You can undress a woman, but not make her naked. And when you do undress her, she becomes hidden in even more intricate clothing. All her beauty vanishes; all her mystery is hidden somewhere deep in the depths of her being. You can rape her body, but not her soul. And raping the body is like raping a corpse. The woman isn't there. You can't even break her virginity, because virginity is a profound thing.
Lao Tzu didn't approach life like a scientist, to observe it. He didn't spread life out on a laboratory table. He didn't dissect life, or break it into pieces. He didn't break life. Because breaking it is obstinacy; to break it is to become Duryodhana. Draupadi continued to undress in front of Arjuna. Suddenly, the matter ended in front of Duryodhana; a request arose to extend the cloth. The scientist approaches nature's Draupadi like Duryodhana; and Lao Tzu approaches like Arjuna—loving; not aggressive, but aspiring; willing to wait, patient, and full of prayer. But only when Draupadi wishes, when she too feels a similar desire to open up and reveal herself, to open all the doors of her heart to someone.
So the secret that Lao Tzu has discovered is something even the greatest scientist cannot grasp. Because the method of knowing is different. Lao Tzu's method is the method of pure religion. Religion means love. Religion means non-aggression. Religion means waiting. And one has to persuade slowly. Religion is a kind of coaxing. Just as when you fall in love with a woman, you persuade her slowly. You don't attack her.
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