- "Do you now understand," the Master asked me one day after a particularly good shot, "what I mean by 'It shoots', 'It hits' ?" - "I'm afraid I don't understand anything more at all," I answered, "even the simplest things have got in a muddle. Is it 'I' who draw the bow, or is it the bow that draws me into the state of highest tension ? Do 'I' hit the goal, or does the goal hit me ? Is 'It' spiritual when seen by the eyes of the body, and corporeal when seen by the eyes of the spirit - or both or neither ? Bow, arrow, goal and ego, all melt into one another, so that I can no longer separate them. And even the need to separate has gone. For as soon
... read more