The dark strip across the center of the image is a road for driving/walking under the falls.
Jesus wasn't a Christian.
The Buddha wasn't a Buddhist.
Where did they get what they had?
Right out of their own intuition
and imagination!
They did not believe they were right
about what they said.
They KNEW they were right about what they said.
The same goes for Lao Tzu, Confucius, Aristotle, Plato,
and every other person who stands out from the masses
by thinking for themselves,
living out of their own authority
by doing what was called for
in each situation that came along,
knowing what they knew,
and saying what was what
and what needed to be done about it...
We get to be who they were
by living out of our own body's knowing,
by knowing what our body knows
and doing what needs to be done about it.
This is not difficult.
No more difficult than sitting
in the emptiness/stillness/silence
(One thing not three)
and waiting for the mud to settle
and the water to clear.
Seeing/knowing what is called for
in each situation as it arises,
arising ourselves and doing what needs to be done,
where, when, how it needs to be done,
no matter what
throughout the time left for living.
What's the problem?
Why aren't we doing this?
Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 