self liberation, n.All

Self-liberation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a game the student can never win: he cannot get one-up on the master because he cannot get one-up on himself — one hand cannot clap itself.

Self-liberation (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a hitch: no one can produce the unconscious compensations at will — "it is as it is or it isn't at all" — which justifies the West's sense of dependence on a dark power.