What you needed to know.

For whoever this finds.

It is not that we have practiced it so often that it suddenly becomes perfect.
What happens is that we practice it so often that we find out we can't do it.
And it happens at the moment you know you can't do it.
When you reach a certain point of despair.
When you know you are the one weird child who will never be able to swim.
At that moment you're swimming.
You stop trying,you stop not trying.
You just have arrived at the insight that your decision,your will,doesn't have any part in the thing at all.

And that is what you needed to know.

 

Sum it up in your own basic simple words. I'm kind of bad at poetry and history and english

I wish Hamlet Shakespeare would simply say they fucked each other's brains out instead of all those weird romantic lengthy sentences paragraphs

 

Its a bit zen.

Open to interpretation and food for thought.

One might take it as 'youre closer than you think'.

Another might take it as 'trust the process'.

Another 'feel,dont think'.

Again,I believe its written to provoke thought.Theres no correct answer.

 

Just like Stanley Kubrick films....The Shining, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut...it's open to interpretation, there's no definite movie ending

 

"Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself"

- David Mitchell

 

Speaking of Zen:

I have always known
That at last I would
Take this road,
but yesterday I
did not know it would
be today.

- NARIHIRA

(Borrowed by and from Zen in the Markets)

 

RBUX

 

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The original post is actually part of a commentary on Zen and the Art of Archery which you may like as well.

Herrigel's dilemma of releasing the bowstring.

 

Sounds interesting, thanks. Might give it a look.

EDIT: Just bought the Kindle version. It’s in the reading queue.