When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger

The Master made it his task to systematically

destroy every doctrine, every belief, every

concept of the divine, for these things, which

originally were intended as pointers, were now

being taken as description.

He loved to quote the Eastern saying:

"When the sage points to the moon,

all that the idiot sees is the finger."

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