To be is not to know. To know is not to understand. To comprehend is to hold in our hands. Not even trees can do that. Their harp strings need wind to rustle in summer or to rattle in winter.
Knowledge is a mathematical conversion of experience to human understanding, but what makes sense to us may not solve what happens in nature where what survives is all that matters.
I grew up in Christian fundamentalism, went to hell, came back, became a Presbyterian then a Buddhist Presbyterian, and now I'm a profane Presbyterian Zen Taoist -- not that I'm into labels or anything. Here's what I've learned so far: The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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Disposable Prose
To be is not to know. To know is not to understand. To comprehend is to hold in our hands. Not even trees can do that. Their harp strings need wind to rustle in summer or to rattle in winter.
Knowledge is a mathematical conversion of experience to human understanding, but what makes sense to us may not solve what happens in nature where what survives is all that matters.
Dr. Mike
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