Chapter 71
 

When we assume we know something
we immediately dismiss it as familiar and look no farther.
Unknowingly,
we soon become superficial
which leads to arrogant ignorance.

This is a great disease among us.
Though Life is extraordinary,
we regard it as common.

The mastercraftsmen become aware of this disease
within themselves and strive toward wakefulness.
Abandoning assumption, they examine
even the most common occurrences
and discover the extraordinary within them.
In this way they overcome
 the most common of human illnesses:
ignorance.



 
  
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