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What is the Way of Heaven and what should be included in it?

The concept of heaven has an important place in Chinese culture. Most traditional Chinese people rely on the Confucian idea of the "Way of Heaven" to settle their minds. It enables one to realize the value of life even in the midst of frustration, and it can soothe your soul at all times. When the Chinese talk about heaven, they are actually talking about nature, and the Tao means laws and regulations. The Way of Heaven is about the laws of nature. Nature refers to the entire objective material world, including human society. This material world exists and changes in a natural way. So what are the most basic laws of nature? There is a saying that existence is reasonable. This is a saying with great meaning: existence is in accordance with the way of nature. Competition for survival is a very important part of the laws of nature, and survival here does not only refer to living things, but also to the existence of various phenomena. Existence means that this phenomenon can overcome other possible phenomena to survive in the present. Reproduction is also a fundamental law in the Divine Principle, where reproduction does not only mean biological reproduction, but also refers to duplication, repetition, and propagation in general. The winner of the competition for survival will continue to reproduce and expand to occupy all available territory. Evolution is a basic law of biology, but not a basic natural law. Change is also a fundamental law of nature. There is a saying that the only constant is change itself, and that change is the result and the cause of the competition for existence. Both life and non-life are in a never-ending state of change. If the surge theory is correct, then our universe is actually on a knife edge (Hawking, 1991). It is very possible that our universe is in a cycle of explosion, expansion, collapse, and explosion again. In other words, in my opinion, the Tao of Heaven consists of three basic laws: eternal change; competition for survival; and reproduction. Everything else is derived from these three basic laws. This is my own opinion, discussion and criticism are very welcome.