He says so much. I've found him saying something once which I 'strongly' disagreed with. If it wasn't for him speaking his mind on that particular subject I (primarily my subconscious) wouldn't have worked as hard formulating stronger reasons why he was wrong. My conscious mind had all the objections lined up before I could even finish reading what he wrote without being distracted by all the reasons I knew he was wrong...but at least for me, I often need to replay things over the course of a long time before stronger reasoning eventually just appears right in front of me.
It's not that I wasn't looking for something better. It required more than that. I needed to visualize his words in that post and what my reply to him would say. So in this case the reason I thank him for being wrong is because it kept me coming back to the words he said and rethinking it in new ways.
When I say he was wrong in that particular case, I mean he was wrong at least as it pertains to my work. It's quite likely given the sum of everything else he knows ...his way is just as good for him.
The result for me is even when DB said something I knew to be wrong ...it helped me considerably. I'm sure he's wrong about more than my one memorable experience but I've not read enough to know what those other areas might be.
There's no record of this event anywhere because I never mentioned it to DB or anyone else before now. All my effort occurred internally. I worked it out on my own with my own charts, better than I ever would have without DB's memorable words, and the words of those he was having that discussion with.
I owe DB (and those who joined him in conversation) a lot for everything they posted. I miss him and all those lively discussions. Going back and reading old stuff generally doesn't empower me as much ...to want to prove something bad enough that I'm able to break free from my limiting thoughts. Present tense is a much stronger motivator.
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