there is something to be said about experience.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again." ~ Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - An Essay on Criticism
The more you know, the more you realize you do not know.
Knowledge gleaned at one point of development will be perceived and processed differently at a later stage.
I realize this over an over again as I grow older - cringing at the points in my life I was so completely clueless...
It almost makes me question every statement I make and every belief that I believe...
Almost...
Experience speaks volumes, and if everyone were unsure of everything, than nothing would get done.
Better to keep moving, even if you think it might be in the wrong direction, because if you keep moving, you are less likely to get stuck...
unless you hit a dead end.
but let us try to think a little bit more on the positive side, shall we?
I remember reading that after a martial artist has reached a certain degree of black belt, he goes back to red...
supposedly because he should know nothing, yet understand everything.
One would think that it means that there is a difference between knowing and undestanding. I guess you could say it is akin to the difference between an electrician and an electrical engineer.
to know is not necessarily to know why...
that why comes in big more often than not, no?
Deeds are thrown into questions because of intention.
Ends do not justify the means?
A moral conundrum.
How we got here is just as important as where we are, just as how we move forward is just as important as where we want to be...
but that latter one is more obvious hunh...
... ... ...
oh look...
a circle...
I seem to be talking into it...
... ... ...
experience is also another name we give our mistakes...
but so is practice...
whatever that is supposed to mean.
Friday, February 20, 2004
experience...
posted @ 15:33 by ryan in [ From the sage... ]
