Thursday, May 05, 2011

Truths beyond words


Tao called "Tao" is not Tao

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.


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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