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What is Wu (Emptiness)?
Wu is tranlated by "emptiness". Some call it "void", of course it is about the mental void. Emptiness and Tao are the most important Taoist concepts. The simplest defnitiation of Taoist emptiness
is provided by the famous Lao-tzu's disciple, Chunag-tzu, in his homonymous book. Here's what he said:
The still mind of the sage is the mirror of heaven and earth, the glass of all things. Vacancy, stillness, placidity, tastelessness, quietude, silence, and non-action - this is the Level of heaven and earth, and the perfection of the Tao and its characteristics.
(Legge version)So emptiness is linked to sageness. It is stillness, and mirror of everything - heaven and earth - it is quietude, silence and so forth. Even the Perfection of Tao layes in this extremely peculiar state of mind. So one may ask: Is this something one may really attainn or just a philosophical concept?
We know lots of things about yoga exercises and its goal - the ataining of dhyanna. We feel that emptiness should emulate that state of mind which unites - it is said - the ego and the world. Well, emptiness is not yoga nor dhyanna or something that could be compared to them. It is acquired not through taking a retreat and keeping everything at rest until the. Still it is linked to our mind and its natural feature of being empty. We provided more information aboyut what Emptiness is More about emptiness may be found by following our courses. Initiation into Taoism - a 3-level email course - provides further teachings on emptiness. More information
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