And the children said unto Halcolm, “We want to understand the world. Tell us, O Sage, what we must do to know the world.”
“Have you read the works of our great thinkers?”
“Yes, Master, everyone of them as we were instructed.”
“And have you practiced diligently your meditations so as to become one with infinity of the universe?”
“We have, Master, with devotion and discipline.”
“Have you studied the experiments, the surveys, and the mathematical models of the Sciences?”
“Beyond even the examinations, Master, we have studied in the innermost chambers where the experiments and surveys are analyzed, and where the mathematical models are developed and tested.”
“Still you are not satisfied? You would know more?”
“Yes, Master. We want to understand the world.”
“Then, my children, you must go out into the world. Live among the peoples of the world as they live. Learn their language. Participate in their rituals and routines. Taste of the world. Smell it. Watch and listen. Touch and be touched. Write down what you see and hear, how they think and how you feel.
Enter into the world. Observe and wonder. Experience and reflect. To understand a world you must become part of that world while at the same time remaining separate. A part of and apart from.”
Ich darf also Harry Potter lesen ("learn their language"), Feste feiern und Fika machen ("participate in their rituals and routines"), Kanelbullar essen ("taste"), Kanelbullar riechen ("smell"), ins Kino und an Konzerte gehen ("watch and listen"), und... ("touch and be touched"). Und danach soll ich sogar darüber schreiben! Was für eine tolle Anleitung.