curved course

Of import is the creative attitude, preparing ourselves for new things. All our intellectual concern has to be related to practical issues of renewing our world. We have to pay particular attention to make the course of renewal a flexible one, because the renewal has to take place right in the middle of our lives. It has to proceed along a curved line, reflecting on old things to get to new things. We need both a posture of ceaseless self-reflection and an inclination for mutual support, to make bold attacks on dogmas and idols on the one hand and to make sincere efforts to discover and continue our reality and traditions on the other. [Shenzi]