"Empty your mind.
Be formless,
shapeless,
like water.
You put water into a cup,
it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle,
it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot,
it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow
or it can crash.
Be water, my friend."
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