Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery.
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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.Eugen Herrigel
He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.
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