Tao te Ching

The Tao that can be told

is not the universal Tao.

The name that can be named

is not the universal name.

In the infancy of the universe,

there were no names.

Naming fragments the mysteries of life

into a thousand things

and their manifestations.

Yet mysteries and manifestations

spring from the same source:

The Great Integrity

which is the mystery within the manifestation,

the manifestation within the mystery,

the naming of the unnamed,

and the unnaming of the named.

When these interpretations

are in full attendance,

we will pass the gates of naming notions

in our journey toward transcendence.

Verse 1

Translator; Ralph Alan Dale

Photo, Whale and Hockey Stick

Another Version from Wayne Dyer

The Tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal name.

The Tao is both named and nameless,
As nameless it is the origin of all things;
as named it is Mother of 10,000 things.

Ever desireless, one can see the mystery;
ever desiring, one sees only the manifestations.
And the mystery itself is the doorway
to all understanding.