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the way that can be

articulately described

is not the unchanging way

the name that can be said aloud

is not the unchanging name

with your mouth left open

and things left undefined

you stand at the beginning of the universe

make definitions and you are the measure of all creation

thus, being forever without desire, you look deeply into the transcendent

by constantly harboring desire, your vision is beset by all the things around you

these two enter the world alike, but their names are different

alike, they are called profound and remote

profound and remote and again more so

this is the gate to all mysteries