06-06-2010, 12:00 AM
snowblind wrote:
Learning an interesting concept. Is anything ever learned really? Do predilicitons usurp learning the things that others tell us that we are supposed to learn? Consensus...is that learning? I learned modus polens today, got tested on it, was told by the professor that I did well...If I do not remember it next week, has anything truely been learned?Learning is funny on the spiritual path, because I think what we do is gain a lot of information on many subjects when we begin, but then we do like zen and begin 'unlearning' everything we know, til we're nearly a blank slate, ala 'original mind.' Then we realize the futility of it all and realize we really know nothing. At least my own journey has led me down that path. Im back to being a child again, knowing nothing, relearning everything. Taking it all one day at a time in a magical world.
Learning an interesting concept. Is anything ever learned really? Do predilicitons usurp learning the things that others tell us that we are supposed to learn? Consensus...is that learning? I learned modus polens today, got tested on it, was told by the professor that I did well...If I do not remember it next week, has anything truely been learned?Learning is funny on the spiritual path, because I think what we do is gain a lot of information on many subjects when we begin, but then we do like zen and begin 'unlearning' everything we know, til we're nearly a blank slate, ala 'original mind.' Then we realize the futility of it all and realize we really know nothing. At least my own journey has led me down that path. Im back to being a child again, knowing nothing, relearning everything. Taking it all one day at a time in a magical world.