The Eternal Game

Go is not only just a simple game. It is a reflection of the eternal Tao. Just like we see by not seeing, learn by not learning, we capture our opponents pieces by not doing so. The moment a mistake is made, it affects the entire game. Through that experience we learn how to play the right way, the Taoist way. By trying not to win, you stand a very good chance of winning. The board game teaches us how we can do things by doing the opposite. We save ourselves not by defending but by endangering others and attacking. By playing this game we are in reality learning the Tao. How we should live according to it. Sometimes we can sacrifice one or a few for the greater good of the whole group. In the game certain rules are provided, restricting moves and strategies. Like the Ko rule the Tao is eternal. The game will go on eternally just as the Tao will go on forever. The game of Go, I have found is simply a reflection of the eternal Tao and what the Tao has taught us.