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Chapter 14
Presence of God

a
We look and do not see it
And call it invisible
b
We listen and do not hear it
And call it silent
a
We reach and do not grasp it
And call it formless
c
These three cannot be fathomed
Thus, they are joined into One

d
Above, there is no brightness
Below, there is no darkness
e
Infinite, unnamable
Returning to the realm of nothingness
The form of the formless
The image of the imageless
Indefinable, beyond all imagination f
Approach it, there is no beginning
a
Follow it, there is no end

g
When one knows the Spirit of the ancient past
One can begin to understand the present
Knowing the mystery of the beginning
Is the way to know God