On Friday, 10 February 2023 at 02:57:42 UTC, zjh wrote:
On Friday, 10 February 2023 at 02:04:06 UTC, ProtectAndHide
wrote:
"Before practicing Zen, mountains were mountains and rivers
were rivers.
While practicing Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and
rivers are no longer rivers.
After realization, mountains are mountains and rivers are
rivers again."
Chinese proverb, is it very cool?
you'll find this mentioned towards the end of this article:
"The Importance of Being Closed"
https://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/protectedVariation.pdf
