Truths beyond words
Tao called "Tao" is not Tao
Names can name no lasting name
Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth.
Names can name no lasting name
Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth.
So begins the Tao Te Ching
Consider...
God called "God," or any other “divine” name,
is neither God nor divinity.
Names are neither infinite nor eternal.
is neither God nor divinity.
Names are neither infinite nor eternal.
Tao and God, eternity and infinity, are ineffable — beyond icons and names.
Names, particularly names like these, are, at best, frail representations of truth.
Only after this recognition and caution are shared and absorbed, can such names be used — sparingly and humbly, in full knowledge of their inadequacy.
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