Anastasia

Myspace LayoutsI'm a twentieth century fox. oooh..I'm the lizard (queen?) I CAN DO ANYTHING!-------------------------------------- My friends keep saying I'm a hippy, so maybe its true. I love to laugh, i have a really good(and particular)sense of humor. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------Philosophe et révolutionnaire. ---------------------------------------------------TAO (pronounced "Dow") can be roughly translated into English as path, or the way. It is basically indefinable. It has to be experienced. It "refers to a power which envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, living and non-living. The Tao regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe. It embodies the harmony of opposites (i.e. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female.)" Tao is non-violence, non-aggression, non-competition, and compassion is the essence, and Harmony the basic principle. Tao is composed of all things and all people, and If even one piece is rejected, the Tao is no more.Things in their original simplicity contain natural/pure power - an innate virtue. This power is easily spoiled/diluted and lost when the simplicity is changed or complicated by desire and calculations of personal (material and emotional) loss.The way of Tao is therefore to empty yourself of ego, ambition, attachment and fixed ideas about the way of the world. When that is accomplished, you can then face life with tranquillity and be able to see the world as it truly is and be a part of it.Water is used as a representation of Tao because water always seeks the path of least resistance. It does not compete; it simply spiders out, finds the easiest path and follows it, yet there is nothing stronger. Water will carve through rocks, run around steel or anything which resists it. And it does so by simply rising or using gravity.--------------------------------------------