"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
"Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there."
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Source: Matsuo Basho, “Spring Rain”
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