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The Way is like an empty vessel

that yet may be drawn from

without ever needing to be filled

it is bottomless:

the very progenitor of all things....

it is like a deep pool that never dries...

 

When you look at it you cannot see it

it is called formless

when you listen to it you can not hear it

it is called soundless

when you try to seize it you cannot hold it

it is called subtle

no one can measure these three to their ultimate ends

therefor they are fused to one.

it is up, but it is not brightened

it is down, but it is not obscured

it stretches endlessly

and no name is to be given

it returns to nothingness

it is called formless form, shapeless shape,

it is called the intangible

you face it but you cannot see its back

Holding on to the Ancient Way...

 

Lao-Tzu(LAOZI) "Tao Te Ching"

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