what would you see if you could see what you don't see?

i#see remember when i was in seminary

studying to be a rabbi

we would spend months studying 8 words.

there was an interpretation of those words

by the sage Rashi and another by a school of rabbis, Tosfos 

2 traditions of rabbis

who understood the meaning of those same words differently

and based on their understanding

prescribed different ways of acting

but unlike the way we disagree today,

they each understood completely why the other choose 

to understand the passage the way they did,

but still gave sound reasons to understand it the way they did.

we would go back and forth 

saying Rashi knows that Tosfos disagrees 

and still believes this, why?

and as soon as we understood,

we would say Tosfos knows that Rashi knows 

why Tosfos disagrees 

and still believes what he believes and this is why.

we would spend months on 8 words

and like two knives rubbing one against the other

our minds became sharp

able to see and understand what others see

and still choose based on reasonable evidence 

to beleive what we believe

what an amazing practice this was.

sometimes i wish i could share this practice with people 

for so often i find the words of Don Miguel Ruiz to be true.

one of the themes of my book, THE MOSAIC is

what would you see, if you could see what you don't see?

and now with the help of Don Miguel Ruiz's words

i understand the powerful need for this even more.

your thoughts?