隨筆

When the mind is blank, there are two possibilities. One is the interesting state where supposedly the higher mind can bring about nice things. This is why often spiritual practices cleanse the mind. But there is a more mundane possibility. Inertia. Where habits continue. Think about your routine daily commute. You don't put your mind to it. You automatically know where to go. But this is the work of habit. It isn't necessarily leading you to any exciting place, just the usual old place where you are accustomed to go to. On the other hand, think about so called "beginner's luck". There is such a thing. It's where neither habit or expectation have formed yet, and the law of large numbers have yet to kick in. It's "just a fluke" of course, but when it comes to magic we leverage them instead of dismissing them. This is one interpretation of "stay hungry, stay foolish". Always be a beginner and leverage that luck.