The final word is the opening word of the Tao Te Ching:
A Way called Way isn’t the perennial Way.
A name that names isn’t the perennial name.
Our training has given us chatty minds—but mystery is not chatty. Reassure that anxious part of yourself: Mystery is and ought to be underdefined. It is not trying to slip away; you do not need to tether it with words.
Gregg Braden tells the story of his visit to a Tibetan monastery. He asked the abbot about their internal state amid the bells and mantras and incense. The abbot replied:
You’ve never seen our prayers. You’ve seen the things we do to create the feeling. The feeling is the prayer.
The feeling is the prayer.