How To Check Before Mansuration

V. In front, Asia: 1.The Taoïsme

My search had begun ...
I was concerned about a broader vision and a coherent world view and not just by a few techniques to make life more comfortable. And like the original has always seemed preferable to copy everything I thought I understood sources directed me to the East Asia then, and more particularly to Taoism.

I bought the Tao Te Ching [Daode Jīng] and Tshouang Tzu [Zhuangzi] and other books and reviews I found all this fascinating even if I did not understand everything right away, at least it seemed sufficiently demanding that appear to me to be as serious discussion.
I was particularly attracted by the concept of Wu Wei 无为, which generally results in non-doing, which is actually rather a mode of action and appropriate behavior to changing circumstances of life, caring and loyal to nature, without any need to force, and in which, paradoxically, sometimes No action is the best way to act. In other words, we need to trust that solves life itself that must be resolved. Remained to add practice to theory ....

I began looking for Taoist masters and soon made contact after reading an article - I do not know in which newspaper, with an old and honorable Chinese lady, a former professor Music Conservatory of Shanghai, according to him took care of a Taoist temple located at home and I was eager to meet her. She asked me to write previously to explain the meaning of my research, I did. It does him no pleasant little doubt that since it never answered me. I do not see where to go closer to home at the time, and like all disciplines of Tai Chi and Chi Gong others had hardly developed yet at that time in France, I set aside my practice project and I continued to study the texts, keeping in mind these treasured elements of doctrine that seemed so paradoxical, but so attractive. I was happy later to regain the sense of paradox in theology magnified by his orthodox hymnody.

And then I kept this valuable text that rabid cons unfortunately they confuse Christianity with its unique shape Western certainly do not want it "diverts "

He is a being confused that existed before heaven and earth.

Oh it's quiet! Oh, it is immaterial!

He remains one and does not change. It runs anywhere from collapsing point. It can be regarded as the mother of the universe.

Me, I do not know his name. To give it a title, I call Way (Tao). In striving to make him a name, I call it great.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 25

Fairly quickly continued my exploration of the topic made me see that in China there was not that a Taoism, and it was far from being primarily a philosophy of wise devoid of all good, practicing in a purity and a recount fascinating to Westerners like me - anxious the avoidance of any ritual and belief to focus on "spiritual" by removing the "religious" (opium of the people par excellence). It also included religious practices with temples, clergy, altars, rituals, offerings, or even a magical practice and at least one discipline of body and mind to acquire supernormal powers ...

I was there, I still wanted to practice personal and community at a time and not just a theoretical personal. So I decided to stay spiritually in Asia but in an area more within my reach and then became interested in Buddhism, and much more visible presence on French territory, while familiar with historical and doctrinal disputes that had pitted one to another ...