Tao Te Ching, 14

We look at it and do not see it;

Its name is The Invisible.

We listen to it and do not hear it;

Its name is The Inaudible.

We touch it and do not find it;

Its name is The Subtle (formless).

These three cannot be further inquired into,

And hence merge into one.

Going up high, it is not bright, and coming down low, it is not dark.

Infinite and boundless, it cannot be given any name;

It reverts to nothingness.

This is called shape without shape,

Form (hsiang) without object.

It is The Vague and Elusive.

Meet it and you will not see its head.

Follow it and you will not see its back.

Hold on to the Tao of old in order to master the things of the present.

From this one may know the primeval beginning [of the universe].

This is called the bond of Tao. (Tao Te Ching, 14)

 Today, I would try to interpret the above cannon from the topic" The Tao as the Origin".

The above text is trying to describe the indescribable Tao. From it one may infer that the Tao is not something that is sensible by the five senses of the human system. It takes no form but is boundless. Although it is said that it reverts to nothingness, it did not sprang up from nothing. It is always there yet it was not known by man.

Despite the unknown feature of the Tao, it can affect the lives of the beings and non-beings so much. With the Tao, it was concluded that the universe had began with it. The Tao can be likened to the description of the Father of the Christian God. Although it is understood as the the same substance as with the son, the Father is also different. There it is described that it has no form and not sensible to the human senses but it causes the existence of man. Like the Tao, there is so much more queries about it that are not and cannot be answered using only man's intellect. The Father should be understood not only using intellect.

The physical features of the Tao and its manifestations may be unknown to man but it will affect man once it reveals itself.