People go to university, they get a degree and usually some additional conceit. Yet, a degree is only a small measurement: 1/360th of a circle, a small wedge of knowledge.
Beyond degree is mastery. Yet, this too is still within the same small degree of expertise.
The more advanced your skills become, the greater your awareness of the unknown. When you can truly see the magnitude of your own ignorance, humility is immediate.
What is one droplet of water relative to the ocean?
In tai chi, there is no true mastery. It cannot be mastered. Mastery refers to the removal of division between yourself and all else. It is not the art that is mastered. It is you.
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