一六０ 莽 撞
大師一向主張人必須向自己學習－－自我教育，而不應一味聽信他人的權威。這話有時也會出紕漏。有一位弟子因而堅持試用迷幻藥進入神秘境界，甚至說：「人應該冒險，因為人只能在嘗試及錯誤中學習。」
大師不能不再告訴他另一個故事－－釘子與螺絲：
「當你不知道在這木板上該用釘子或是螺絲時，有一個方法，就是釘個釘子進去。如果木板裂了，你就知道應該用螺絲才對。」
RECKLESSNESS
The Master always insisted that we must Seam by ourselves — teach ourselves — rather
than depend on other people’s authority. This had its limits, of course, as when a bright
young fellow was convinced he ought to try drugs as a means to mysticism — and “take
the risk, for one can only learn by trial and error.”
That moved the Master to tell the old story of the nail and the screw:
“Here is one way to find out whether what you need in a plank is a nail or a screw:
Drive the nail in. If it splits the plank — you kn ow you needed the screw.”