14- mystery

Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond

form.

Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond

sound.

Grasp, it cannot be held - it is

intangible.

These three are indefinable;

Therefore they are joined in one.

From above it is not bright;

From below it is not dark:

An unbroken thread beyond

description.

It returns to nothingness.

The form of the formless,

The image of the imageless,

It is called indefinable and beyond

imagination.

Stand before it and there is no

beginning.

Follow it and there is no end.

Stay with the ancient Tao,

Move with the present.

Knowing the ancient beginning is the

essence of Tao.