The Age Old Struggle - By William Samuel
The struggle between opposite points of view was waged in China 2500 years ago. Confucius advocated a powerful central government of law and regulations.
Loatse, on the other hand, quietly maintained that the less law and less government the better.
Confucius carried the day because the bulk of the people approved the idea of a great central caretaker and regulator of their problems.
The Loatsen view called for personal humility in the face of Divine Law which was already perfectly established. The Infinite Omnipresent directive could be discerned and followed by men if they didn't allow themselves to be carried away, distracted, inundated by human laws, rules an regulation.
History records that the strong governments eventually become corrupted in an era of gross philosophical materialism - void of genuine spiritual understanding and individual reliance on divine guidance from within - they fell apart.
Yet the Laotsen ideas based in the understanding of the living presence of Tao became the basis for one of the most magnificent philosophies the world has ever known-its idealism still a major influence in the world today.
There is one Truth only-the fact of Identity--the truth I am. Listen to your heart. Here we find the third view, the subjective view from the Omnipresent Light of Tao. We flow easy in the fearless understanding of our real nature.
Jesus said: "Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you shall find the Kingdom."
The age old struggle between idealism and materialism continue today - with the philosophical materialism making the most apparent gains.
The genuine idealist is becoming rather difficult find. -
William Samuel - 1973
A Guide To Awareness and Tranquillity by William Samuel
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