Tao Te Ching, Hua Ching Ni transliteration 14 Look at it, but you cannot see it. Because it is formless, you call it invisible. Listen to it, but you cannot hear it. Because it is soundless, you call it inaudible. Grasp it, but it is beyond your reach. Because it is subtle, you call it intangible. These three are indescribable and imperceptible, but in the mystical moment you see it, hear it and grasp it, the Unseen, Unheard and Unreachable presents itself as the indefinable essence. Confront it, and you do not see its face. Follow it, and you do not see its back. It does not appear bright when viewed at the zenith, nor does it appear dark when viewed at the nadir. There is nothing that can make this subtle essence of the universe distinct. When you try to make it clear to yourself, it evasively reverts to Nothingness. You may call it the Form of the Formless or the Image of the Imageless. Yet the elusive, subtle essence remains nameless. If you hope to meet it, it has no part you can call front. If you hope to follow it, it has no place you can call behind. Yet it can be observed in the constant regularity of the universe. The constancy of the universe of antiquity is the constancy of the present time. If one knows the Primal Beginning, one may thus know the truth of the universal subtle Way.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:09:13 +0000
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