The Dao
cannot be called by name. This is good for us to remember as a story mentions
that a master once told a student that “If someone calls your name and you do
not turn to look, you have accomplished something.” Neither can the Dao be
remembered by shape. Even though it is invisible, it makes its presence known.
You cannot stop the Dao, and you cannot hope to even contain it. It is the
river that rises above any banks you may try to stop it with. Names and shapes
are conveniences, not truth. The times as well as the shape of the Dao are
always a-changing.
