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2011/11/23

Water in Taoism: No. 10

Movement of Tao is a selfless motion to make the natural world into eternal.  In fact, we can see the movement in that of water.

People do not pay much attention to the water especially where water is abundant, like Japan.  Therefore, people do not see the movement of water, or do not know how lucky they are to have that water.  They even take for granted.
If we daresay about water, it becomes somewhat like “knowledge” which we have to learn.  By doing so, we cannot get closer to water.  Therefore, people do not believe that if I say water shows us the good example to our lives.
Water remains the same since 3.5 billion years ago.  What it has been doing is to nurture lives alive for ever.  Human beings also seek for eternal life.  It is natural for all the living beings to live even for an hour or a day longer with his life.  We can learn the way from the water by looking how it circulates the life.

Water changes its forms and shapes depending on time and place with its flexibility.  It circulates between heaven and earth, and purifies itself to have longer life.  Humans also can circulate the lives by looking at the water with attention.