Freedom ~ Master Po (Kung Fu season 2, Episode 11 "The Elixer")

Master Po:

Do you marvel at the carver’s skill?

Kwai Chang Caine:

Yes, master. And at his meaning.

Each is free to move, yet each is held captive.

Master Po:

Are we not also?

Kwai Chang Caine:

The temple does not hold us.

We have only to open the door.

Master Po:

Are we then free to go anywhere we choose, even up into the heavens?

Kwai Chang Caine:

No, master.

We, too, are captive, just as these.

Master Po:

Then why do l speak to you of freedom?

Kwai Chang Caine:

It puzzles me, master.

Master Po:

Is your mind not free to seek its own course…to soar even to the heavens…though you turn and spin within a prison?

Kwai Chang Caine:

But…I wish to be…truly free.

Master Po:

Bind yourself to nothing. Seek harmony with all. Then you will be truly free.

~ Master Po  (Kung Fu season 2, Episode 11 "The Elixer")

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