Posted by Reggie BoStar on April 8, 2006, at 8:47:16 [reposted on April 13, 2006, at 23:02:09 | original URL]
In reply to God and psychiatric illness..., posted by TylerJ on April 7, 2006, at 12:07:38
From the Tao Te Ching, chapter 6:
The Tao is like a well
used but inexhaustible
It is like the eternal void
and there are infinite possibilitesIt is hidden but always present
Who or what gave birth to it is unknown
It is older than God.****************************
(My notes) I believe that the universe is more profound than our current concepts of "God" and existence; I also believe that the being we call "God" may simply be another product of the universe - invented by us - and is superceded by a more profound reality - one not invented by us.Psychiatric illnesses and the the science which addresses them are human issues, nothing more or less. If there is some connection to a being called "God", it is because we created both the being and the connection - and benefit by it just as we would any other placebo which gives us comfort.
But the eternal void, the tao which cannot be named, supercedes all - us, our "God", all things in the universe.
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