It is not the spoon that bends, it is yourself.
You mean "It is not the spoon that bends, it is your self", but then that implies ownership of the self when actually the self owns you, but there is no you, there is only self.
So, there is only a bunch of you's buying/selling trying to find happiness(self) through greed, security, and a billion other reasons...like me! When I decided to try trading, I found myself reacting to short term fluctuations, buying when I shouldn't have...panicing and selling when I shouldn't have. It's all a true test of patience. You can't learn anything without making mistakes though.
Spirituality and bitcoin. Woohoo!
Actually, I meant yourself. Your "self" is ego. It owns nothing, but believes it owns everything. A strong ego will lead a king back into battle even after most of his army has been slaughtered. In order to bend the spoon, you have to have a balanced mind that is able to become so absorbed with the spoon that it becomes one with it's object of meditation. Then, you, the spoon, bend.
Also, you actually can learn from the mistakes of others, it's just a lot easier to accept the lesson when you have the pain memory to go with it. Empathy is key there.
