The ultimate Tao, in a nutshell, is the total sum of all potentiality. It reaches back eternally before the arrival of matter. It contains space, in which now contains the cosmos, and this cosmos is pregnant with life. And indeed each life is pregnant with death. A thing can only die once it has been borne, therefor a thing is eternal until it is borne. The sounds of the earth are but a click of the tongue and gods?, mere fanciful characteristics. For the Tao to fully know what it is, it must realize all potentiality which, of course, is eternal throughout and beyond space. This endless search to " know what it is", is the direction of the Tao. The ache to" know" is at the heart of all of this, and this ache is what is felt in the hearts of all true seekers. It is the driving force of life and an essential prerequisite to union with the all, Enlightenment. As any first year psychology student knows, the human mind tends to move, immediately, towards whatever is held in focus, as is in sync with the Tao, therefor an easy way for one to see where they are heading in life is to sincerely discern what is truly ones focus. If the Tao, in its entirety, lost focus on unfolding, spherically, as it does, where would that leave life? The above is purely a nice mind stretch, nothing more, nothing less. Sweet dreams. Wolf

It can not have a label
Nor can it be a concept
But it is the source of conceptualization

It can not have shape
Nor can it be perceived with the senses
But it is the source of consciousness

It is not light nor is it dark
It does not sit in the heavens or on the earth
It does not start nor does it end
But it is the blank on which all is manifested
It is the base on which all things stand

It is no object.

It simply is.