“A man may be free to travel where he likes, but there is no place on earth where he can escape from his own Karma, and whether he lives on a mountain or in a city he may still be the victim of an uncontrolled mind. For man’s Karma travels with him, like his shadow. Indeed, it is his shadow, for it has been said, ‘Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark.’”

— Alan Watts, The Spirit of Zen