Next, Hakuin gives an analogy. He says, only a few 100 yards from here is a beach. Suppose someone is bothered because she has never tasted seawater, and decides to sample some. She sets out in the direction of the beach, but before she has gone 100 paces, she stops and comes back. She starts out again, but this time, she returns after she has taken only 10 Steps, she will never get to know the taste of seawater that way, will she but if she keeps going straight ahead without turning back, even if she lives far inland in a landlocked province, she will eventually reach The Sea by dipping her finger in the water and tasting it, she will know instantly the taste of sea water the world over, because it is, of course, the same everywhere In India, China, the Southern Sea or the Northern Sea,