Post B2fJgTV3FSOFvj8IZE by Alex@boymilk.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B2fJBzTcJEEo7xvSvw by Alex@boymilk.cafe
       2026-01-26T04:15:26.713472Z
       
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       Mastery is a form of Zen. I think Yagyu Munenori was right about this. True mastery of an art, of any art, is to be able to enter that mindless Zen state, in which your mastery simply flows on its own without you needing to think at all. You enter a meditative trance and your body moves on its own. I think this is a form of beauty in its own way.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fJgTV3FSOFvj8IZE by Alex@boymilk.cafe
       2026-01-26T04:20:57.478367Z
       
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       One thing that stuck with me was that the true master and the most uneducated apprentice share the trait of lacking any questions. You need to know about something to know what you need to ask about it. The perfected master of an art no longer has any questions they need to ask about their art, because they already know everything there is to know about it. The apprentice who has absolutely no knowledge of the art also has no questions to ask about it, because they don't even know what there is to ask about it; they lack the knowledge required to know what they need to learn! It is only the one who has begun learning who needs to ask questions, because they now know what they need to ask to attain more knowledge. And that feels so relatable. So many times I'll try something new and be asked if I have any questions, and I can't think of anything to ask, because I don't yet know anything. How can I know what to ask when I don't even know what I don't yet know, and what I still need to know?