Text: Hi Everyone, As usual, I've been reading yet another book. There are now around six or so I'm reading simultaneously in fits and starts, as the Spirit moves me from one to the other. This new book is "Cultivating Stillness - The Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind" by Eva Wong. I've not read any Taoist materials so when I saw the title I was attracted to the idea of quietness which I practice continually anyway. A little surprise awaited me as I read the introduction. The ancients were correct even more than I'd figured. The origins of this text go back centuries, as far back if not more so, than our Western metaphysical roots. While I was surprised to see the following description of the Origin of Things it was not totally unexpected either. The second surprise was to see how clearly these old ones understood things and how perfectly matched their description is with that of Keely and Russell. Contemplate the following quote from the text: The Origin of Things 'The Taoist origin of the universe and life is expounded by Chu-hsi of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 C.E.), who combined the Confucianist and taoist theorie of the origin of things. He revised Chou Tuan-i's treatise "T'ai-chi T'ao Shuo" and wrote, "From wu-chi comes t'ai-chi. When t'ai-chi moves, it creates yang. When movement reaches its extreme, stillness emerges. In stillness, yin is born. Thus, movement and stillness follow each other. Yin and yang, stillness and movement form the force of creation. From yang and yin are created the elements water, fire, wood, metal and earth. The Five Vapors mutually enrich each other and generate the four seasons. The five elements oringiate from yin and yang. Yin and yang originate from t'ai-chi and t'ai-chi originates from wu-chi. From the properties of the five elements and the essence of wu-chi emerges generative energy. From the Way of Heaven (ch'ien), male is born. Following the Way of Earth (K'un), female is born. The union of ch'ien and k'un gives rise to the ten thousand myriad things. The ten thousand myriad things procreate and contribuite to many forms of existence whose origin is wu-chi." This is the description of the origin of things.' From "Cultivating Stillness - The Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind", by Eva Wong, 1992; Shambhala Publications, , ISBN 0-87773-687-I The above quote is extremely interesting. It is for all practical purposes the same theory being expressed in our SVP Universal Cosmology web pages represented in the SVP Matter & Energy Chart et al. The jargon is different. Here are some translations of terms: wu-chi = Void, Neutral, Origin, Tao, Source t'ai-chi = Word, Cosmic/Christ Consciousness Tao = Oneness, Divinity Way of Heaven = Celestial Way of Earth = Terrestrial chi'en = male k'un = female Five Vapors = Five Ethers yang = expressive motion, movement, (day) yin = peace, quiet, nonmotion, (night) water, fire, wood, metal and earth = material universe Four Seasons = Angular Inclinations of Refraction (Spectral Differentiation), Rainbow, Octaves of Density Lets substitute words and see what we have: "From [The Void, Whole Mind] comes [The Word, Divided Mind]. When [The Word] moves, it creates [expressive motion]. When movement reaches its extreme, stillness emerges. In stillness, [peace, quiet] is born. Thus, movement (day) and stillness (night) follow each other. [Nonmotion] and [motion], stillness (night) and movement (day) form the force of creation. From [motion] and [Nonmotion] are created the elements [of the material universe]. The Five [Ethers] mutually enrich each other and generate the [Octaves of Density]. The [material universe] originate from [nonmotion] and [motion]. [Nonmotion] and [motion] originate from [The Word] and [The Word] originates from [The Void]. From the properties of the [material universe] and the (potential) essence of [The Void] emerges generative energy. From the [Celestial], male is born. Following the [Terrestrial], female is born. The union of [male] and [female] gives rise to the ten thousand myriad things. The ten thousand myriad things procreate and contribute to many forms of existence whose origin is [The Void]." This is the description of the origin of things. The text goes on to describe the {alchemical) process of reconnecting the material to the spiritual, which process happens to be a definition of the term "religion"; to reconnect or remember or awaken. Sounds like Genesis, no? Also sounds like Russell and many others. The Story of the Origin of the Universe may not have originated with Genesis nor the development of principles as outlined in SVP by Keely nor the philosophical underpinings of Russell. Universal Knowledge has always been and always will be. The writers of Genesis, Keely and Russell, separated by thousands of years, tapped into The Whole Mind (God) just as you or I may and are doing via our connections through Cosmic Consciousness. No one can claim exclusive rights of discovery or divine priviledge subsequent thereto. Dale Pond - July 30, 2001

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