When Billy-Bob Gautama was a young man, he met a great teacher, and soon the two of them were engaged in deep conversation about the Manifold Path and the Four Virtues. As they spoke, the teacher poured beer into Billy-Bob’s glass. When the glass was full, he kept pouring, and soon the beer spilled onto the table. “Now wait,” said Billy-Bob. “That glass won’t hold any more.” “That is right,” said the teacher. “And if you don’t empty your mind, no new wisdom can enter it.” “I get that,” said Billy-Bob. “But if you don’t quit spilling my beer, I’m going to kick your ass.” Thus the teacher was Enlightened.
The wisdom of the hop in the barley pop.
There is the practical and the theoretical and the mess between.