一六０ 莽 撞
大师一向主张人必须向自己学习－－自我教育，而不应一味听信他人的权威。这话有时也会出纰漏。有一位弟子因而坚持试用迷幻药进入神秘境界，甚至说：「人应该冒险，因为人只能在尝试及错误中学习。」
大师不能不再告诉他另一个故事－－钉子与螺丝：
「当你不知道在这木板上该用钉子或是螺丝时，有一个方法，就是钉个钉子进去。如果木板裂了，你就知道应该用螺丝才对。」
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.”