exorcist_1699 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Both Taoism and Buddhism emphasize Awakening , a spiritual state popping up from mindlessness or Wuwei : To the utmost of yin ( nothingness and non-doing ),Yang arise from the deep bottom ... Although our daily consciousness is always viewed by people as a state of awaken or sane , when compared to Taoist Awakening , it is just a state of unclear drowsiness or half sleeping ; Taoist Awakening is something of much more condensed, much more crystal , and likely comes to us abruptly , similar to our awakening from dreaming . It is condensed , so that no fluctuation of minds allowed; it is crystal , so that no impure stuff exists . In fact , before the Taoist meta-Mind "元神" ( or Buddha Heart, as what is called in Buddhism) comes upon us , there was a series of such Awakenings that people should have been experiencing ... And, hardly can you talk about Taoist meta-Mind or Buddhist Enlightenment before having experienced them, skilfully playing with them. Edited January 12, 2012 by exorcist_1699 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted January 12, 2012 Yeah, interesting subject. And I would agree that there is awakening on different levels. I doubt that this process of 'awakening' has anything to do with specific religions or philosophies but it is rather a process that can be a natural occurance with the human animal (and perhaps even some other animals). No, I cannot define 'awakening'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
