Tao and Te Although Tao and Te are gender neutral, tao is masculine and te is feminine. Tao in the ancient sages, mostly dominant by male, now appears te, the manifestation shakti, qi or kundalini energy of the mother, as the 0 mathematical point, defined in Upanishads as nada and bindu, sound of silent as nada, manifestation as bindu, or Te. Nirguna Brahman is Spirit without form, and Saguna Brahman, the work of the avatars, is God or Goddess with form, creates energy all over the Universe, to upgrade matter, space and time. Tao and Te re-images the Spirit. The early humans were primitive, though they received the same Spirit, as wisdom, received by the ancient sages, reincarnating today, with various bodies and colors, to recreate the tao, respecting every path that leads us here, encompassing everyone. Now when we listen to others, we find the truth. Only when we can turn off our mind, we can hear te, the manifestation of tao. Hence tao came first, and te, the feminine form of tao, appears later, which is now. Early Chinese alphabets, are built on Tao Te Ching, Tao being the eternal, unmanifested, sound of silence, Te is the manifestation, avatars that bring the knowledge of Tao and Ching is everything else. Tao te Ching recreates the image, in the image of the Universe, as being fully naked, each cell and particle vibrating, makes the Spirit whole, and in turn makes the Universe whole. The Spirit gives proportional credit to its maker. The seals are locks within each character, like the rudraksha bead, from a mala, that represents Upanishads. Each Chinese character is a seal, locked by ancient wisdom, by the ancient sages. Immeasurable indeed were the ancients ... Subtle, mysterious, fathomless and penetrating. The primitive origin of man: Here indeed is the clue to the Way. My Teachings are very easy to understand and to practice, yet there is no one in the world who is able either to understand or to practice them. This is because my teachings have an originating principle and arise from an integrated system. This is not understood, so I am unknown. - Lao Tzu There comes a Being undifferentiated and complete, born before heaven and earth. Tranquil, boundless, abiding alone and changing not, encircling everything without exhaustion. Fathomless, it seems to be the Silence of all things. I do not know its name, but characterize it as the Tao. Arbitrarily forcing a name upon it, call it Great ... - Tao Te Ching In the beginning was the Tao, and the Tao was with God, and the Tao was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not ... He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not ... And the Tao became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory ... - The Gospel of John