For the disciple of the Way, it is not simply a matter of collecting the teachings of the masters of the past, but of embodying them, that is, of bringing them to life in every moment.
Sources, texts, teachings, poems of the masters, phrases caught on the fly—what does « now » mean?
Collection is the ‘disciple’ phase.
Creation corresponds to the ‘practitioner’ phase.
The disciple/practitioner is one.
Collection and creation are inseparable. They are the two facets of the philosopher’s stone that is the disciple.
They give birth to the disciple as a practitioner.
Collecting and creating now, bringing the teachings to life,
The moment can gradually become refined, gain in velocity and subtlety, and become fully internalized.
Collection of the inner source and sharing it with the world.
Notes & Silence 
But who are those masters? I have a suspicion I am as likely to meet one on a bus or in some art scratched on a wall as in a respected, and likely corrupted and misrepresented, ancient text.
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Do you believe there’s a chance people think the same about you when they sit next to you on the bus?
The dead-masters-only belief is yet another mind trap.
My personal favourite.
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There is always a chance. Have you not heard of the spaceship Heart of Gold, with its Infinite Improbability Drive?
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I have remained out of this referential framework…Simon,
What are you talking about ?
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The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
From distant memory…
Heart of Gold was the ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox, the 2 headed, 3 armed ex-president of the universe. It worked by generating fields of improbability so strong that the seemingly impossible would happen. At infinite improbability, the ship passed through every point in the universe simultaneously.
A downside was that, if you were in an unshielded area of the ship, strange things would happen, like huge vats of custard materialising and upending themselves over you.
Nothing is impossible, just very improbable. A bit like me being some sort of hidden master on a bus.
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Thanks for detailing the references.
There s a very high probability for Zen masters not to look the part.
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But o guarantee those who do not look the part are Zen masters…
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Indeed.
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Now, you may be wishing you had not asked…!!!
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Taleb Surgeon Paradox
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Interestingly, in my own profession, I’ve always done what I can not to look like a lawyer…
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And my guess is you must enjoy this very much.
Not looking like a lawyer’s definitely a good lawyer s trick.
To a certain extent, for people with your taste for cultivating the unexpected, really looking like a lawyer may turn out to be the most refined form of provocation.
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I only make myself appear lawyerly if in Court, where the dress code is strict. Otherwise, I avoid it out of the sheer shame of being so qualified.
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And yet, one could have ‘lawyer’ resonate with Παράκλητος.
What better source of inspiration could one still hope for?
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That is a somewhat generous view of lawyers
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