The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding. –Tao Te Ching, Verse 1, by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation)
“The scientist’s religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work.” -Albert Einstein
Much like the Zen Buddhists would advise to focus on the moon and not the finger pointing to the moon, don’t worry if it’s a myth or not. If the miracle actually happened.
Instead, focus on the story itself. What it might be telling you.
Allow for the mystery. Be grateful for it.
And remember…life, planet Earth, you breathing, you being alive at this exact moment in time…it’s all one giant miracle. A mystery. And in some alternate universe, who knows, maybe even a myth?
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