The map is not the territory. In any area, you are considered an expert if you have a firm grasp of the “map”, the conceptualisation, of the specific area. This knowledge truly is power and makes the expert effective and efficient most of the time.
For some problems, the map, by it’s very nature, does not provide the information necessary to come up with a solution. Sometimes we need to get rid of our concepts and their interrelationships and truly look at the problem space as a beginner would. Sometimes the emperor wears no clothes.
Expectations are also antithetical to unconditioned mind. Regaining the childlike wonder we had as beginners can provide new inspiration and invigorate our creativity.
Advertisement
