7. The Zen Monk & The Echo

A monk once asked: “How do I escape my mind?”

His teacher laughed: “Show me your mind. I will free it.”

The monk searched: In thought, in memory, in fear, in regret.

He returned, defeated. “I cannot find it.”

The master bowed: “Then what exactly is holding you prisoner?”

Stories are echoes. They seem real until you turn around.

The Fool Method teaches you to turn.