When the mind demands proof
be provided for what it disbelieves
it is demanding to be coerced
from its current state to another.
Such heavy proof is mental coercion,
like lures and intimidation are emotional coercion,
like dragging and pain are physical coercion.
All of them forms of violence.
The good teacher would rather not resort
to such disempowering techniques.
"Drag me into your belief" the mind demands,
implying itself the unfair victim of insufficient evidence.
"I shall not rob you of your search" says the teacher,
"the path is there but it is you who must walk,
unless you are to be a will-less marionette".
