Comments on: The Tao – Part 2 http://poseidonsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/the-tao-part-2/ and other oozing drips of Mer-malade Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: karen http://poseidonsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/the-tao-part-2/#comment-1431 karen Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:12:54 +0000 http://poseidonsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/the-tao-part-2/#comment-1431 I actually saw this on ABC news about 10 days ago. There was also a small piece in our newspaper the next day. <blockquote>Really? On ABC News...Wow...That's very interesting. I might have to gander on over to their site and see what they have to say about it! I actually saw this on ABC news about 10 days ago. There was also a small piece in our newspaper the next day.

Really? On ABC News…Wow…That’s very interesting. I might have to gander on over to their site and see what they have to say about it!

]]> By: AnthonyNorth http://poseidonsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/the-tao-part-2/#comment-1407 AnthonyNorth Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:19:50 +0000 http://poseidonsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/the-tao-part-2/#comment-1407 Hi PM, One point of interest could be an analysis between east and west medicine in terms of the society that produced them. In the east, religion tends to be directed at nature and man's place within it. Hence, Taoism leads to accupuncture, and a similar system surrounds feng shui. In the west, religion changed through monotheism and ego to reflect man's place in society, ABOVE nature. This led to the idea of man changing his environment and advancing. This led to science and specialisation, and thus a compartmentalised, materialist form of medicine. <blockquote>I like that analysis Anthony. That actually makes quite a bit of sense to me. Interestingly enough too (and I will delve into this in my last post on the Tao), is the fact that acupuncture, as a practise, in and of itself, seemed to have arose rather spontaneously amongst many ancient cultures (non-Asian included) a few thousand years before it was documented in Chinese history. This adds a new twist to our thought that only the Ancient Chinese were aware of body meridians and things...Quite fascinating. I will write up my post shortly and present it - should make for some good discussion methinks! Thanks for your comments. Hi PM,
One point of interest could be an analysis between east and west medicine in terms of the society that produced them.
In the east, religion tends to be directed at nature and man’s place within it. Hence, Taoism leads to accupuncture, and a similar system surrounds feng shui.
In the west, religion changed through monotheism and ego to reflect man’s place in society, ABOVE nature. This led to the idea of man changing his environment and advancing. This led to science and specialisation, and thus a compartmentalised, materialist form of medicine.

I like that analysis Anthony. That actually makes quite a bit of sense to me. Interestingly enough too (and I will delve into this in my last post on the Tao), is the fact that acupuncture, as a practise, in and of itself, seemed to have arose rather spontaneously amongst many ancient cultures (non-Asian included) a few thousand years before it was documented in Chinese history. This adds a new twist to our thought that only the Ancient Chinese were aware of body meridians and things…Quite fascinating. I will write up my post shortly and present it – should make for some good discussion methinks! Thanks for your comments.

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