Does that include this great teaching as well?
Sorry, classic philosophic conundrum - should a stoic regard the principles of
stoicism with suspicion as well.
I can image this quotation continuing in the next paragraph - "So cast away
also this book for it too will inhibit your originality. Do not use this as a
guide for you need no guide. Wander aimlessly in search of the fire and, if you
do not discover it, be contented to remain in the dark secure in the knowledge
that your fire was not intense enough and your quest is uncorrupted by the will
of others."
:-)
Andrew Fildes
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www.soultheft.com
On 20/04/2012, at 7:20 AM, Moose wrote:
> "ZEN SAYS: Think of all the great words and great teachings as your deadly
> enemy. Avoid them, because you have to find
> your own source. You have not to be a follower, an imitator. You have to be
> an original individual; you have to find your innermost core
> on your own, with no guide, no guiding scriptures. It is a dark night, but
> with the intense fire of inquiry you are
> bound to come to the sunrise. Every body who has burned with intense inquiry
> has found the sunrise."
> Ohso, Zen: Turning In, Chapter 10
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