Here’s a previously published article
that I wrote a few years ago.
By
Scott Shaw
Life is a never-ending process of
learning, expanding, and growing. Life provides the individual with the
opportunity to constantly expand their mind, acquire new understandings, while
continuing to expand their mind and advance their knowledge.
Not to long ago in world history people
were sedentary. They were born into a specific region on this earth’s service
and, with very few exceptions, they never left. From this, the amount of new
information made available to each person was limited. As the industrial age
and later the information age came upon us, though a person may never
physically travel more than a few miles from where they born, the amount of
knowledge that they can readily acquire is mind-boggling. It is all there at
your fingertips.
Have you ever met a person who is very
set in their ways—very stubborn? They know what they know, believe what they
believe, and allow nothing to change their mind. There are many people who
follow this mindset. They are proud of believing what they believe and decide
that they know enough. They are proud to be firm and in their beliefs and in
believing that the already posses all of the knowledge that is necessary for
their life. Are you like this? Do you believe you hold enough knowledge? Do you think that what you currently know and
the things you believe in it is enough?
In life, you really don’t need to know
too much to get from one side of it to the other. To pass from birth to death
is quite easy if you remain oblivious to all that is going on around you. This
is the way many people live their lives. Though this is the way many people
live their life, what this does is to keep one from expanding and acquiring the
ever-expanding new levels of knowledge, understandings, and consciousness that
are now made available to all of us.
In the past, the only way to gain
advanced knowledge was at an institution such as a university. This is no longer
the case. It is everywhere—available to everyone. Are you taking advantage of
this?
Though knowledge is out there in an
abundances and many claim to seek it, there is a sub-category of those who
claim to seek new knowledge and new understanding but truly are not. This
subgroup is made up of people who only seek knowledge that reaffirms what they
already believe and/or supports the way they already feel. For this person, new
knowledge is not what they are acquiring. What they are doing is that they have
already made a choice and then they seek out people, words, teachings, and
understandings that support the belief(s) they already hold. Are you one of
these people?
Knowledge is based upon two primary
conflicting elements: that which expands the mind and gives birth to creativity
and positivity and the adverse; knowledge which holds a person bound to a
specific belief system where they are not allowed to think freely and are,
thereby, driven into the expression of negativity in their life.
The truth is, if you seek out negativity
you can find it everywhere. And, the subtle reality of negativity is that it
hides in many guises and is taught via many teachings. So much so that few
people ever know that negativity is what they are embracing once there are
locked into its belief system. Think about it; does what you currently believe
and what you are currently allowing into your mind making you feel joyous,
happy, free, loving, giving, and caring? Or, is what you are concentrate upon
making you feel angry, angst ridden, fearful, and spiteful? Think about it,
what do you think is the better thought pattern?
Though it is sad fact of human existence
that negativity haunts the mind of many people, the adverse exists, as well. If
you seek out positivity, and will not settle of anything less, it is out there
in abundance; it is simply just a little bit harder to find as it does not
activate as much adrenaline to hold onto its essence.
What lies ahead of you in life is what
you set into motion in this moment. If you open your mind without judgment and
you decide to gain new understandings that you may ultimately decide to embrace
or reject you can forever learn. If, on the other hand, if what you allow your
life to focus upon keeps you locked into a state of stubborn, hurtful belief,
and if your study inflicts negative appraisals upon others, then you will be
trapped to forever live the same thought patterns over and over and over again.
Life is an ever-growing expansive place.
Allow yourself to be a true part of it. Learn, grow, expand.
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