It seems I don't learn (get, internalize, or whatever the word) these concepts all at once but in levels.
I've been working on the Stockdale Paradox and Smiley's Spier's Doctrine for a while but once again there was a deeper layer that I hadn't got to yet. I supposedly knew all along and wasn't supposed to be carrying expectations but. And if this is any indication then there are still layers upon layers.
There is a Zen koan, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him". At this moment I understand this to mean to me, "If you think you've finally 'made it', then you are just fooling yourself. The real work has just begun."
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"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand." Thich Nhat Hanh
