A  LAZY MIND

 I heard it said, “Understanding makes the mind lazy.” I felt immediately free. From now on I want to avoid the use of the term “understand” and enjoy freedom. In a dimension of freedom from understanding or even the wish to understand may be the only intelligent place. From the outset, the word understand seems nonsensical. It would seem to encourage one to cease motion. It carries a sense that one sees something from a particular point of view and that seems unintelligent indeed! One suspects a claim to understanding has been preceded by making a judgment and taking an inflexible position about a matter that will  prevent motion and soon may become rote and lazy, preventing learning. 

Schools of thought teach one by a system of memorization and repetition. The goal is not that the student be wise or learned but that he conform to a certain way of thinking. 

One who understands me is someone whose company I wish to avoid. That includes me. So, this leads me to see that to truly understand is to question everything. This reminds me of the saying "one can never cross the same river twice”. Let me remain open.