Way of Universal Principles Unveiled (A Naive Epic Perspective)

Personal discoveries in pursuit of truth and wisdom

They told me I was naive.
They were right.
It was a polite way of saying I was downright stupid.
Often, I was told exactly that.
Interestingly, a mentor of mine used to say exactly this: to allow myself to be stupid.
It wasn’t said with a sense of sufficiency and superiority.
He practiced what he preached.
A much more elegant expression is used by Zen masters to describe the same idea. It’s about the beginner’s mind. But not all of us are Zen masters.

The Power of Continuous Improvement

In the long run, it did me good. It became my nature to do something a little better today than I did yesterday. To enjoy the process of improvement.

Testing Reality

Over time, I learned to test whether what those who thought I was naive told me was true.
I found out that sometimes they were right, other times not.
Books could better clarify how things worked. I could check and understand different nuances of the same theme.