As though he did not have it

Delectable indeed is this state.
But he who has it, said the Master with a subtle smile, would do well to have it as though he did not have it.
Only unbroken equanimity can accept it in such a way that it is not afraid to come back.

Japanese master archer Awa Kenzo, as reported in Eugen Herrigel, Zen and the Art of Archery (London, 1953).