TAO 32- Naming the Nameless

The Tao is nameless and unchanging.
Although it appears insignificant,
nothing in the world can contain it.

If a ruler abides by its principles,
then her people will willingly follow.
Heaven would then reign on earth,
like sweet rain falling on paradise.
People would have no need for laws,
because the law would be written on their hearts.

Naming is a necessity for order,
but naming can not order all things.
Naming often makes things impersonal,
so we should know when naming should end.
Knowing when to stop naming,
you can avoid the pitfall it brings.

All things end in the Tao
just as the small streams and the largest rivers
flow through valleys to the sea.

The concept of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Enthalpy is a mystery, yet the driving force for life as we understand it.  We name it and strive to understand it, but philosophy and mathematics fail to explain how the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Those who begin to grasp it at a deep spiritual level, begin to live in harmony with Gaia, Nature, God, Tao or whatever term you choose.

What we call it and how we describe it is insignificant and only a crutch to participation in the process.  Participation in the process is called harmony.  You can’t describe Thermodynamics.  You can’t write ‘rules to live’ by for Thermodynamics.  You can’t take a photo of it and post on the internet for the world to see.  There are no slick Madison Avenue advertisements to sell it.

You either get it or you don’t.