When the Friends of the ideas discuss philosophy:

Listen through or see through the words.

Circling deeper and deeper into an idea.

Distinguish in order to unite.

Find the presuppositions: what are they not saying.

Logic of soul/paradox: not the logic of the sensible.

Follow a question: what question can we ask?

Meditate on a passage: think all around it, then drop it.

Play off ideas from different contexts and traditions.

Churn the ocean of manas to distill the essence of ideas.

Follow an intuition/inspiration right or wrong. 

Draw a picture or use the symbolism.

Brahma: reason permeates conscious and unconscious