A Balanced World

Finally, this is the end of Tao. The rest of the book wasn't that different compared to the beginning. It just had a bit of confusing riddles, but that's pretty much it.

The most important word for this book, I'd say, is balance. The Tao says that everything should be kept in balance. I do agree with this. Too much "bad" would lead the Earth into a world of evil. But, an excess of "good" will eventually lead our world with no good because there always has to be a "bad" to notice the existence of "good".

So, everything has to have an opposite to be kept in balance. And, we are not only talking about the Earth but the whole universe. Everything relies on some sort of balance. Let's look at Saturn for example. The planet, Saturn, is well known for its famous floating ring around it. The ring actually consists of many little rocks and pebbles orbiting around the planet. The reason why Saturn moves the way it does and the reason why the rocks orbit around it is because of the attraction between the rocks and the planet due to gravity. If they are not next to each other the way they are, Saturn would move differently and the small rocks would be scattered all around space. So, I think this represents a sort of balance.



Anyways, I thought the book was interesting. It was very fun to read in the beginning and later it got a bit boring. But overall, I enjoyed reading it.