One might assume this boils down to saying: the mind and the body are one. Your past in hereditary as well as personal terms is living at this present moment as you the body. Who you are as you stand in front of me is who you are in the world, is how you perceive the world, is exactly how you have learned to deal with the world.
Of course the temptation is to remain in that idyllic place forever, and some versions of the story make it clear that those who leave can never return again so, a few in the party elect to remain, but the strongest, those most whole, are willing to jeopardize all to make the long trek back. Encountering hardships unmet before, and suffering losses never to be regained, the seeker eventually becomes lost and ultimately reaches the limit where there is neither anything to go on with nor enough left to get back, where all that remains is the final act of giving in and collapsing-and, right then and there, discovers it is all just as the legend described. The main character, remarkably average in every respect except for believing the tale to be true, sets out to find the place and is thus seen by everyone else as foolhardy or downright crazy.
In this he brings to mind the central figure in those stories who hears an old legend about some wondrous lost place, a sun-filled valley all green and growing, where life thrives as nowhere else on earth, but which is far away and surrounded by perilous hazards and dangers nobody dares to venture into. Not only did he find what he was looking for, he made his way back as well. This is risky and most who try it end up finding nothing, getting lost, or both but Keleman, ever one of the few, did not. To find what others have not found, one must seek as others have not sought.
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