The second is the fulfillment of the essence —the death of the one who lacked. This is the hidden fruit. When your desire is realized, the “you” who desired dissolves. What remains is a being for whom that reality is as natural as breathing. This is the true ketsumatsu : not getting what you wanted, but becoming the one who already has it .
A student once asked me: “Master, I desire to be fearless. How long until my culmination?” -Etuzan Jakusui- Onozomi no Ketsumatsu
“That is how long,” I said. “The desire is the bell. The culmination is not the sound—it is the silence after , which holds the memory of every vibration. You are that silence. You simply forgot.” The second is the fulfillment of the essence