- In the beginning, Heaven and
Earth were not separated and all was a void with no men or matters.
Tao itself cannot be named, so ONE is
forced to represent it. This is why “Tao
gives rise to One.” The essence of
Tao is quiescent. When it is quiescent to the extreme, motion comes
about. When there is motion, Heaven and Earth are created. This is why “One
gives rise to Two.” Heaven and Earth are “yang”
and “yin.” All things in the
cosmos are interactions of “yang”
and “yin”. Heaven created
mankind, and mankind is in between Heaven and Earth. This is why
“Two gives rise to Three.” When Heaven, Earth and Mankind
– The “Three Powers” of the
cosmos – are established, all things flourish in accordance with
God’s will. This is why “Three gives
rise to everything.”
knows the True Heart
the True Self
motion no stillness
birth no vanishing
going no coming
right no wrong
dwelling no drifting
- The void has no beginning
and no ending.
- Like a circle, the beginning
is the end and the end is the beginning.
- God has no beginning and no
ending and likewise our souls.
- The One
- The circle starts with a
dot. As the dot expands, it becomes a circle. The One dot is in the
center of the circle. Return to One is to return to Heaven.
- Tao of Heaven is known as I
Kuan Tao in Chinese. It means “The
Tao that unifies all with Oneness.”
- Where does “One” return
the origin, disperses into all, yet how does One begin?
is to return to One.
doctrine is to pervade One.
is to maintain One.
- Teaching of Tao of Heaven is
to combine The Three Religions into One.
- The Two
- Yin and Yang is the logo of
Taoism. When One becomes Two, the circle is broken, it becomes One
in Chinese. The example of a circle (O)
becomes (-), a
straight horizontal line in Chinese means One. It then has
beginning, starts from the left and ends at the right. This also
explains Birth and Death, Male and Female, Good and Bad, Thin and
Fat, The Two Extremes, The Two Opposites, Black and White….etc.
this is Yin and Yang.
the White, there is some Black
the Black, there is some White
the Right, there is some Wrong
the Wrong, there is some right
- In Tao of Heaven, Yin and
Yang is further explained as follows:
- One cycle of Heaven and
Earth or One Cosmic Cycle is calculated based on this timing.
day = 12 of 2 hr segments (24 hours)
month = 30 days
year = 12 months
generation = 30 years
period = 12 generations
era = 30 periods (10,800 years)
Cosmic cycle = 12 eras (129,600years)
- The twelve (12) eras are
Chou, Yin, Mau, Cheng and Si -
The First Six Eras
Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai -
The Second Six Eras
- In the First Six Eras –
The Universe progresses from non-existence to existence
- In the Second Six Eras –
The Universe regresses from existence to non-existence
- The world has gone through
endless cycles of Heaven and Earth. In this cycle of Heaven and
Earth, we are now at the period between the eras of 7th
and 8th, which is the decline of Heaven or the start of
the regressing period. We are now at the peak of human civilization
and great period of sins caused by human beings. It is approximately
60,000 years since the creation of man in this period of Heaven and
Earth. The appearance of The White Sun signifies the beginning of
the end of the period or the end of the world.
- The Three
- If Yin and Yang is divided
into Four Equal Parts, then we will have The
Four Seasons; Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter. This gives life to all living beings and
it has a Dot in the center of the two lines that divide the Yin and
Yang. In total we will have Three Dots. In Chinese we say that if we
can understand 1,2,3, and practise it, then we can return to Heaven.
The 1,2,3 is the one, two and three dots. This is the Ultimate Truth
of life and it is The Heavenly Time that we have to understand to
realize the importance of its timing. In every cycle of Heaven and
Earth, Tao of Heaven will descend from Heaven for a certain period
and will then disappear. It comes at the time of great calamities to
save the righteous souls before The Final Catastrophe, that will
practically clean up the whole Earth from its sins by The
Fire from the sky, Great Flood and Water from the Sea and Ocean and
The Killer Wind called The “Gang Feng.”
1st Era (Zi) is the Birth of the
Sky. After 10,800 years, under the 2nd Era (Chou) is the Birth of Earth
and the 3rd Era (Yin) is the Birth of Mankind. Human beings already
existed for 60,000 years in this cycle of Heaven and Earth and we are in
the Eras between the 7th and 8th.
In the 9th Era (Shen), it is the
Death of Mankind, and in the 10th Era (You), the Decline of Earth. The
11th Era (Xu) is the Decline of the Sky. The cycle will then start again
when one cycle ends. The last cycle will determine this cycle and this
cycle will determine the next cycle.