Searching, we cannot see it.
We call it ephemeral.
Straining, we cannot hear it.
We call it ethereal.
Reaching, we cannot grasp it.
We call it intangible.
These three are often confused
because they are the same.
The One is not bright above and dark below.
Transparent, it moves in and out of nothing.
Its form has no shape.
Its image has no substance.
It is indistinct, elusive.
Nothing to face, nothing to follow.
Hold to the timeless Tao.
Abide in the present.
Now is the ancient beginning.