Name"　just means all things in the phenomenon world.Well，as for this "Tao"，sometimes, Lao Zi also calls it "Wu (Non-being)".Non-being and being form a contrast，and energy source and matter also form a contrast.Yet，energy source and matter are what can be understood in the scientific community or physics.Yet we should know，they are just for us to understand easily.The energy source interpreted by the scientific community is not the same as the Tao mentioned by Lao Zi,not identical.Tao mentioned by Lao Zi includes energy source,and energy source is a major part of Tao.What the scientific community can understand is energy source.Then, how about now？They have just approached the edge of the void,the world of void, and have just come to Tao little by little.So，we cannot say：Oh! Tao is just energy source. Not so.Energy source is in Tao, and Tao is too mysterious.This energy source is absolutely not such a thing:I burn the wood,and let several calories of heat be released,or, this is a pile of energy，and we could use it to warm ourselves.Not only such a thing.No!That is a shallow idea of the common people.Energy source is not only heat, not only one kind.In the energy source，there is a great creativity!Energy source has life,and it is very profound.Then, in Buddhism,Sutra of the Mind says,"Color cannot leave void, void cannot leave color".Here, "void" is the Tao mentioned by Lao Zi while "color" refers to all things in the phenomenon world.All the same! Color and void,it is...Color (matter) has evolved from void,and then, all things in the phenomenon world will return to void.It is just what Confucianists say about non-pole and Taiji (extreme pole).OK! Let"s come back to see this picture.So，the series of contents on the left side is to help you understand the general source of all things in the universe.What name you give it is not important.So，different religions will have different names,for example, some call it "God".Or Lord. Or Allah.Some call it "Heavenly King".But all they say refer to the same thing.It is not like this: in some religion，we are told that there is a dominating deity in Heaven,just like the top leader of a country on earth,Heaven has a top leader,he is controlling everything, issuing orders.Not, not at such a level!If he is a deity with a shape or image,if there is such a god that has a shape and image,as we know, if he is a kind of god with a shape and image... Such as Buddha!As we know，it will be a phenomenon，it is showing its image.But behind it,there must be something shapeless and imageless, that is, Tao, as its source of life.So，some religions use some certain image to describe that source of life.Including Buddhism.Someone says：Oh! Some god, or some Buddha，is so powerful, so great.We must know, they are just shapes or images.In fact, all of us living creatures are fostered by Tao,supported by Tao.What is shown out comes from the shapeless.Then, this shapeless thing does not belong to any one,that is the source of all us living creatures.OK! Now let"s return to the major principle,major direction mentioned before.Now let"s return to the solar system,to see how the Tao of the earth "generates all things".This is the sun, the real sun.This is the earth，the real earth of ours.Well，as Dao De Jing says,"Three gives birth to all things".This is just the One.From the top, let"s look the most back part,and that is the Tao, or Non-pole, the original body of the universe.Then, it gives birth to Taiji,then, Taiji evolves, evolves,splits, splits.All things in the universe came into being this way.That is just the major principle mentioned in Book of Changes and Dao De Jing.Well，let"s go further,and we have realized that both Book of Changes and Dao De Jing tells us the whole process of creation.Thus，the "Heaven" mentioned here is the sun and the void.Look! The Heaven mentioned in the Eight Diagrams of Book of Changes is the sun and the void,and the Earth refers to our Mother Earth，including mountains, rivers and plains.We have had Heaven and Earth,then？There are wind, thunderbolt,water, fire, mountains, and seas.Land, water, fire, wind, and void,when all of them are matched together,they will gestate all things in the universe.So，when Fuxi drew the Eight Diagrams，we should know,He was describing the gestation of all things in the universe!the process of Mother Nature"s gestation of all things in the universe.Well，only after you have known this can you better understand how our life came out how our life came out Then, you can further probe into phenomena of the universe,how all things evolve.Only then can you know what is neither life nor death.So，let"s further discuss,look at all living creatures.You see，this is the Eight Diagrams!The Eight Diagrams just represent the matching of conditions of all aspects of Mother Nature!We have done some analysis already!Sky, land, water, fire, thunder, electricity...all kinds of factors are matched together,then, all living creatures will came out.So，all people, including both men and women, have resulted from Tao.So, you see, all living creatures have evolved from Tao.So，this slide also shows us the fact,as I often see, all things in the universe are telling us so.All of them came from the same source.Like this flower，I call it "Taiji Flower"，and as a matter of fact it is just a begonia!Taiji Flower. Have you seen that?This flower is one,and then, after one flower fades, two flowers will come out;then, we shall have four flowers,then we shall have eight;then, we shall have sixteen flowers.If you keep on looking after it，continue to care for it，giving it energy，after the sixteen flowers fade off,thirty-two flowers will come out.That is true! Very wonderful!So，wow! I look at them,and all of them are telling me the wonderfulness of the universe!Including this fruit. What is it called？