4、“无极”生“太极”

4. Wuji Generates Taiji

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“太极”是个什么样的状态呢？

What is the state of Taiji?

首先，我们必须弄清楚，“太极”是如何从“无极”中诞生的。

First, we have to know Taiji is generated from Wuji.

“无极”是一切的有，又是一切的无。说它是一切的有，是因为有能生成物质世界的能量存在，说它是一切的无，是因为这些能量还没有形成任何物质形态，是无虚无实的状态，是一片混沌。就象万里晴空，什么也没有，但当云层翻滚，雷电交加的时候，“一切”就有了。

Wuji is nothing and everything. It is everything because the energy existence in it can produce the material world. It is nothing because the energy in it is not material. It is chaos without firmness or emptiness. It is like the sky. When the sky is clear, there is nothing in it. But when it is cloudy, we can see the clouds and lightings and hear the thunders. Then there is everything.

“无极”中有无形的能量存在，这个无形的能量（区别于有形的能量）一直在做无规则运动，当这个无规则运动在一个任意点上偶然排列出了一种特定的顺序或符号的时候，整个“无极”就以这个点为中心形成了一个众星捧月式的势能箭式“龙卷风”。

In Wuji, there is the intangible energy. The intangible energy (in contrast with the tangible energy) is moving irregularly. When the irregular movement, accidently on a point, formed a specific order or symbol, the entire Wuji has formed a potential power arrow called the “tornado” centered on this point.

这个势能箭式“龙卷风”就是“太极”。（请大家注意，这个龙卷风只是一个态势，只有势能，它还没有旋转起来，还没有动能。）

This potential power arrow, or “tornado”, is just called Taiji. (Please note that the tornado is simply a momentum with only potential power. It does not have kinetic energy because it is not rotating.)

这就是“无极”生“太极”。

This is how Taiji is generated from Wuji.

“太极”是这么一种状态：是一、是无形、是无对立的统一体、是个极大能量团（就象是个积聚了亿亿个太平洋，但闸门尚未打开的水库）。

Taiji is in such a state: it is the one, amorphous, the unity without opposites, and an extremely large energy cluster (It is just like a locked reservoir containing billions of billions of Pacific)

这个“太极”就是我们通常意义上说的“上帝”。

The Taiji is just the Greatest Creator in common sense.

老子在《道德经》中讲：“有物混成，先天地生。”在天体宇宙尚未出现之前，有一个“物”先形成了，这个“物”就是“太极”，就是上帝的灵。至于老子把这个“物”称为“道”，那是因为他把上帝的质和灵混合了。

In Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu said, “Chaos was born before there was the Earth and Heaven.” Before the Universe was born, “something” existed. This “something” is Taiji, the psychic energy of the Greatest Creator. Lao Tzu named this “something” as Tao because he confused the nature and psychic energy of the Greatest Creator.

认识了“无极”，就可以理解佛和佛法；认识了“太极”，就可以理解“道”和“道法”。

After understanding what Wuji is, we can understand Buddha and Buddhism. After understanding Taiji, we can understand Tao and Taoism.