The “Way”
Posted on | October 22, 2007 | No Comments
The Tao is translated as “The Way.”
I think Jesus’s words in Matthew 6 and 7 speak in almost the same cadence and content as the Tao.
Can we get to a better understanding of:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me” in John 14:6
When you consider that “the Tao” is an acceptance of the oneness of all of creation, then it might be fair to speculate that Jesus may have been saying something that MEANT:
“I am the Tao (oneness), and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through the Tao (oneness).”
Granted, this is just my speculation. But if you consider that Jesus arguably spent time in Egypt, he could quite possibly have had access to a copy of the Tao. This meaning is FAR more consistent with Jesus’s message of inclusion and oneness. How much better would this interpretation have been in the past rather than it’s use as the justification for separation and “conversion by the sword” the “orthodox” church? How much better can this interpretation be for the future, as our global economy requires a more open and tolerant religious context?
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