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In exploring perceived emptiness, that divine unborn principle manifests as pure potentiality. As that unborn principle, one is the Lord of Ignorance. The unknowing One, in which all knowledge spontaneously arises.

A dialog With The Unknown What is taoism? Taoism is a vehicle. It can take various distinct shapes and appearances, and is designed to follow distinct paths and roads. It is only a tool, just as a vehicle is, in a manner of speaking. Is taoism a philosophy? Philosophy is like chess. It engages the mind deeply, but the game is restricted entirely to the confines of the movement of the chess pieces, and the confines of the chessboard. What is the pursuit of tao? What is the goal? Can we conceptualize tao? It is a pursuit only in name. The pursuit of tao is like a feather drifting on the wind, seemingly completely without purpose and direction, but perfectly in harmony with the forces of nature. In actuality there is no harmony, as there is no real distinction between the feather drifting on the wind and anything else in nature. So it is beyond distinction. There is no goal. There is only the letting go of distinctions. By all appearances without purpose, but following nature, and then piece by piece removing all misconceptions. Really there is no letting go and no removing at all. Conceiving is the process of forming distinctions. Nature is also a concept. A distinction. Nature is used only as a convenience. The pursuit of tao is the process of dissolving what is not there at all, but it does not involve an actual process of any kind. Saying it is not there, is also employing a convenience. What were the ancients writing about? The ancients wrote about that which can't be written about. Needless to say there is much misunderstanding about this. When a person thinks they know and understand, they are clinging to distinction. When a person realizes that they do not know and understand, they are like a feather on the wind. That which can't be revealed begins to unfold. .