I read this on another forum and I find it quite fitting, I feel I am writing this post especially to me:
intellectual understanding = know of but never experienced
true understanding = know of AND experienced
While reading through many of my posts, I have even seen the words "intellectual understanding" and I even use them in life. So obviously, if I have an "intellectual understanding" I really don't know. And it's mostly because of the lovely 3 letter word that Mr. Flow has peppered through out his posts.
And this:
and ego will fuck you over EVERY TIME.
Lately the trend has been, doing well trust my gut/reads, and then the EGO rears his head and it all goes to SHIT....
Like, "Oh look at me." "Look how cool I am" etc.
StephenP has mentioned it before to watch out for the EGO, unfortunately, I only had an "intellectual understanding" of it....