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It is important to allow our effort to evolve with our insight, but not to fixate upon either the insight or the effort. Each time we know where we are going, an unconscious mental freeze occurs, and we get locked into a horizontal view of a vertical dimension. But right before that freeze is imposed, there is a moment of disarray when the old direction we were taking is suddenly in dispute. For a moment we find ourselves confused, and although this is unpleasant, this continual shifting of understanding and effort from insight to insight is very important. The space between fixed notions of reality holds the Dharma. The confusion we feel is the wonderment of the Dharma trying to get through our cognitive maps and indicates the sense-of-self is on shaky ground. It is actually a sign of progressive openness, and it is wise to explore that space and feel its benefits because the Dharma is opening to us in that moment. The momentary confusion keeps us from becoming mechanical or complacent within our ideas of the truth, because the truth cannot be located or mapped. In fact, a quality of truth is that it is not definable.