Finding inspiration everywhere. You're never quite sure it's not simply your own spirit bouncing back. A site of pure intense communication.

Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.

The teacher evokes a mist and the student ventures in.

The spirit of change. Now there's a tautology.

Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

Suddenly appear; suddenly disappear. Impermanence as absolute principle.

do what has to be done, again and again

Chronic tension: a sure sign I prefer things the way they are: under control.

Dicing with death. Without, life is lacking.

Of all our inventions perhaps the worst for the health of the back is the sofa.

I pity those who have never experienced the joy of giving selflessly to something greater than themselves.

the mind should guide the process as gently as a hand would hold an ancient parchment

It is not the teacher's job to convince the student of the necessity of practice. Only life can teach them that.

Western civilization is based on the assumption that human beings are more important and therefore more deserving than anything else on the planet. This is what our work needs to erode – mindless, indiscriminate humanism. It is far more dangerous and short-sighted than any religion. In fact it is effectively a religion. Atheism is the new religion. Albeit one without richness or depth. Without heart. Without hope.

A healthy immune system doesn't only protect from disease, it protects against everything, including the best efforts of the work to bring about change. This is why a temporarily weakened immune system can be to longterm benefit.

Everything is psychosomatic.

ἀδιάλειπτος: unceasingly