The Law of Tao

If you look at it, you cannot see it—call it invisible. If you listen for it, you cannot hear it—call it soundless. If you reach for it, you cannot touch it—call it formless. These three cannot be pinned down or fully explained. They blend together and become one. Above, it is not bright. Below, it is not dark. Endless and impossible to describe, it returns to a state of nothingness. This is the shape of no shape, the image of no thing. It is called the vague and elusive. Go toward it, and you cannot see its head. Follow it, and you cannot see its tail. Hold fast to the Tao that has existed since ancient times in order to guide the things of today. To know the beginning of all things—this is the guiding thread of the Tao.