> In almost all cases we found the inverted version more sound.
This "insight" depends entirely on the author(s) NOT UNDERSTANDING what is meant by the original quote.
> If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.
Taisen Deshimaru
> If you are not happy here and now, you may still be happy in the future.
not Taisen Deshimaru
In the original quote, the Zen master is pointing at the idea that you are always in the here and now. Even if, at some other point in time in the future you arrive at happiness, like the second "inverted" quote says, you will still be in the here and now, then.
This "insight" depends entirely on the author(s) NOT UNDERSTANDING what is meant by the original quote.
> If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. Taisen Deshimaru
> If you are not happy here and now, you may still be happy in the future. not Taisen Deshimaru
In the original quote, the Zen master is pointing at the idea that you are always in the here and now. Even if, at some other point in time in the future you arrive at happiness, like the second "inverted" quote says, you will still be in the here and now, then.