They belonged to the trees and to the stars

The Tao Teh Ching signifies a state of society when civilisation had not yet entered, when people were still living natural lives, when they were more close to the earth, to the rocks, to the rivers, when they were almost part of the ecology. They belonged to the trees and to the stars. The home was not yet lost; they were at home in the universe. Love can do that miracle again. Man has to become capable of living naturally, lovingly, and yet able to use his mind when needed. But he should not become obsessed with the mind. He should live in the heart, and mind should be used only as a mechanism, just as you use your car or your radio or your television. One should not become addicted to the head. A totally new kind of civilisation is needed: a heart-oriented civilisation. Taoism is the beginning of that new kind of civilisation. By becoming a taoist you are becoming part of the future, of that which is going to happen of that which has to happen if man is to survive, if life is to exist on earth. The old has failed, utterly failed; the new is absolutely needed and as quickly as possible, because man is dying, his heart is missing beats. Man is in a state of heart failure -- only a great dose of love, an allopathic dose, can save him, otherwise there is no hope.

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