[ XXXVIII | Audio ]

[lunchpenalty]

[ His communicator loves him. Really, it does. Recording him trying to make out what the hell one of the philosophy books he has means. ]

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Wouldn't it make a sound regardless of who was there to... Doesn't this book ask any worthwhile questions? Geeze...

Comments

[witchoftheweek]

The koan is a question that is not meant to be answered. There is a paradox to be certain, but it is meant to be meditated on, not solved.

[lunchpenalty]

...Why meditate if it can't be solved, though?

[witchoftheweek]

To achieve enlightenment. The point is to recognize the illusionary nature of reality.

[lunchpenalty]

Is that something you've achieved?

[witchoftheweek]

Hardly. I have too many wordly attachments.

[lunchpenalty]

...Then it doesn't sound like it's something you're pursuing, either.

[witchoftheweek]

Quite.