Unknowable

They thought he knew the secret.  He said he did.  He said he had the answer, but when they asked what it might be he said it could not be told.  It could not be explained because they would never understand.  So they went away.  "Truly he must have it," they said, "If it is such that words are beneath it, it must be true.  It has to be the answer."  It must also remain a secret, and so it did.  He had not explained because he could not.  He had not named it because it had no name, and so it was beyond him as well.  It was beyond or above them all, but he knew that it was and they had thought it might be.  This was a secret unlike any other.  It could not be touched; much less could it be spoken.  Even he who was closest dared not understand, since to understand would mean it was not real.  To explain would be to lie.  To say it was or could ever be grasped would be but pretense.