Is that what your tradition is going to teach me? To pursue this unknown?
"But I know plenty of people who are happy and fulfilled." I looked over to Domano.
He said softly, "This is just a picture of their masks. I assure you, what looks like happiness is just a picture for themselves and all to see that describes their distractions from the real condition beneath of love confused by pain and fear. And also, there is a whisper of something else, out of reach. Something more than what they know, something grand and exquisite. You know of this.
"Most of them do not pursue this mysterious thing. They are too lazy and fearful. They try to ignore it. But that just makes much confusion and pain for them. You are one who pursues it."
"Is that what your tradition is going to teach me? To pursue this unknown?"
"One can pursue forever and never catch," Chea said, imitating running with two fingers going round and round in front of her. "We teach you how to catch."
The Reluctant Shaman by Kay Cordell Whitaker
Song to Song,
Helmut
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