The disciple approached the master and said, “I have been with you for fifteen years and yet it seems that my stay here has yielded no fruit.”
The master replied, “It is true that you have been with me for fifteen years. Yet I have observed that in all those years, you still seek to cling [...]

The master declared,
“The journey of life is thus:
Imagine yourself and everything you possess falling from a very high cliff.
While falling, you reach out and grab hold of the things around you to stop your fall.
But everything around you is also falling.”