Acharya Prashant explains the concept of the origin as discussed in the Tao Te Ching, distinguishing between mere modification and true origination. He notes that while forms in the physical world constantly change—soil becoming a tree, then fruit, then a body—this cycle occurs within a single dimension and does not explain the primal cause. The origin is that which remains behind these changes, invisible and unincluded in the change itself. While the mind may speculatively urge that an origin must exist when looking at the universe, turning inward provides absolute certainty. The being of the meditator becomes the living proof of this unmovable center, which is a great void that both emanates and absorbs all things.