Knowledge: A Primer

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There is a deep well of knowledge that not everyone knows how to access. Some who access it have no want to share it with others. Some share about the knowledge but they don't share the knowledge itself. Few find the knowledge. Fewer are willing and able to give true knowledge.

To find knowledge one must be patient and willing to listen. One must be willing to keep following the path once the seeking begins. For when the seeking begins the finding begins. The found is a myth of the ego. Only finding has value to those who seek true knowledge.

To gain knowledge one must be agile and steadfast. Knowledge is not a statue carved of stone. Knowledge is the stone in the path that you trip on. In tripping there is finding. Seeing a little of the stone invites one to see more. One's hunger for knowledge makes one dig the stone out of the path no matter how big it is. The best knowledge is both accessible and hidden in plain sight.

To give knowledge one must be open and questioning. There is knowledge that can be given and knowledge that has to be taken. The given is free to all and requires no credential. The taken must be wrestled to the ground and stripped of all pretension; stripped beneath the skin that holds and delivers the message. The taken is a messy, internal organ that is not beautiful to look at and is difficult to hold. However, its function is imperative. The best knowledge is both messy in its depth and clean in its plainness.

As one collects knowledge, with time and experience, one's seeking may turn to wisdom.

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