Beginninglessness

There is a beginning, there is never beginning to have a beginning, there is never beginning to never begin to have a beginning. There is existence, there is nonexistence. There is never beginning the existence of nonexistence, there is never beginning never beginning the existence of nonexistence. Suddenly there are existence and nonexistence, but we don't know if existence or nonexistence actually exist or not.

Now I have said something, but I don't know if what I have said actually says anything or not.

—from the Chuang Tzu, trans. Thomas Cleary

*grins* I finally started reading the Chuang Tzu, and I'm quite enjoying it. The link in the sidebar is to a different translation. So far I like the Thomas Cleary translation better, but it's always nice to be able to compare. One odd thing: the on-line version has numbered chapters and verses, and the Thomas Cleary version does not.