Daoism

Defining "hidden"

Dimly visible, it can't be named
And returns to that which is without substance
This is called the indistinct and shadowy

It has no shape, no form and requires imagination. The desired effect cannot be seen, hear, or touched, but the value lies behind the thoughts. Unspoken words are those we should look for in the sea of spoken words in order to hear what needs to be spoken as thoughts give rise to sensation even if distance hinders touch. The Dao is in the process of acquiring, not the concrete but in the abstract--not in what is spoken, heard or touched, but in what cannot be. So then ordinary would give rise to the unique and the transcendent wisdom lies not in illusions given, but in illusions made. The mind is the key. "What I want is not necessarily what I asked for and the phenomenal depends on my perception and utilization of my surroundings." Surprises lay within the hidden, not within the obvious.