Lookatit,itcannotbeseen,itiscalledcolorless.Listentoit,itcannotbeheard,itiscalledsoundless.Reachforit,itcannotbeheld,itiscalledformless.
Thesethreecannotbecompletelyunraveled,sotheyarecombinedintoone.Above,itisnotbright;below,itisnotdark.Continuouslytheunnameablemoveson,untilitreturnsbeyondtherealmofthings.Itiscalledtheformoftheformless,theimageoftheimageless.Itiscalledindefinableandbeyondimagination.
Standbeforeitandthereisnobeginning.Followitandthereisnoend.StaywiththeancientTao,movewiththepresent.KnowingtheancientbeginningistheessenceofTao.