Spirit of Adventurer
ReSearch is fundamentally a process of discovery … in the Spirit of Research … one of it is the spirit of an adventurer … I’m sure that there is an animal inside every one of us … it is both brutal yet can be tamed … the criteria is HOW we approach it such that it helps us … I discover that as an adventurer … it is the treasure or what we are aiming for … that provides much of the motivation & drive (or pple like to call Passion) … this treasure is like a carrot dangling on a rod in front of a rabbit, yet out of its reach … so near yet so far … the effect: we are set into constant motion, always trying to reach, but not getting … the implication: the process of reaching has far more impacts on us than the treasure … Hence, the "meaning of the drunkard is not in the beer … 醉翁之意不在酒" … I realise by now that this is always true … we have studied so hard all these years … yet we cannot be guaranteed a carefree professional life … we are in fact obliged to work just as hard if not harder … in our future work … whereas for the FYP … supervisors have set a long-term aim for each of us … it is near enough s.t. we can smell it coming as we progress … yet far enough s.t. we do not seem to be able to get it through … that is precisely the carrot or treasure …
Yet when we look carefully back on what we have done all this while … it seems that we are more influenced by the PROCESS rather than the objective … hence, if we are able to generalise & internalise this process of discovery within our hearts … I believe that there are few things in the future that can deter us from doing …
Process of Discovery:
The quadruple process of discovery involves:
Rare is one who is able to master each & every one of the above 4 stages of discovery process … for he is unfazed by the treachery, torture & torment as he moves steadily, sometimes haphazardly, but always mindfully towards his niche … & yet when he really gets his niche … he said to himself the following words:
"What use do I have for this that I have not gained along the way?"
With that … he threw away his long-loved treasure & walks off fulfilled
Spirited Research Spirit