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Tantra and the Tao Te Ching
The Sensual Nature of the Life Force
The Tao is the void, the space that exists between the subatomic structure of our universe. According to the Tao Te Ching this space is the potential for all that exists though in itself it is nothing.
The Te is the expression that proceeds from the Tao and expresses itself through all sentient life as virtue.
Whenever we are "in accordance with nature" we are expressing this virtue. Often the only time humans sense this flow through them is when they are engaging in sensual expression.
Space Enabling All Beingness
The Tao is the all pervading source of the energy that keeps the planets in their orbits, keeps the gases of the sun from dissolving into space, and maintains the integrity of our own physical form. The Tao exists in the space between the atomic structure of all material and sentient forms and is the ultimate source of all that exists. The Tao itself is the empty space, the nothingness of nonexistence or preexistence. The tao permeates everything, surrounding everything. The Tao is from where everything proceeds and to where everything returns.
Section 4 of the Tao Te Ching:
Tao is space
Permeating everything
It is the luminosity of the universe
In its depth and stillness
It is infinite and eternal
Where did it come from?
It was here before creation
The Tao is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent in its simplicity and as its nature of the source of all that exists. The perception of the Tao is essential to present moment awareness, unconditional love and compassion, and a life of virtuous expression.
The Tao cannot be described or "named", as soon as it is named it is not the Tao. This accounts for the untold number of books relating to spirituality. Each one misses the essential truth and encourages just one more book to be written. According to most translations, however, the Tao is "...both named and nameless, as nameless it is the origin of all, as named the nurturance of all.