What is the Dao?
What is the Dao?
The Dao is simple, it is the nameless. It is the form without form, the one who simply is. It is the backdrop of the universe. It is that which knows before you think, hears before sound is made audible, sees before vision observes. In essence, it is awareness. What is awareness?
Awareness is that which sits behind the universe. It is the existence before the creation of space, time, and light. It is aware, without being aware of itself. It is there, before “there” comes into being.
For example, when you have a deep sleep and awaken with outstretched arms. How is it that you knew you had a great night’s sleep? How do you know that it was deeper than the typical pattern of sleep that you normally have?
That “knowing” is awareness.
The next time, thought whispers, “Who am I?”
Who hears the question?
Where does the question arise?
What remains when no answer comes?
This is the awareness that we speak of. The “one” who is. This is the Dao.
The Dao is beyond silence, for it formed the vacuum.
The Dao is beyond voids, for it molded absence.
How was the universe created?
The universe was created when awareness became aware of itself. This knowing of thyself created light, which in turn formed space and time. However, if we posit further, we can possibly conclude that the universe always was.
This is to say that if awareness was always aware of itself, then the universe and all that is, always was.
Hello! We’re D.J. Hoskins
We are Davena and Jason Hoskins, co-authors of 30+ books and siblings who write under the pseudonym D.J. Hoskins. Three years apart and in our twenties, we have been fascinated by stories from a young age. Davena is a student attending Princeton University, and Jason attends Georgetown University.
