Never Discover Anything

A man who'd been on The Quest for some time, and who'd gained some understanding of what it was actually all about, one day said to himself, "While there's nothing sad or discouraging you can say of this activity, there's also nothing particularly pleasing or encouraging you can say about it either -- so I guess it's no surprise there's hardly anything you can say about it."

(Well, no,  not unless someone's just recently discovered a number between 2 and 3 which has no connection to either.)

As he began to gradually awaken, one man thought: "I am now but a fraction of my former self...ahh...the sweet aroma of success!"

One man spent many years learning to focus his attention

only to discover it was the wrong attention.

One man spent many years learning to focus his attention

only to discover that it wasn't his attention.

One man spent many years learning to focus his attention

only to discover that he misunderstood what it means to focus.

One man spent many years learning to focus his attention

only to discover that it couldn't be done...leastwise how he'd gone about it.

One man gradually developed a guiding principle:

"Never discover anything."

J.