In conjecturing what may be, men set before them the examples of what has been, and divine of the new with an imagination preoccupied and coloured by the old; which way of forming opinions is very fallacious; for streams that are drawn from the springhead of nature do not always run in the old channels.
Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, C1X

See this article on impermanence. And also see The Manchester Hermit who pointed to this article.

Phew! And now I see this article. The Hermit is pondering hands... Good job I will not have the time today, or this week-end, to leave a comment! I'm helping to move a temple from one house to another. I'll be using my hands, which by the way, are wonderfully connected to the rest of me! I hope I use them with this connection in mind.

More on hands, and working meditation another time.