Lao Tzu recognized the origin of the universe very earlyLao Tzu used Tao to discuss morality, and Lao Tzu discovered that Tao is the foundation of the endless operation of all things in the universe, and then deduced that virtue is the foundation of the long-term operation of human society.
In chapter 25, Lao Tzu expounded what the Tao was, but many celebrities misunderstood Lao Tzu's TaoPeople don't believe or distort Lao Tzu's Tao is actually a material existence. Lao Tzu clearly said that the Tao is a mixture of things and born from nature.
The word mixed is also written as kun in other ancient versions, "kun" means subtle and numerous, and "cheng" means complete.
What is the Tao?Let's look at Lao Tzu's description in Chapter 25 of the Tao Te Ching:
There is a mixture of things, born from nature. Lonely, independent and unchanging, circumferential and not dying, can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, the strong word says: Tao, and the name of the strong is said: big. The big is gone, the past is far away, and the far is reversed.The accurate translation of Lao Tzu's text on the Tao would be:
There is something chaotic that existed before the universe was formedSilent and invisibleSilence and emptinessIt does not rely on any external force and survives independently, never stop,Cycle and never failIt can be the root of all things。I don't know its name,So reluctantly call it "Tao"., and then reluctantly named it "big". It is vast and boundless, and it runs endlessly and stretches far awayStretch far away and return to the original
Tesla didn't know Lao Tzu, but he said the same thing as Lao Tzu: [A long time ago, I realized that all perceptible matter comes from a kind of transcendent imaginationExtremely fine primary matterFilled with all the space- i.e. akasha or light-propagated ether - this substance is influenced by the life-giving prana or creativityWith a never-ending cycle, the existence of all things and phenomena is called。This primary substance is projected into tiny vortices that move at an alarming speed and eventually becomes a coarse substance;When the power weakens,The movement stops, the matter disappears, and it returns to the primary matter.
When people know that another name for Tao is Taiyi or Taiyi. It's easy to think that Taiyi is the other way around, and it means ether. Interesting, right?Aether, Dao!
What I want to express is that today's Eastern peoples need to realize that Lao Tzu's Tao and the Western ether are the same thing, and that Lao Tzu is so ahead of his time that no one can get Lao Tzu's Tao. Is the aether denied?No, Einstein, who originally denied the aether, developed the general theory of relativity in 1920 and concluded that the aether should exist!The ether has only become redundant and complex because it has been falsely assumed to be absolutely stationary, and has finally been abandoned by the mainstream. If we return to Lao Tzu, Descartes, Mendeleev, Tesla, and others' understanding of the substance of the ether, it will be possible for the doctrine of the ether to continue to guide scientific production. The aether is vast and fills the entire universe, and now people have discovered that the field is everywhere, which is proof of the existence of the aether.