The story – Teacher and Apprentice
An apprentice goes to his teacher and asks him :
Apprentice: Teach me how to control fire, teach me to make and manipulate the element of fire.
The teacher says,
Teacher: why would you want to waste so much energy to learn and manipulate the fire element, humans have invented matches, lighters, lamps…
Apprentice: teacher, teach me how to control water element or earth element!
Teacher: why would you want to waste so much energy to learn and manipulate water or earth elements? Humans already invented bottles, recipients which hold water, boats to navigate on sea. There are shovels to dig into ground, mountains to climb, trees to plant why would you want to manipulate earth element?!
Apprentice: teacher, teach me to manipulate air and wind elements!
Teacher: why would you want to waste so much energy to learn and manipulate air and wind? Humans have invented fans, airplanes, parachutes, hot-air balloons…
Apprentice: :/ teacher… what are you going to teach me?
Teacher: I will teach you how to listen, how to see, how to taste, how to touch, how to sense fragrance … ultimately I am teaching you how to experience negativity so you can appreciate the positive experiences in your life
I am the apprentice.
Is it knowledge we seek or validation of what we know?
