Problem
In the Taoist religion, a central problem is from the three “worms” or “corpses” that reside within the body of every person. These worms are malevolent spirits who “long for the body to die and therefore perform mischief to try to hasten the adept's demise" (Eskildsen 1998: 49). To achieve this goal, the Worms perform all manner of evil to try to shorten the lifespan of the host. They invite sickness into the body, and cause many ailments to the body of their host. The worms also report misdeeds committed by the host to a Taoist deity, the “Director of Destinies”, who then takes shortens the person's lifespan for each misdeed committed.
Taoists also believe that by nature people do not act as ‘one’. Only through various spiritual and lifestyle oriented actions can they unify the body and the mind, and then even further unify with the Tao.
Cause of Problem
The worms are believed to enter the body every person at birth. But they do not want to reside in a human body. When the human they live in dies, they are released as ghosts that can go back to the underground springs which they prefer to reside in. This is …show more content…
It has a lot more of a focus on things like spirituality and unity with nature compared to more western abrahamic religions. For example, Taoism focuses on things like unity with the world and the force of Tao. This is a clear contrast to western abrahamic religions, which tend to focus more on things like specific people and treat the religious ideas as more human in a way. For example in christianity, there is a focus on characters like God, Jesus, and Satan, whereas in Taoism this can be less pronounced, instead focusing on forces and ideas. This is an Idea that I think is really interesting, as personally I don’t like the overwhelming and often cult like focus on religious characters in western religions. I think the more philosophical focus of eastern religions is
In the Taoist religion, a central problem is from the three “worms” or “corpses” that reside within the body of every person. These worms are malevolent spirits who “long for the body to die and therefore perform mischief to try to hasten the adept's demise" (Eskildsen 1998: 49). To achieve this goal, the Worms perform all manner of evil to try to shorten the lifespan of the host. They invite sickness into the body, and cause many ailments to the body of their host. The worms also report misdeeds committed by the host to a Taoist deity, the “Director of Destinies”, who then takes shortens the person's lifespan for each misdeed committed.
Taoists also believe that by nature people do not act as ‘one’. Only through various spiritual and lifestyle oriented actions can they unify the body and the mind, and then even further unify with the Tao.
Cause of Problem
The worms are believed to enter the body every person at birth. But they do not want to reside in a human body. When the human they live in dies, they are released as ghosts that can go back to the underground springs which they prefer to reside in. This is …show more content…
It has a lot more of a focus on things like spirituality and unity with nature compared to more western abrahamic religions. For example, Taoism focuses on things like unity with the world and the force of Tao. This is a clear contrast to western abrahamic religions, which tend to focus more on things like specific people and treat the religious ideas as more human in a way. For example in christianity, there is a focus on characters like God, Jesus, and Satan, whereas in Taoism this can be less pronounced, instead focusing on forces and ideas. This is an Idea that I think is really interesting, as personally I don’t like the overwhelming and often cult like focus on religious characters in western religions. I think the more philosophical focus of eastern religions is