Taoism

Taoism: Action Versus In transaction

        

        The Star Trek The Next Generation issue: Booby Trap shows a perfect example of Taoist thought. The crew of the go-ahead is always taking some action in install to achieve a specific goal. This episode shows that by inactiveness you can sometimes achieve far more than you could through action. The mind of the physical senses cannot grasp the concepts of the unnameable. The crew of the Enterprise guide a valuable lesson on the nature of decision making and how to do without doing anything.

        The Enterprise is caught in an ancient trap that uses the starships proclaim power supply to destroy its occupants. The answer to the trap is to leave off down the engines; by generating no power the trap is subordinate. Taoism is a philosophy base on inaction: Therefore the prevail acts without doing anything and teaches without aspect anything.(Tao Te Ching pg. 2)

        When the true nature of the trap is revealed, Ryker states If we digest we die. If we dont resist we die. Neither action nor inaction was the key to salvation. Rykers statement was based on a physical world; the Tao goes beyond action or inaction of a physical sense. The Tao Te Ching states, the Master does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone.(pg.



38) The Master does not rely on the world of the senses to decide her action.

        Everything the crew of the enterprise tried to do was based on overpowering the trap. More energy, faster adjustments. But thats scarcely what we cant do because thats what were supposed to do.(Star Trek La Forge) All of the attempts to overcome the trap were based on action, trying to do something just about the problem. The Tao teaches us to Stop thinking and end your problems. The answer to all...

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