02-09-2011, 12:01 AM
Hi Jess,
Practice versus theory. We have to take time to do both and sometimes I find the need to get completely away from these things for periods of time. Let ideas "incubate." At least that is what I have found.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. We make our discoveries in silence and share them by speaking.
You raise good points.
And as you point out, we can get so caught up in the maps sometimes that what the map is supposed to be leading us to is right in front of our faces and we miss it.
I was on a bible forum for a while where most of the members were genuine scholars. Years upon years of studying ancient Greek and Hebrew etc. A lot of arguing going on but not much experiential knowledge. Study has to be balanced by doing. (or not doing)
Practice versus theory. We have to take time to do both and sometimes I find the need to get completely away from these things for periods of time. Let ideas "incubate." At least that is what I have found.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. We make our discoveries in silence and share them by speaking.
You raise good points.
And as you point out, we can get so caught up in the maps sometimes that what the map is supposed to be leading us to is right in front of our faces and we miss it.
I was on a bible forum for a while where most of the members were genuine scholars. Years upon years of studying ancient Greek and Hebrew etc. A lot of arguing going on but not much experiential knowledge. Study has to be balanced by doing. (or not doing)