Taoism Cosmology
In the beginning there was Tao, an undifferentiated unity, beyond vibration. From this emerged Taiji in its complementary aspects, yin and yang. The flow of qi is fuelled by the continual transformations, or 'dance,' of yin and yang. This stage represent the duality/polarity that emerges from the unity of Tao. The five elements then emerge from this dance of yin and yang: fire (greater yang), wood (lesser yang), water (greater yin), metal (lesser yin) and earth (central yin). At this stage the eight trigrams are produced. This is the phase of the formation of the elemental constituents of the phenomenal world. Stage four brings "Forth ten thousand things," that is all of manifest existence, from the five elements.(Taoist cosmology. 2014.)
This process represents the descent of consciousness into form.
This cosmology aids the human search for meaning, giving humans and idea of where both they and all of creation came from and why the world is the way it is today. The concept of the Tao brings a source of answers as to how the universe and everything in it came to be how it is today.
This process represents the descent of consciousness into form.
This cosmology aids the human search for meaning, giving humans and idea of where both they and all of creation came from and why the world is the way it is today. The concept of the Tao brings a source of answers as to how the universe and everything in it came to be how it is today.