Quote from: shukri on November 09, 2023, 08:37:24 PM
I hope you, Yoda, Siddhartha, and Lao Tse are among the blessed people mentioned in verse 26:227 i.e. who believe, and do good works, and remember God greatly. You are a great man, my friends!
Well Lao Tse are among those few who do NOT believe and do NOT ask others to believe.
He recommend one to 'experience' it themselves.. thus they will KNOW and NOT BELIEVE.
How ?
Let the Tao be present in your life
and you will become genuine.
Let it be Present in your family
and your family will flourish.
Let it be present in your country
and your country will be an example
to all countries in the world.
Let it be present in the universe
and the universe will sing.
How do I know this is true?
by looking inside myself."-- Lao Tse
Siddhartha, Jesus, Rumi, Alan Watts, Tolle, Sadhguru, Walsch, are few example who hold similar view.. the best direction to look for the divine is to look inside... do not believe.... but seek... then you will know and not believe.
Once you found it... what and how do you name it?
Choose any name that you like... as name is merely label and doesn't matter..
"The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; "
-- Lao Tse
Now about 'blessing', the universe operates like a 'mirror'.. this is called the 'mirror principle'..
What goes around shall came around...
If one want to be blessed... send out blessing...
Forgiven... forgive others...
Love.. love others...
The same is true if you send out 'negative emotion'.. Hatred, Fear, Anger.. those emotion shall also came around back to you...