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There are many things that adults do so
naturally that they are taken for granted. A baby starts
from scratch, so the impressiveness of the depth of
learning can be observed in their development. Think
of something as basic as the use of the hands, as noted
in this passage from the book, Way of the Baby:
"True to the spirit of growth, mastery
over the hand is an ongoing process that requires much
practice. In the beginning, there is mostly darkness,
save for a faint realization of movement and feeling
that arises like a disjointed, tingling warmth. As the
heat of this sensation grows, and you begin to notice
the hands and arms start to jerk about, a vague sense
of your connectedness to these actions will arise. As
randomness gives way to bursts of direction, patterns
will start to be perceived more directly, until the
crucial moment when you focus on a hand and it becomes
still. Hold your gaze on the previously elusive hand,
and understand its nature and relation to you. From
this point, the hand will yield to your commands, and
it will just be a matter of training. It may take a
while to send your hand in the right direction or apply
the right force, but in time your hand will move with
the spirit of the void, where thinking and action are
one."
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