The Master and the Newcomer

The master is the one who, seeing the newcomer quick to make himself noticed, to unsheath conceptual knowledge, to expose his references,

already sees in the latter the appeased disciple that he will then be
or the disciple who will be the one who, tired of the absence of an echo given to what he presents, has gone away.

The Way is calm and simple, and the master embodies it.

The newcomer will perhaps, over the weeks, months, years, find under his feet the path traced by the master,

If he does not see it, then he will leave the place and seek more noise and commotion.
A layer of dusty and garish arguments will then cover the path to his eyes,
(« Not for me, too this, too that, I was actually looking for something more… »)

One day, perhaps, he will grow tired of his noise and the noise of others, and will see himself lost in the middle, surrounded on all sides by a thousand lost beings.

He will then see appear the path traced by the master, who embodies the calm and silent Way.

Franck – July 2023
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