The master held out his staff and said to his disciples, "When, in olden times, a man reached the state of enlightenment, why did he not remain there?" No one could answer, and he replied for them, "Because it is of no use in the course of life." And again he asked, "After all, what will you do with it?" And once again he answered for them,

"Taking no notice of others,
Throwing his staff over his shoulder,
He goes straight ahead and journeys
Deep into the recesses of the hundred thousand mountains."


Engo sez: "If the action of one's ki is not independent of one's degree of enlightenment, one falls into a sea of poison." I guess that could lead to some kind of sociopathic state.

Wow, now that's off-topic.