Open Mind, Open Heart discussion

Verse 25:

There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is seren. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name. I call it the Tao.

I call it great.
Great is boundless;
boundless is eternally flowing;
ever flowing, it is constantly returning.

Therefore, the Way is great,
heaven is great,
earth is great,
people and great.

Thus, tho know humanity,understand earth.
To know earth, understand heaven.
To know heaven, understand the Way.
To know the Way, understand the great within yourself.

This reminds me of something I just read in The Seeker's Guide by Elizabeth Lesser. The author, writing about the Zen concept of "Beginner's Mind," compares a mind full of thoughts to a sky full of clouds. Be the sky before there was weather, she says. Be the mind before there were thoughts. That really resonated with me, and this description of Tao before the Universe existed does too.

The Tao, in Verse 25, makes me think of the Kether of the Jewish Kaballah. It's what everything else came from...including us:)