Master Po...

(NOTE: The plea of a frightened boy cannot change the will of destiny).

Poe: For at the right time, all may be reached.–KF*

Poe: The sage says: "Return good with good. Return evil with justice.–KF*

Poe: Still troubled, Grasshopper?

Young KCC: Sometimes, Master. It seems as if a wall lies between myself and others. A wall through which I may see, but may not touch.

Poe: You feel the fault within you?

Young KCC: I do not know where the fault lies. But I feel apart.

Poe: In your conversation with this other, more is left unsaid than is said?

Young KCC: It is so.

Poe: Who can know himself well enough to hear all. The sage says "Shape clay into a vessel, cut doors and windows for a room. It is the spaces within which make it useful. So we must listen for the spaces between us. We must hear the silences.–KF*

KCC: Master, how can we find our way when all paths seem dark?

Poe: The way runs true through the darkness. Through shadow. Neither is cause for despair. The sage has said: "The 5 colors blind the eye. The five tones deafen the ear. The five flavors dull the taste. Therefore, the wiseman is guided by what he feels, not by what he sees." When our senses are confused and overpowered, our deeper feelings may yet keep us on the way.–KF*

KCC: Master. I am puzzled.

Poe: That is the beginning of wisdom.

KCC: I have seen you laugh, and I have seen you cry.

Poe: And you do not?

KCC: We are taught discipline.

Poe: The purpose of discipline is to live more fully. Not less.

KCC: But how shall I know if my sorrow is only the echo of self pity; or my laughter the preening of my own happiness?

Poe: The bird sings in the forest. Does it seek to be admired for its song? Let tears come, when your heart tells you of its sadness. Let joy come unasked, unplanned.–KF*

Done