UTILITATEA VIDULUI Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 11 Empty your Mind-Tune into and enter the Cosmic Mind -Lao Tzu 11 11.Usefulness of Emptiness-Empty your Mind* Thirty spokes are united in one hub (to make a wheel); But the usefulness(the function) of the wheel depends on the empty space- the center hole of the hub Clay is molded into a vessel or a bowl But it is the empty space within that makes it useful Doors and windows are cut out of the walls of a house, But it is the empty(open) space inside that makes it useful(livable) Therefore take advantage of what exists(the mind radio receiver ), But use the emptiness(to open a way to enter in tune into the Cosmic Mind broadcast )* . Note:* The Koan(the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters kung an) is a method of paradoxical questioning (Questions Without Answers) , used in zen buddhism in order to stop and empty the mind.This method implies the rejecting of all answers based on mediated knowledge(thinking,logical,analogical,se nsorial) until a state of Enlightenment is realised ( until we see and taste directly the Ultimate reality due to the transition or the openning of our subtle eyes , our inner senses). The intention of the koan is to bring about a state of Enlightenment, devoid of conceptualization, beyond the realm of words and even thought. The main characteristic of each koan is the paradox, «that which is beyond » (in Greek language:«para» means:”beyond” and «dokein» means:”thinking” ),so the meaning is :”that wich transceds the logical or rational thinking. The Koan-ul is not an enigma,because is not a problem that can be solved using our thinking.The answer to a koan derives from a sudden change of the level of understanding, from a transition in an other state of consciousness.The whole text of Lao Tzu is considered to be a Koan whose goal is to empty and stop the mind of the one who is in search of the ultimate reality:Tao. The same tactical target(nirodha:stopping,emptying,stillin g of the mind’s fluctuations or waves is anounced by Patanjali in Yoga Sutra,1.2: YS 1.2. R: Yoga(starea unificata) înseamnă nirodha (stingerea constienta [a procesului de identificare cu) vrittis (lit.:"vartejurile; vrie",impulsurile; fluctuatiile;valurile;oscilatiile,gandur ile;emotiile) din chitta (minte); E: Yoga is the cessation [nirodha:stopping,emptying,stilling (in the sense of continual and vigilant watchfulness)] of the indentification with the fluctuations (vritti:activities,modifications,impulse s, the thought forms,workings) of the mind (chitta) / F:Le Yoga est la nirodha(extinction,restriction,suspensio n) [de l'identification avec les] vritti(modifications, fluctuations, impulsions, mouvements) de (ou dans)] chitta (mental;esprit,pensee;conscience)/ S:El estado unificado del "Yoga" surge cuando cesa (nirodha) la vritti (agitación,pensamientos,emociones y sensaciones fluctuantes) de la chitta (Mente); See:http://www.thezensite.com/ ZenTeachings/KoanStudies/Analyses_of_the _koans.html vedeti mai mult pe siturile de mai jos:/See more on: : LAO TZU LAO ZI:http://uk.360.yahoo.com/dmtao FALLING IN TAOhttp://www.myspace.com/dmlaotzu Lao Tzu-The Inner Way (Tao) to Direct Knowledge:http://laotzu1.multiply.com/ THE WAY OF AWAKENINGhttp://www.myspace.com/guided_a wakening SITE MIRAHORIAN:http://www.danmirahorian.ro/ QI MAGEN SITE:http://www.danmirahorian.com/