The Tao was devoid of action, of thought, of judgment, and of intelligence. ... Lao-tzu's idea of the character was that it primarily and properly meant "a way," ... Tao was adopted to denominate an abstract cause, or the initial principle of life and order, ... Chung-tzu (Kwang-tzu) translates Tao as nature as the ordinary rendering of the Chinese Tao. ... There Tao appears as the spontaneously operating cause3 of all movement in the phenomena of the Universe.
[The "Way" is synonymous with tao and I Ching for they both allude to what the way is and this is fluid in nature allowing any and all myriad things to provide guidance to humans in finding that Way that is conducive to achieving so called enlightenment which I interpret to mean a way for the individual to find harmony within so that harmonious connections can be achieved with society.]
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