Starlight and Non-Being
Starlight asked Non-Being: “Master, are you? Or are you not?”
Since he received no answer whatever, Starlight set himself to watch for Non-Being.
He waited to see if Non-Being would put in an appearance.
He kept his gaze fixed on the deep Void, hoping to catch a glimpse of Non-Being.
All day long he looked, and he saw nothing. He listened, but heard nothing.
He reached out to grasp, and grasped nothing.
Then Starlight exclaimed at last: “This is IT!”
“This is the furthest yet! Who can reach it?
I can comprehend the absence of Being
But who can comprehend the absence of Nothing?
If now, on top of all this, Non-Being IS,
Who can comprehend it?”
Chuang Tzu
