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Originally Posted by ketzer
Good question. Given that the first verse more or less warns you that the Tao that can be written, spoken, thought, is not the true Tao, about the only thing we know is no matter who translates it or doesn't translate it at all, it is going to be wrong......well at least as far as describing the Tao.
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I think there is some confusion here. Chapter one says that the name of the Tao is not the
eternal name. This simply means that words and names, as well as the words used for explanations, change with time, and will be interpreted differently. However the book in general does a pretty god job of desicribing how the Tao functions.
but your in luck! I have devised the best explanation for what the Tao is, so here goes, are you ready"
Tao is the way the universe works.
You could say it is the set of operating instructions for how the universe works, which includes the known and unknown laws of physics and spirit.
It has no personality, no feelings, no desires. It appeared prior to the big bang. Tao begot one (the big bang) The one differentiated into two (matter and energy, with matter being Yin and energy being yang) The two interacted to create the ten thousand things. Out universe and everything in it.