Oh! This is a Chinese pear-leaf crab, or we call it crabapple .I have seen on one tree,at least three or four hundred crabapples have grown out,at least three or four hundred.Please ponder over carefully, try to understand more deeply.These three or four hundred little crabapples represent all of us, you, me and he.A person is just like a crabapple.Can you realize,the three or four hundred crabapples have also come from the same source？The same fruit tree should have turned out so many fruit.Then, perhaps someone will say:Oh! But this fruit tree of mine is different from that fruit tree!If you feel it is different,please take that Taiji Picture here again，come on!Go up further,and further,you will find the same source.So，if you still keep the idea of binary opposition,saying only my religion is the best,my religion is the best only,then, it shows you have seen the general source of life.If you still keep the thought of binary opposition，these ideas about differentiation,including all kinds of opposition between you, me and him,then, please go on to probe,and you will certainly find out the common source of our life.You can certainly find it.So，why I call you "family members"? We are really in the same family, indeed! All of us have the same ancestor! From the same ancestor!From the same ancestor!and then, do we have the same parents,heaven and earth? Don"t we？We have the same ancestor, and also the same parents as heaven and earth who are fostering us now.illustrations just serve as a representation!Just like the Eight Diagrams in Book of Changes, they use the simple symbols to tell us the truth of the universe.Now I use another example to help you to understand, as this one is very attractive, you will get a deep impression after seeing it.How about these tomatoes？All the same!All came from the one source.OK! ，It seems that, there are your family, my family, his family,thousands of families.But you should know,no matter how we divide, we...You see, here there should be...should be one or two hundred families!Are these one or two hundred families not in the same bosom of our parents, heaven and earth？Aren"t we？Yes!You will see,this is just the real wordless heavenly book,and you must be able to read it.Dao De Jing has mentioned "heaven and earth as parents",and Book of Changes has mentioned "heaven and earth", too.Dao De Jing has also said heaven and earth turn out all things,namely, "Three produces all things in the universe".Where？Everywhere under the very nose of ours.You should be able to realize it.That is, our heaven and earth parents,Tao, are turning out food for us to eat.Just as...We are all like children in the arms of our parents.When we were infants,our parents would...When I was small, I grew up by sucking the my mother"s milk,later, someone fed me with cow"s milk.But in despite of the food you depend on for your growth,where do all kinds of foods come from？They are from our heaven and earth parents!It is true: Our parents earned money,then, used a lot of food to bring us up.But, we should know:All these kinds of foods come from the cultivation by our heaven and earth parents.We do not negate the farmers" toil，"When we are enjoying the yummy on the plate, do not forget every grain of it came from hard toil."We do not deny farmers" toil，and thank them for their toil，but we should know，if farmers put the seed in their pocket,can so much grain grow out？Instead of putting it in their pocket, they put it in the field.So, several months later，it will change into a lot of grain!The seed is sowed in the bosom of our heaven and earth parents,sowed in Tao,for several months，you see!Thus, we have a lot of grain.Yet，we should taste this process carefully.It"s our heaven and earth parents who are nurturing all things in the universe，turning out all kinds of food to feed us, their children.Now can you understand？So，we must think further：What relation does "Tao" have with our life？If you do not understand this,you will really feel：There is nothing in it!It is unimportant!No, it is very important!Very important!Just like this: if we do not know,cannot tell who are our parents,who have fostered us,if we do not know them we might even hurt them!If we have known our parents who bore and nurtured us,known how hard they brought us up,we would know filial piety，and know thanksgiving.Mankind"s cognition of the earth determines the future fate of the entire earth.OK!Let"s stop here in this section.In our next section, we shall go on analyzing and sharing ideas.OK!
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