TAO

The principles of TAO are universal. They cannot be identified with any movement or religion, and yet are connected with all of them, because those principles hold the essence behind the harmony of life.

Yan Chjou, one of the greatest Tao masters, once said:

"A human being is like the sky and the earth, contains in himself the hidden nature of five beginnings (elements). A human being is the most rational of all earthly beings, and at the same time claws and teeth of a human being are not strong enough to protect and shield him; muscles and skin are not durable enough to defend from fighting; he walks and runs not fast enough to get away from danger. A human neither has fur not feathers to shield from heat and cold, and he needs outside means to feed. That is why it is the human nature to lean on the mind and not raw force. That is why the human being values the mind above all else, for he values that which brings him survival, and does not value raw force, because he despises that which rapes the outside objects. Yet our body does not belong to us - that which is born cannot be preserved in wholeness. And outside objects also do not belong to us - That which once belonged to us is not able not to be lost again. Human body no doubt is a priority in our lives, outside objects also have great value to feed the body. Even if you do not lose the wholeness of the body, you cannot possess it; even if you don't lose the outside objects, you cannot possess them. Possessing bodies and objects, means possessing them by raw force - that is outside our true nature. Share bodies, share objects with the universe, only the wisest can accomplish. That is what is called the perfection of the perfect."