*image by Ben Harubin

 

All ideas of freedom come from prisons, and all prisons are imaginary.
Where is a man with a pond to look for fish other than in his pond?
All ideas of freedom come from prisons, and all prisons are imaginary.

Studying the history of a thing is a way of keeping from confronting the thing itself.
Thus do all of man's psychological, political, religious, and otherwise surveys of
himself fail to reveal about himself that which they claim to seek.
(Only the study of the instant might prove interesting.)

When you see that the mind is composed of nothing BUT the mind, then you
can fathom the fact that ignorance does not exist any more than does its
elimination.

A warrior told a son:
"Thinking about your enemy just makes him stronger."

As one legend tells it, the word "mystical" came about when someone many
years ago wanted a better sounding synonym for "habit."

(According to some self-appointed "legend experts," some legends come down
to us having been reversed from their original version. But I might also
point out to you that many of these legend experts offer their views while
standing on their heads and talking from the outside of their mouths.)

Anyone who tells you what life is about is a fool. No one knows what life is about,
and the only ones who know this are those who know what life is about.