The Tao Chapter 34 and Christian Mysticism

The great Tao flows everywhere.
All things are born from it,
yet it doesn't create them.
It pours itself into its work,
yet it makes no claim.
It nourishes infinite worlds,
yet it doesn't hold on to them.
Since it is merged with all things
and hidden in their hearts,
it can be called humble.
Since all things vanish into it
and it alone endures,
it can be called great.
It isn't aware of its greatness;
thus it is truly great.

CHAPTER XXXIV

THE METHOD OF ATTAINMENT.

1. The Tao is immanent; it extendeth to the right hand as to the left.

2. All things derive from it their being; it createth them, and all comply with it. Its work is done, and it proclaimeth it not. It is the ornament of all things, yet it claimeth not fief of them; there is nothing so small that it
inhabiteth not, and informeth it.

All things return without knowledge of the Cause thereof; there is nothing so great that it inhabiteth not, and informeth it.

3. In this manner also may the Sage perform his Works. It is by not thrusting himself forward that he winneth to his success. {39}

Beware this might bore you to death. I apologize if it does.

The great Tao flows everywhere.
All things are born from it,
yet it doesn't create them.

I feel Genesis is an example of this Tao principle, which is the emergence of being from non-being. I know it says that in the beginning God created heaven and earth, but if you bear with
me I will give a different interpretation.
Genesis ^{2 “}And the earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters.”I
feel this great primordial ocean is
a great ocean of pure consciousness. The ocean represents everything as an
expression of oneness in the pictorial language of nature. Imagine all living
things of the universe emerging out of an ocean of pure consciousness, being
maintained in this ocean and finally dissolving into it in the end. I feel this
abstract image is God the Father. He does not act, but lets the Holy Ghost act
on this great body, the Father. Genesis ^{3 “}And God
said, Let there be light: and there was light. The Trinity, which I am eluding, is only to show the duality in
unity. Imagine this ocean of pure consciousness with some parts frozen. The
liquid part represents pure consciousness, which is not manifested materially
and the icebergs represent pure consciousness as it is manifested in the
universe thus we have creation. The ocean and the icebergs are both made of
water so they both contain pure consciousness. We are able to live because this
pure consciousness lives within us, we are able to move because a universal
energy flows through us, and we are also able to think because there is an
infinite consciousness thinking through us. This water or pure consciousness is
an infinite ocean, but in it is the finite water or ice; thus, we have the word
infinite, (in-the-finite).

In the medium of the ocean of pure consciousness, the Holy Trinity is in equilibrium. The Trinity is a Christian term used to express the three basic forces in nature. This Holy Trinity
contains the force that freezes the water so that it may manifest itself in the
form of icebergs so pure consciousness may materialize. The Holy Trinity is;
the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost and is the Christian symbol for God from
which the universe emanates, has its growth, realizes pure consciousness and
merges in the end. When the Holy Trinity is in equilibrium it transcends the
limitations of time; past, present and future; the genders; masculine, feminine
and neuter; and the mind; conscious, subconscious and unconscious. When the
equilibrium is disturbed, each principle of the Holy Trinity has the
opportunity to express itself. This is the emergence of being from non-being or
what we refer to as creation. The primordial waters are a theoretical
expression showing the creative spirit of God bringing order out of what seems
to be chaos. In creation there is still oneness, but the awareness of this
oneness in all things becomes lost in the individual awareness of the parts.

It pours itself into its work,
yet it makes no claim.
It nourishes infinite worlds,
yet it doesn't hold on to them.
Since it is merged with all things
and hidden in their hearts,
it can be called humble.

God, the Father is used in the pervasive sense that is the pure consciousness that is all pervading and as Christians, we say God is all knowing because he is all pervading. The
Witnessing Consciousness, God the Father is everywhere, He lies quiescent in
every entity; therefore, He is all seeing and all pervading. In our model God
the Father is the ocean of pure consciousness and in this ocean of pure consciousness, God the Father allows the Holy Spirit,
or the Holy Ghost, as you may call it, to operate. God the Father is the
primary cause of creation; the Holy Ghost is the secondary cause. This is
because the Father allows the Holy Spirit to give qualities to the
all-pervading consciousness. The Holy Spirit is not all pervading so only the
Father can be the material cause. The Holy Ghost is the operative principle or
the force that freezes the water. It is allowed to operate and is sheltered in
the Father so the Holy Ghost can only work as much as the Father allows it to.
In the science of creation only the Father is the instrumental cause. He said,
"Let there be light and there was light."

Since all things vanish into it
and it alone endures,
it can be called great.
It isn't aware of its greatness;
thus it is truly great.

The Holy Trinity represents God from which nature comes, maintains it's growth, and into which it dies and merges in the end; thus, this triangle is the strongest form in nature. The Father is all encompassing and is both in
the world and beyond it so everything is within His Body and nothing is outside
of Him. As all ice comes from water (pure consciousness) so also all forms of
this creation come from the Father or pure consciousness.

The Holy Ghost is also within the body of the Father and can act only as far as the Father permits. It is the energy or force that causes the activity and change within the body of the Father. The Holy Ghost does not
affect the Father because it is within the Father’s body so He is still
unchanged. The Father only allows the activity to happen and does no activity
Himself because He is completely at peace. He only permits the Holy Ghost to
act or not.

The Holy Ghost has the power to super-impose a force over some of the pure consciousness, but it doesn't have the power to change it. This force is what hides from the individual
consciousness that which connects it to the Whole or the Father. This
super-imposition of the particular over the universal is the birth of the
individual soul. The Father, The Son and The
Holy Ghost are a triad. If you take a cup of water from the ocean, the water in
the cup is the same as the water in the ocean. There is no difference. The
ocean is the Father, the Holy Ghost creates the cup and the water in the cup is
the Son.

In a composition we can say that the Father is the subject matter, the Holy Ghost is the action and the Son is the intent. The masterpiece is the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost. This is the Holy Trinity, and upon deep inquiry, we see The Holy Trinity
trying to make sense of non-duality. This is a logical problem because the mind
in time and space only knows duality, but when we say God is everything, we are
saying God is one. The all-pervading consciousness
is everywhere and is without duality, but it is not without relations.