If you want to be free,
Get to know your real self.
It has no form, no appearance,
No root, no basis, no abode,
But is lively and buoyant.
It responds with versatile facility,
But its function cannot be located.
Therefore when you look for it,
You become further from it;
When you seek it,
You turn away from it all the more.
- Linji
[People are dropping out of school like flies because their previous lives beckon. What did you expect? Do they not respect your decision? Choose, and be.]
Get to know your real self.
It has no form, no appearance,
No root, no basis, no abode,
But is lively and buoyant.
It responds with versatile facility,
But its function cannot be located.
Therefore when you look for it,
You become further from it;
When you seek it,
You turn away from it all the more.
- Linji
[People are dropping out of school like flies because their previous lives beckon. What did you expect? Do they not respect your decision? Choose, and be.]
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
acacia:
That quote is fantastic! I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for posting it.
rudiecantfail:
I LOL'd