TALKING IN ITSELF IS NOT BAD. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH TALKING IS THAT MAN ALWAYS ASSUMES HE HAS ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS BEYOND HIS CURRENT FRAME OF REFERENCE, WHEN IN REALITY HE HAS SIMPLY UNDERSTOOD WORDS THAT DESCRIBE NEW KNOWLEDGE, WHICH HE HAS YET TO ACQUIRE THROUGH EXPERIENCE. THE RESULT IS ALWAYS THE SAME - SUCH A MAN FEELS ENLIGHTENED AND EMPOWERED BY HIS ASSUMED UNDERSTANDING. YET THE MOMENT HE IS CHALLENGED, THE MAN FINDS HIMSELF JUST AS UNENLIGHTENED AND POWERLESS AS BEFORE. SO HE CONTINUES TO RE-ENACT HIS FOLLY, SINCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACT UPON KNOWLEDGE ONE DOES NOT POSSESS. KNOWING THIS, THE WARRIOR CHOOSES TO ACT RATHER THAN TO TALK, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, HE ACQUIRES A MUCH MORE FLUID VIEW THAT HE HAD BEFORE - A VIEW IN WHICH TALKING BECOMES LESS IMPORTANT THAN TAKING ACTION.
- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares
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