The Taoteching #14

We look but don’t see it
and call it indistinct
We listen but don’t hear it
and call it faint
We reach but don’t grasp it
and call it ethereal
Three failed means to knowledge
we weave into one
with no light above
with no shade below
too fine to be named
returning to nothing
This is the formless form
the immaterial image
This is the waxing waning
We meet without seeing its face
We follow without seeing its back
Holding onto this very Way
we rule this very realm
and discover its ancient past
This is the thread of the Way

Lao-tzu
from The Taoteching