Ah, so. Is there a taboo on introspection in CFI culture?
Ah, not so.
However, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/taoism/beliefs/gods.shtml
In Taoism the universe springs from the Tao, and the Tao impersonally guides things on their way.
But the Tao itself is not God, nor is it a god, nor is it worshipped by Taoists.
So, what is the Tao?
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/taoism/beliefs/tao.shtml
1.
The Tao is not a thing
2.
The Tao includes several concepts in one word:
* the source of creation
* the ultimate
* the inexpressible and indefinable
* the unnameable
* the natural universe as a whole
* the way of nature as a whole
So,
There was something undifferentiated and yet complete,
Which existed before Heaven and Earth.
Soundless and formless it depends on nothing and does not change.
Tao Te Ching