By Anon
In other words, the scientists have observed a particle that is its own antiparticle.
Particle observed, both matter & antimatter
Matter is a mirror image of antimatter.
There is a belief that it is our minds that create matter.
‘0’ can become something.
How might things come into existence?
A mathematical equation shows us how it may work.
0 = +X -X
+X is matter (particles)
-X is anti-matter (anti-particles)
Think of the TAOIST idea of YIN and YANG.
Let us say that YIN represents mainly minus numbers and YANG represents mainly the plus numbers.
The Buddhists say that you cannot have Nirvana without Samsara.
A good game of golf involves a LITTLE bit of Nirvana and a LITTLE bit of Samsara?
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Let’s look at Taoism.
1. The Force
Consider Luke Skywalker and how Obi-wan Kenobi taught him about “the Force”.
Luke had to avoid being distracted by things like fear and anger.
On one occasion, Luke was trying, without success, to avoid laser blasts from a ‘remote’.
When Obi-wan Kenobi placed a helmet on Luke’s head so he couldn’t be distracted, he easily deflected the remote’s laser blasts.
The idea is that when you are aware of the ‘Tao’ and feel ‘the force’, you can flow with it, and the right action appears for itself, spontaneously.
(More here: http://www.exn.ca/starwars/taoism.cfm / http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7657_1.html )
The economy does not work when things are out of balance.
(http://www.godquest.org/taoism.htm / Http://www.crystalinks.com/taoism.html)
Some Taoists and Christians and others believe that bliss can be achieved when:
1. One is compassionate
2. One is moderate (Avoid large numbers?)
3. One is humble (Avoid large numbers?)
4. Everything is in balance (+ X – X rather than +X – 1000X?)
5. One is in tune with the Holy Spirit or the Tao or whatever one wants to call it. One goes with the flow.
6. One avoids the use of force; one avoids pitting one’s will against the universe.
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The Christians talk about God’s spirit.
The Taoists talk about the Tao being a force that flows through everything.
3. The Tao and Yin and Yang:
When the Tao is in balance one can be happy. (+ X – X rather than +X – 1000X?)
There is Yin and there is Yang (just as there is black and white, up and down, male and female).
‘The Tao surrounds everyone and one must listen to find enlightenment.’
True Taoism does not get bogged down with theology. “The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao.”
Taoists love their enemies. “I am good to the man who is good to me, likewise, I am also good to the bad man.”
The USA’s Phoenix programme (left) involved torturing and killing civilians. The USA’s ISIS force is also going to extremes. www.thesleuthjournal.com
Don’t force yourself or others to be compassionate. Be spontaneous.
Genuine love is spontaneous love.
The USA is out of balance. www.youtube.com
“The Master does not see evil as a force to resist, but simply as an opaqueness, a state of self-absorption that is in disharmony with the universal process, so that, as with a dirty window, the light can’t shine through.
“The Tao regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe.
5. Henry C K Liu wrote in the Asia Times about Taoism.
Where does evil come from?
There can be no ‘good’ without ‘evil’.
“Controlled quantities of the bad can be good.
“To employ poison to attack poison is a Taoist principle.”
Americans carrying out torture in Vietnam.
We should avoid producing unintended consequences.
“Not taking premature or unnecessary actions keeps all of one’s options open, so that the most appropriate action remains available.
“To follow the dao (path) of life is to go with the natural flow of life and to avoid going against it.
“The ethical theories of Taoism lean toward passive resistance, believing that evil, by definition, will ultimately destroy even itself without undue interference.
“Yet it would be a mistake to regard Taoism as fatalistic and pessimistic, instead of the ultimate sophistication in optimism that it is.
“Only by not applying effort can one achieve that state in which nothing is not attainable effortlessly.
“A little ambition is a good thing. Total elimination, even of undesirables, is an extreme solution, and it is therefore self-defeating.
“Life is a prison from which one can escape only if one does not try to escape. It is the desire to escape that makes a place a prison, and the desire to return that makes it a home. Home is not where one is, it is where one wants to return.”
6. Taoism and other religions.
The following comes from: http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/tao_heal/teach01.html
From Taoism: happiness comes from helping others; wealth comes from giving to others.
From Buddhism: “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”