Something I keep learning over and over...and forgetting and relearning:

Damn it, as soon as I think I get a handle on attaining humility, and accepting that I am not even CLOSE to understanding the world I move through... I think that's the start of true understanding! Whether it's about the spice, people, whatever.

Then I find I am wrong or uneducated again! The cycle restarts with brief humility and then relearning, and then I get cocky again.

After a nice 4 hour oral harmala and vaporization session yesterday; (I don't know how many times I reloaded the GVG in that spiritual frenzy), I am left with great chagrin at my continual screw ups. It happens every time I go on a big vaporization voyage or aya journey, it just doesn't stick yet.

I know it's part of life, I just hope to accept my inadequacies and learn to integrate that feeling into everyday life so I can stay humble.

Such is life.


I do appreciate these forums, they have taught me a lot...oh no, it's happening again!!

I agree. Being WRONG is the first step in being RIGHT...which is the first step in being wrong....rinse/repeat.

It's a GRAVE error that people fear being wrong, that we're indoctrinated that it's bad to be wrong. The SECOND one begins to embrace one's stupidity is the same second that stupidity begins to recede.

yea being wrong is a great way to learn for sure. i think the things i've learned from being wrong are some of the things that stuck the best. i've noticed a lot of people won't admit they're wrong in an argument, they're only holding themselves back.

stupid people are wrong about the same thing over and over again

smart people are wrong until they find out they are wrong

im the middleman

Reminds me of a quote from the late great Christopher Hyatt. "If you're learning you're making mistakes just make sure you do not repeat the same mistakes." Building up and breaking down is part of growth. It's working as long as you are progressing in the questions you ask and the answers you receive.