By Etuzan Jakusui (paraphrased)
But beware: The culmination comes in two forms.
You were never the one who desired. You were always the culmination, wearing the mask of wanting. -Etuzan Jakusui- Onozomi no Ketsumatsu
A student once asked me: “Master, I desire to be fearless. How long until my culmination?”
The second is the fulfillment of the essence —the death of the one who lacked. This is the hidden fruit. When your desire is realized, the “you” who desired dissolves. What remains is a being for whom that reality is as natural as breathing. This is the true ketsumatsu : not getting what you wanted, but becoming the one who already has it . By Etuzan Jakusui (paraphrased) But beware: The culmination
So polish your will until it is transparent. Then look through it. What you see is already yours.
— Etuzan Jakusui From the “Hidden Records of the Northern Hermitage” A student once asked me: “Master, I desire to be fearless
The first is the fulfillment of the form —wealth, love, victory. This is the outer blossom. Sweet, fragrant, but fleeting as morning dew. Most men stop here. They taste the fruit and declare themselves sages.
