Attended Buddhist camp days ago, in which changed the
previous impression towards Buddhism activities. As always, they have been
emphasizing on thinking out of the box, to take note of the words spoken and to
find a way out by creating one apart from the rules given, et cetera. And as
always, most people tend to be out of the box whenever a game is held or a task
is given, to the point of negotiating with the facilitators that we’re simply
playing along, to think outside the box. Ironically, when we tend to go outside
the box instead of the opposite all the time, we’re actually trapped within the
box already, without us knowing. It is about the same as the concept that when
we hang on to something too much, we may eventually lose ourselves somewhere.
There is no boundary to the knowledge we obtained, because there are the many
things which are yet to be discovered down the journey of life. Therefore, the
box we’re keeping ourselves in is simply smaller than the box in which we’re
supposed to get into in order to solve a certain task. In another words, when
we are asked to think outside the box, we are simply stepping into a bigger box
instead of outside the box. Perhaps some people may not agree to this, but
personally it does make sense. When we are so focus on a question, we tend to
not remember to step outside the box and complete the task from another angle;
nevertheless, when we are concentrating on thinking outside the box, we are actually
keeping ourselves in, limiting our ways in overcoming an obstacle, in a way.
