Tao by Matsumoto

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14. Tao is evasive

[Chapter 14 / English Translation] - Click the line to watch the related video.
Even if you try to see it, you can't do it.

It's called the beginning of everything, the form without a form.

Even if you try to hear it, you can't do it.

It's called the sound without a sound.

Even if you try to grasp it, you can't do it.

It is called the minute being.

You cannot find out what these three things are.

They are mixed and one.


It is not brilliant even if it is above it.

It is not dark even if it is under it.

It is omnipresent and has no name.

It goes back to nothingness.

This it called the shape without a shape, an image without a thing.

This is called the evasive being.


When you face it, you don't see its head.

When you follow it, you don't see its rear.

Stick to Tao of the distant past, and control the existence of the present by doing so.

Then, you can see the beginning of the distant past.

It is called the quintessence of Tao.


Rapid Decoded
Don't think Tao is an entity in the material world.

It doesn't have a form. It is the fundamental energy that creates all.

Don't think Tao is a kind of wave. It is not a wave in a field such as the magnetic field.

It can manifest as a sound, but the sound exists only in your hologram. It can manifest itself through the hologram.

Don't think Tao is tangible. It is too small to touch it.

It is so small that it doesn't have volume. Don't regard it as a quantum particle.

We cannot comprehend what Tao is. It is evasive.

Tao can be your own self. It can be the world around you. Or, it can be other people. Of course, it can be the cosmos. But all of them are holograms and Tao is the energy that creates them. Everything is one. Forget dichotomy.


Something visible, which is a hologram, is not Tao itself. It is just a manifestation of Tao.

Tao includes your hologram that is projected in your head. You should cherish your hologram because it is the only way you can consciously feel Tao, though it is not true Tao but a manifestation of it.

Tao is omnipresent in the world, which is your hologram. But never think that Tao belongs there. One had better not even call it Tao though it is inevitable for the sake of discussing it. It is a compromise, which we should avoid. One can live happily without knowing the word Tao.

Tao is nothing. It is everything. Tao is your hologram. Tao is you. Tao is this cycle without time and space, so all the processes in it takes place simultaneously.

Tao has no shape. Things with a shape belong to your hologram, which is an illusion, a precious and adorable illusion.

Tao is no illusion. That's why you cannot perceive in your brains, where only projected holograms are perceivable. That is to say, only illusions can be perceived.


Can you see your face? It is not important to know how others think of you because they are part of your hologram.

Can you see your back? It is not important to know how your feelings are composed. They are like clouds in the sky. Your feelings come and go. They are not your concern.

Time is just a conceptual creation in your head. It doesn't exist. Past, present, and future are being created simultaneously now. By accepting your present, you can control your hologram. It is called Dark Depth Female.

"Big Bang" is taking place now. You are the one who is creating the world now.

You are Tao.
 

Videos

- 14-1 You can't see Tao
- 14-2 The form without a form
- 14-3 You can't hear Tao
- 14-4 The sound without a sound
- 14-5 You can't grasp Tao
- 14-6 The minute being
- 14-7 You can't find out Tao
- 14-8 Mixed and one
- 14-9 Not brilliant
- 14-10 Yama Uba under it
- 14-11 Tao has no name
- 14-12 Back to nothingness
- 14-13 The shape without a shape
- 14-14 The evasive being
- 14-15 Tao's face
- 14-16 Tao's rear
- 14-17 Distant past
- 14-18 Big Bang
- 14-19 Tao's quintessence


[Related Articles]
-Hologram and Tao. Your personal "Big Bang" is discussed there.

-What is Tao? You are not supposed to talk about Tao.





Read Yama Uba the Zen play

☞"Can you really see Tao, my darling Master Ikkyu?" "How does Zen work, my sweet Ikkyu-chan?" One may wonder how Zen master Ikkyu 一休 handled these innocent questions by predecessors of Geisha 芸者 girls in brothels. To answer them, he wrote a Noh play, «Yama Uba». This legendary old woman is a metaphor of Zen (=Tao). Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki 鈴木貞太郎大拙 summarizes Ikkyu's message in a decryption intelligible to the West. His «Zen and Japanese Culture» is a good introduction to Zen.
  1. Tao

 2. Hologram

 3. The floating world Ukiyo

 4. Play

 5. Gate

 6. Dark Depth

 7. Dark Depth Female

 8. Do nothing

 9. Body soul and Spirit soul

10. You and non-you

11. Yin Yang circle

12. No judgement

13. Resistance

14. Satori

15. Act without acting

16. Colour

(Last modified: 17 November 2011)