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Carlos's avatar

I once tried to capture the "nothing to do" attitude with the following simile: all the scriptures and practices are just wood for your own funeral pyre. Internalizing "nothing-to-do" after you have piled up a lot of wood is what sets it (and you) on fire.

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Paul Litvak's avatar

lovely metaphor!

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Carlos's avatar

Can't believe I understood what simile meant, now that I looked into this I feel the simile/metaphor distinction is very silly. But thanks!

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