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"We look at it but do not see it; We name this "the minute." We listen to it but do not hear it; We name this "the rarefied." We touch it but do not hold it; We name this "the level and smooth." These three cannot be examined to the limit. Thus they merge together as one. "One"—there is nothing more encompassing above it, And nothing smaller below it. Boundless, formless! It cannot be named, And returns to the state of no-thing. This is called the formless form, The substanceless image. This is called the subtle and indistinct. Follow it and you won't see its back; Greet it and you won't see its head. Hold on to the Way of the present— To manage the things of the present, And to know the ancient beginning. This is called the beginning of the thread of the Way."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 8