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A student got discouraged because the higher states he experienced always passed. "What's the use?" he asked.

Suzuki Roshi laughed and said, "That's right, no use. All these states come and go, but if you continue your practice, you find there's something underneath."

p.101. Arthur Deikman, City Center, circa 1970.