Catalyst: Taoism and Identity

One of the most interesting things here at Catalyst has been the expression taoist quotes related to the identity.
Today’s Opening Slide
The Tao of Identity
Though thirty spokes may form a wheel,
it is the hole within the hub
which gives the wheel utility.
It is not the clay the potter throws,
which gives the pot its usefulness,
but the space within the shape,
from which the pot is made.
Without a door, the room cannot be entered,
and without windows it is dark.
Such is the utility of non-existance.
From yesterday
The Tao of Identity

The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name…
We Cannot know the Tao itself,
nor see its qualities direct,
but only see by differentiation,
that which it manifests.
-lau tzu
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We also had some Tarot reading the first evening… who knew this crowd had spirituality flowing through it.