The Path of the Middle

If one could see the splendor of God - in both its light and dark aspects - this experience (of love) would not have to end in disillusionment and bitterness.
Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow

The Hindus have Durga, the Goddess of creation and love, as well as Kali, the Goddess of destruction and love. In fact, Durga and Kali are one, they are only different forms and faces of the same divine energy. China, the old middle Kingdom, had Lao- Tzu who discovered Taoism, the Path of the Middle. When you read the Tao Te Ching you see clearly that he had the eyes of an artist. He didn't invent a new religion, he just described what was plain to see to him but apparently no one else.

The Path of the Middle is not an average, not the shade of grey somewhere in-between black and white. No, the Tao takes the form of Heaven and the energy of hell, as Robert A. Johnson puts it so eloquently. It is the best of all worlds wrapped up in a cocoon that protects you from everything. The Tao is out there for you to embrace. It is everywhere really, at work, at home, or wherever else you are. All you have to do is to look for the Path of the Middle yourself.