Hi sg Folks.. 
An interesting thread
regarding God's existence!
Take your time to read! Be patience!...... 
Wisely_ Xu wrote;
In Taoism, it says 'the tao give birth to One, the One rises the
Two, Two give birth to Three and Three rises all beings...'.
In the Begining, there is only Tao. As a scathered form, it is a
spiritual force, but sometimes, it gathers and accumulated and
compressed, into a 'perfect divine'. Taoism calls it the Supreme
Lord(Tai Shang Lao Jun). Supreme Lord, or rather Tao, is the only
thing exist in the begining and nothing else. Then, after eons, the
time is ripe, the Tao (Supreme Lord) using his vital breath,
created Pangu.
Pangu aka known as the Lord of the Primival Origin (Yuan shi
tianzun/yuan shi tian wang) is often considered the 'One'. He is
the divinity of the Tao, He reprsent the ultimate Wuji,
nothingless. From Him, came the 'taiji' period, from His vital
breath came anoter divinity of Tao - Lord of the Numinous
Treasure(Lingbao Tian zun). He holds a Jade ornament or a taiji
symbol, He represent the two major forces in the cosmic -Yin and
Yang.
Finally, the Three came, from the Two divinity, they split into
Three - come another and final divinity of the Great Tao - Lord of
Tao and Virtue aka Supreme Lord Lao Tze (Tai shang laojun/Daode
Tian Zun). From him, all beings rises and the world is set. He is
also the avatar of Tao.
So the diagram goes like these -
Tao(Tai shang laojun) -> One(Yuan Shi Tian zun) -> Two(Yuan
Shi Tian zun, Lingbao Tian zun) Three ->(Yuan Shi tian zun,
Lingbao Tian Zun and Tai Shang Lao Jun(yes, he again))
Nu Wa creating man, can be viewed as a divine representing the
femine side of Tao. Tao is the mother of all things and the whole
cosmic. Human and everything came from this 'mother'. thus we have
this ancient divine, a female divine to represent Tao, and man came
from tao(Nuwa created mankind).
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Wisely_xu
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Send Message 22 February 2005 ยท 09:48 PM
i need to point out certain issues.
Taoism base on the teachings of lao tze and uphold Tao Te Ching as
the Bible. BUT it does not have this only 1 scripture. Taoism has
thousand of scriptures written by Sages and immortals. Many of
them, but ALL revolve around Tao Te Ching.
How can we know that? cos those who wrote these classics, are
enlightened beings, such as Partirachs Wang chongyang, Qiu
Changchun, Lu Dongbin, Zhang Sanfeng etc..
Some are heavenly divines, passing down these words
personally.
Tao Te Ching does talk about deities and spirits. Worshipping many
deities is NOT wrong in Taoism view and certainly still consider
orthodox taoism.
We must see the meaning behind worshipping them.
Not that most taoist divines, heavenly ones, are ALL enlighthened.
only certain lower ranked divines are not, but they still follow
the way of heaven, way of tao.
Superstious come in only ppl have lack of proper knowledge on
Taoism and thus add in these unwanted elements.
Taosim rituals and rites are NOT superstious too. It was the Yellow
Emperor who advocate worshipping of heaven, and it was Celestial
Master Zhang Daoling that teaches the ppl rituals and magic.
Rituals and magics are all about easing sufferings, REPENTENCE,
blessings and accumulating of merits.
Achelmy etc..improve standard of living and indirectly assist ppl
in learning the way of tao more convienently.
A healthy body promote and enchance a healthy and clear mind for
cultivating.
Taoism has 3 treasures too, they are the Tao, Jing, and shi, namely
the Tao (Lord of Primival aka Yuan shi tian zun), Jing, teachings,
scriptures(Lord of Numinous Treasures aka lingbao tian zun) and
lastly Shi, Spiritual teachers( Lord of Tao and virtue aka Daode
tian zun, tai shang lao jun or lao tze)
NO rituals or worship in Taoism is complete without acknowledging
the 3 treausres. The heavenly Jade Emperor was from the 3 treasures
aka three pure ones too. Thus worshipping heaven, is equavilent to
worshipping and paying homage to the three pure ones and jade
emperor. both represent the ultimate Wuji and Taiji - the
tao.
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you going to
get -- Forrest Gump
A journey to a thousand mile begins with the first step - Lao
Tze
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Be Blessed... 