Have a Purpose for Learning

How your Brain Learns

How does learning work? Look up the bibliographies and references in the books you read. Get an understanding from the sources within the context they were originally intended. Education of the mind is vitally important both through books and through practical experience. Failure is a necessity in the process of learning. In order to accelerate your learning, it may help to understand the functions of the various parts of the brain. The brain is a tool we use everyday to interface and interact with the world, it is a wonder how little most people know about it and its proper use. The left side of the brain is logic driven and can connect ideas closely related to one another and is good when used with focussed intent. The right side of the brain is more creative and works much better when it is given the freedom to explore and wander. It is able to connect ideas and thoughts which seem unrelated to create out of the box and creative solutions. You have to sometimes let go of the control of the left brain during problem solving and let the right brain do its thing. We sometimes focus on problems so much so that we completely ignore solutions and fixate and remain within a state of mind that can only think ‘PROBLEM’ Ask your brain a question and do something mundane for a few minutes, you may be surprised at what surfaces…

Keep Good Company and don't Let People Shake Your Beliefs

To align yourself is to think, feel and do congruently. So to be aligned with an action, you must feel what it is that you do. This is done through mindfulness in the body. Feel the sensations within your body and your emotions as you think and do. Visualising and thinking what to do is not enough and can still be a mismatch if the emotional content is lacking. It is the emotion which will move the action and it is the positive emotion that will allow the most productive thoughts to arise. Fear must be overcome. Fear is for the most part not knowing the outcome or the response of your activity. Education and experience will overcome this. Fear will remain but will no longer hold the same grip it once did. The problem which once seemed so big and insurmountable will remain the same size however you will have grown beyond your previous boundaries into something greater. Something that is now equally matched to or greater than the problem through positive action and knowledge. The emotions of lacking are now replaced by an abundance of knowledge and the result is a better outcome that you can see arising. The programming of your mind will have shifted and your heart will have fuelled this movement. Keep good company to the ends of achieving your goals, and cultivate good character to act out of truth. The truth of any situation no matter how grim it may seem is the most liberating path and the path to the greatest progress both materially and spiritually in the long run.

Understand your Family History to Build on the Momentum of Past Generations

There is a certain momentum behind the ideas, experiences and endeavours within families and communities and on a greater scale nations. To tap into this momentum is to build upon an existing base and can be a very powerful place to be. There is great wisdom to be gained from those who have walked the path already and we would do well to gain insight to form a map of the path ahead. There is also a level of subtle energy behind the road well travelled. If we can attune ourselves to this energy field, we can penetrate deeper into the meaning behind our doing and having this sense of purpose makes for a greater and deeper influence on those that we serve.