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Offers an easy dialogue of the explanations of air move, makes use of of wind strength, and such phenomena as hurricanes and tornadoes.
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In this state, the self is not separate and the attention, though directed to whatever the task in hand, is at the same time flexible and open, not rigid and narrow. This sensing of the self as not self but merely as one of the objects of the environment removes at one stroke all fears, all tensions, all anxieties. A condition of buoyancy and ease, a delightful ataraxia, falls to the lot of one in whom such a condition has been induced. He is in harmony with Too (the unconditioned, unnamable source of all reality).
Sitting alone at the window I watch the flowers bloom, the leaves fall, the seasons come and go-43 In art this condition is depicted in certain landscapes by the Chinese masters, especially Ma Yuan. Among towering peaks and misty valleys the tiny traveler wends his way, insignificant as a gnat. But he does not bother about significance or insignificance. " Such statements merely entangle him in the web of dualism. His inner space and outer space are harmonized. " This living in harmony with Too, this inner freedom, is not attained without long and careful training.
The way of the monk, the way of the hermit or the recluse is the way of one who tries to obtain victory by avoiding the battle. He makes a fortified position in a remote place and hopes that the enemy will not find him. There were days when men and women in thousands flocked to the desert, lived in caves, remote hermitages, perched like storks on the tops of tall columns. Does such a retreat ensure victory? Not necessarily. It simplifies the struggle but the hermit, too, has his problems. There are devils in the desert, as St.