Christ the Eternal Tao: Chapter Two

Chapter Two from the book 'Christ the Eternal Tao' by Hieromonk Damascene.
Text:
As our mind utters from itself a word,
So did the Primal Mind utter the Primal Word (Logos).
The Primal Mind-Essence is a Womb.
The Primal Mind-Essence is a Father.
Out of this Womb of the Mind,
The Word was begotten, outside time.
Of this birth the Ancient Prophet spoke, speaking as the Father-Mind:
From the Womb (that is, from my Essence) before the morning star have I begotten You.
And of this birth the Ancient Sage also spoke, saying:
Something mysteriously formed,
Born before heaven and earth,
Tranquil, boundless.
Dependent on nothing and changing not.
Mind does not exist without word,
Nor word without mind.
A thought of the mind is a word hidden within,
A word is a thought which has come without.
Thought is transformed into word,
And word transmits thought to the hearers.
Mind, coming from itself,
Is thus the father of the word,
And the word is the son of the mind.
Before the mind, the word was impossible;
And the word does not come from anywhere outside.
But rather from the mind itself.
Thus also, the Father, the all-embracing Mind,
The Thought above and beyond thoughts,
Has a Son, begotten of His Essence:
The Word above and beyond words.