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‘If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete end. Or to put it another way; if you’re lucky you’ll come to a crossroads and see that the path to the left leads to hell, that the path to the right leads to hell, that the road straight ahead leads to hell and that if you try to turn around you’ll end up in complete and utter hell. Every way leads to hell and there’s no way out, nothing left for you to do. Nothing can possibly satisfy you anymore. Then, if you’re ready, you’ll start to discover inside yourself what you always longed for but were never able to find. And if you’re not lucky? If you’re not lucky you’ll only come to this point when you die. And that won’t be a pretty sight because you’ll still be wanting what you’re no longer able to have.’
- Peter Kingsley, In the Dark Places of Wisdom.
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He looked at the master and it was as if the arrow was shooting itself from the bow. The master was only giving it energy, he was not shooting. He was not doing anything, the whole thing was effortless. Herrigel looked, and for the first time he understood.
As if enchanted he approached the master, took the bow in his hand and drew back the arrow.
The master said, “You have reached. This is what I have been telling you to do for three years.” The arrow had not yet left the bow and the master…
