Psychology Today | 16.02.2026 03:58
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao,” wrote Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching more than 2,500 years ago, capturing a paradox that still resonates today. Our deepest experiences of meaning, awe, and transcendence often resist language. Yet the fact that spiritual and existential concerns are difficult to articulate does not make them any less psychologically real and important. Questions of purpose, belief, connection, and mystery quietly shape many people's emotional lives—even when they are not spoken aloud.
