Think OUT of the box

A lot we heard people advise us to think out of the box, but most of the time we are trapped unconsciously in our own cage...

Only a few great person that I know think out of the box...

1) Albert Einstein - Everyone know his scientific contribution, from E=mC2, photoelectric, etc
2) Galileo Galilei - He without modern instrument, observed Earth in fact orbiting the Sun
3) Charles Darwin - Life must go thru harsh evolution and selection
....

All these great people seem has the following Kalama (羯臘摩經) sutra, which I came across. The sutra's points as:

• Don't believe in anything simply because you heard;
• Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations;
• Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many;
• Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books;
• Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders;

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.

This sutra also call "Buddha's charter of free inquiry". So this free inquiry, without simply make conclusion, help us advance.

I always remember this simple points; yet not easy to achieve to do in my daily life.