I hear you saying that liberation is possible
and that Socratic wisdom
is identical with your guru's.
No, Raja, I must start from what I am.
I am those monsters which visit my dreams
and reveal to me my hidden essence.
If I am sick, there is no proof whatsoever
that man is a healthy creature.
from To Raja Rao by Czeslaw Milosz
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"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons, It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Whitman
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