What is the Tao?
The word Tao is Chinese. It is generally translated as path or way. It is most notably used in the Tao Te Ching (a superb book I highly reccomend,) which is essentially Chinese philosophy. For my purposes with this blog, it important only to note that the Tao is a greater path than our own. It is, essentially, beyond description and favors quiet reflection to wordy explanations.
Where is the Tao?
Conventionally, the Tao is understood to belong to a Chinese tradition known as Taoism. I would like to expand this constraint to include not only formal "Taoist" philosophy, but also various beliefs across the world. In my years of study, I have concluded that the term Tao can be more or less interchanged with terms from other faiths, including Brahman in Hinduism, The Spirit of God in Christianity, and even The Force in Star Wars. True to its original description, the Tao is limitless and universal.
Why the Tao of Koy?
Being somewhat of a religious pluralist, it is my personal conviction to endeavor to find commonality among faiths rather than highlight differences. Each faith (doctrinally, not necessarily practically,) aims to seek out and realize Truth from whatever perspective it can. Truth is given, in bits and pieces, to those who actively seek and are willing to hear. My aim, the aim of Koy, is to bring to light this Truth from every angle possible, through the eyes of whatever faith I can manage. This is my vision of Truth, the Tao of Koy.
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