by Stuart Inman My advice to anybody researching any tradition or system ,or any subject at all, in fact, would be much the same. The following is what I think and is for anybody who thinks as I do. 1. Assume you know nothing, then you will probably be right.
2. That which you do know will come in useful - later, that is when you
have
3. There is a zen phrase "beginner's mind" that expresses the proper state
4. By taking it on in its own terms, you learn what those terms are, what
the
5. No system exists in complete isolation, but in relation to others. This
does not
6. While reading (books, emails, whatever) is a necessary prerequisite,
it takes
7. If you are too afraid of seeming a fool to ask questions or to
give wrong
8. Having taken the trouble to learn about a system in its own terms, relate
it to
8. In the context of any given system, this might mean that what you do
ceases to
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