To the naive student mountains are mountains, waters are waters; to the intermediate student mountains are no longer mountains, waters are no longer waterss, but for the fully perfected student, mountains are once again mountains and waters are once again waters.
Qingyaun Wixein's saying as quoted by Alan Watts
What type of a student are you? Are you still naive, seeing mountains as mountains, waters as waters? Or are you an intermediate student...who no longer sees that which is perceived with the five senses as the whole reality? Or are you awake enough to see these things, play with these things, but at the same time know they are merely reflections of light? Are you able see beyond the apparent reality of these things to that which cannot be seen by the physical eye?
Hmm!
Watched the Matrix last evening...and it was cool to see the character Neo advance from a naive student, to an intermediate student, and finally to a fully perfected one.
All is well!
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