Experience is the key, but humility is the **_shape of the key._** You can jam a chopstick in a keyhole all you want, but if its the wrong shape, the lock stays shut.

Similarly, you can believe in pink flying elephants, but that won't help you build a jet engine. You want to go somewhere, or not? Belief is **_only_** a shortcut if it is belief in humility. That is to say, the experience leads to humility, but if humility is already present, then the experience is not needed.

There is nothing wrong in pursuing direct experiential knowledge. **_Gnosis_** ; there is also nothing wrong with only believing, if it is belief in humility. But to believe a **_thing_** and not to be **_in spirit_** is akin to thinking you're going to fly because of pink flying elephants.

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