When new knowledge enters my mind I find myself wanting to write something that sounds like a lesson. That impulse feels natural in a way but it also seems to follow a familiar pattern of the ego.
Not everyone shares the same universal pattern. Each person has their own and simply repeats it across different situations. It just happens that many of those patterns resemble one another.
What is interesting is that it can appear to work in opposite ways.
Humility can show up as a virtue. It can also show up as the ego insisting that one must be humble.
There is arrogance that seeks to impress others. There is also a childlike purity that simply wants to boast.
I cannot measure anything by looking only at what appears.
When I think I am measuring something the ruler is always on my side.
See that. I am already trying to justify myself.
What I learned today has nothing to do with any of this. At least that is what I am tempted to say.