Questions for the initiates
Q: Turn into a stone.
A: I am already a stone!
A: (Picks up a stone.)
Q: When you don’t see something what is it that you don’t see?
A: (Points to mirror.)
Q: What does the future have in store for you?
A: (Throws stone through an open, or closed, window.)
Q: Where are you going?
A: I already have.
A: (Throws a stone.)
Q: Why do you prefer one thing over another?
A: I don’t. (Enters cold shower.)
A: Fuck you! (Hits master.)
A: Because.
Q: What is the difference between knowledge and memory?
A: (Hits master.) That pain is knowledge. My slap is a memory.
Q: (Shows student a live frog and a coffee)
“Make these two the same.”
A: (Places one hand on the frog and the other on the coffee.)
Q: Tell me what Rei is doing at the moment.
A: I can’t.
Q: Why?
A: Because Rei is already doing something else.
Q: Ok. Tell me what Rei will do in five minutes.
A: I can’t.
Q: Why?
A: Because stone, river, lizard, computer, wind, phone, cloud, storm, text, food, lust, …[goes on until master gives the ok to stop].
Q: Why is existing so painful?
A: (Hits master.) Now you know.
Q: I drank too much coffee. (Or some other past action.)
How can I undo the past?
A: You didn’t drink too much coffee.
Q: Liar.
A: You liar!
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