Because the Tao is logically prior to the phenomenal world, we cannot discuss it or describe it using the concepts that apply to the phenomenal world. Strictly speaking, we cannot even refer to it as a singular entity -- since the concepts of singularity and plurality apply to objects in the world of experience. Just as the number two is neither blue nor not-blue (numbers are not coloured), the Tao is neither singular nor not-singular.
~ from Learning the Tao: Chuang Tzu as Teacher, Chapter Seven ~
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