what would Moses,buddha,and Lao Tzu explain:
"nature forms us for ourselves;to be, not to seem."
anyone familiar please help me...thanks
2006-09-27 15:01:56 · 9 answers · asked by grissoms1fan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lao Tzu, he was possibly the most mysterious person in the worlds history, and predicting his response would be extremely difficult.
“We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful”
- Lao Tzu -
He would probably point out the fact that we cannot define existence because it is the aspect of non-existence that is pure. So in a way, everything seems. Very confusing, I know, but Lao Tzu was a confusing man.
Buddha, now was quite the opposite, he was mysterious in no way, and has been compared to a clear flame burning in the night. Buddha would probably explain that the ego, or the self, the part of us that defines us, is an illusion that dwells within us and causes desire. We are not, our self is an illusion, we seem. Buddha taught the opposite of this quote, he would disagree.
"I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, house builder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving"
- Buddha -
Moses, I am not sure of. I hope this has helped you, good luck!
2006-09-27 15:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses would listen to your question and then tell you to go and find the one true God who is this nature of which you speak. This type of esoteric question seems better suited for a taoist like Lao Tzu. You know, it's right up there with questions like "why is there air?" or "If a tree falls in the woods...yada yada".
2006-09-27 15:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by mormon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure but moses would think the nature part as symbolic for what happens in your life.God makes these natural things to happen so you can see who you truly are.If this nature process by god does not happen then you will always keep living in a life of sinful fantasies or a life of hate and stuff.Now buddah and the other guys would say something like this but will exclude god.
Hope this helped.
2006-09-27 15:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by lightangellion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses wrote that "God formed man". So, I think he would disagree with that part. Since God sees what man does not, it is pointless to seem to be something. Instead it would make more sense to be what we were created to be.
2006-09-27 15:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by unicorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be, not to seem would mean be real. But Moses would say God formes us, for His good pleasure
2006-09-27 15:05:28 · answer #5 · answered by SETFREEBYJESUS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you hear about the elephant that swallowed Moses, Mohammed and Jesus? It had an ecummenical movement!
2006-09-27 15:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Rabbi Yohanneh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good luck on that essay!
2006-09-27 15:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of education is learning to research and thinking for yourself. What good would it do you if we did your homework for you?
2006-09-27 15:07:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You should manage your time wisely, good luck with that essay.
-2 points for me. thanks
2006-09-27 15:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