14. Mystery
looked at but cannot be seen - it is beneath form;
listened to but cannot be heard - it is beneath sound;
held but cannot be touched - it is beneath feeling;
these depthless things evade definition,
and blend into a single mystery.
in its rising there is no light,
in its falling there is no darkness,
a continuous thread beyond description,
lining what can not occur;
its form formless,
its image nothing,
its name silence;
follow it, it has no back,
meet it, it has no face.
attend the present to deal with the past;
thus you grasp the continuity of the way,
which is its essence.