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“That the ‘that’ and the ‘this’ cease to be opposites is the very essence of the Tao. Only the essence, an axis as it were, is the centre of the circle responding to the endless changes.”
Zhuang Zhou, Chinese Taoist Philosopher, 4th century BC

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“The way up and down is one and the same.”
Heraclitus of Ephesus
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“The relationship of form and emptiness cannot be conceived as a state of mutually exclusive opposites, but only as two aspects of the same realty, which co-exist and are in continual cooperation.
Anagarika Govinda

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“The exploration of the subatomic world in the 20th century has revealed the intrinsically dynamic nature of matter. It has shown that the constituents of atoms, the subatomic particles, are dynamic patterns, which do not exist as isolated entities, but as integral parts of an inseparable network of interactions. These interactions involve a ceaseless flow of energy manifesting itself as the exchange of particle; a dynamic interplay in which particles are created and destroyed without end in a continual variation of energy patterns. The particle interactions give rise to the stable structures, which build up the material world, which again do not remain static, but oscillate in rhythmic movements. The whole universe is thus engaged in endless motion and activity; in a continual cosmic dance of energy.”

Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics

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