The Tao that can be told
is not the universal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the universal name.
In the infancy of the universe,
there were no names.
Naming fragments the mysteries of life
into ten thousand things and their manifestations.
Yet mysteries and manifestations
spring from the same source:
The Great Integrity
which is the mystery within manifestation,
the manifestation within mystery,
the naming of the unnamed,
and the un-naming of the named.
When these interpenetrations
are in full attendance,
we will pass the gates of naming notions
in our journey toward transcendence.
"The Tao Te Ching, A New Translation"
By: Ralph Alan Dale
ISBN: 0-7607-4998-1