There are those who believe that the supreme beings in all of the different religions of the world are simply all the same being. God, Allah, Yahweh, Om, Onkar, etc. all refer to the same thing according to these believers.
My question is... are they all synonymous in your eyes? For example, if you are Christian, do you regard any of the above as a different name for what you already believe in, or is "God" your God and Allah is theirs?
Please explain your answer because I am curious!
As a taoist I personally have no problem with how people from other beliefs view,anthropomorphasize,or personalize the Tao.
Personalizing the Tao is not forbidden in Taoism,as long as you realize thats all you are doing.
I myself tend refer to the Supreme as "Mother".
Different strokes for different folks.
Personally, I think the "Supreme" has way less of a hangup about Titles,Rituals,and Beliefs then what a lot of "worshippers" think.
from the TAO TE CHING:
1
The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
4
The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God.
6
The Tao is called the Great Mother:
empty yet inexhaustible,
it gives birth to infinite worlds.
It is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.
7
The Tao is infinite, eternal.
Why is it eternal?
It was never born;
thus it can never die.
Why is it infinite?
It has no desires for itself;
thus it is present for all beings
To me,names like Jehova,Yahweh,Allah,and yes,even Tao are just ways of trying to understand something that transcends all human understanding.
