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is inherently dangerous or it is nothing. You must suffer shipwreck before you are ready to seize the lifebelt one tries to throw you.

why he had not insisted on the correct breathing right from the the start. ' A great Master ', he replied, ' must also be a great teacher. With us the two things go hand in hand. Had he begun the lessons with breathing exercises, he would never have been able to convince you that you owe them anything decisive. You had to suffer shipwreck through your own efforts before you were ready to seize the lifebelt he threw you. Believe me, I know from my own experience that the Master knows you and each of his pupils much better than we know ourselves. He reads in the souls of his pupils more than they care to admit. ' (Herrigel 1953: 21)

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