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I have walked a long path.
In the middle of the journey there have been many twists and turns.
How unexpected to find - that the path I thought I was on - led to nowhere.
Just a cliff's edge.
There is no path ahead - and the trails that brought me to this point are all overgrown with brambles - and are lost in the jungles that time has wrought - and may not be discovered again.
There are other paths from where I stand - there will be new roads, new trails, new adventures ahead.
As I seek my rest tonight, this Zen story is on my mind...
Huihai Dazhu Huihai (d.788) was asked by a Vinaya master, "When one seeks to follow the Way, is there a particular manner in which he should behave?"
"There is," Dazhu said.
"Please tell me about it," the Vinaya master requested.
"When one is hungry, one eats; when one is tired, one sleeps."
"But everyone does that," the Vinaya master complained. "Your behavior isn't different from that of commoners."
"They're not the same at all," Dazhu said.
"In what way are they different?"
"When most people eat, they don't just eat; their mind are preoccupied with a thousand different fantasies. When they sleep, they don't just sleep; their minds are filled with any number of idle thoughts."
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