I have to be real honest with you guys. I was very influenced by Edgar
Cayce, his readings, and his Search for God material. I was exposed to
his brand of thinking while I was still in elementary school. And EC was
a very practical guy. He founded the ARE, Association for Research and
Enlightenment, with a heavy emphasis on practical spirituality, healing,
and research. One of his many guiding principles that most shaped my
own thinking is his counsel to bring everything into practical
application.
He would often say, "Wisdom is knowledge applied." The whole point in
learning anything was to become changed by your learning, and to live it
out on a day by day, moment by moment basis. EC was big into personal
response-ability. In the end, we choose our responses, it is about the
only place in our lives where we have any real control. At least, for
now....
There are tons of upsides to this emphasis on practical application, and
personal responsibility. And there are likewise, some downsides. One of
the downsides that I have noticed is that when we become influenced by
this mindset in an imbalanced way, we become impatient, or intolerant,
of the larger learning process that human beings go through, while we
are learning to put principles into action. In short, we think everyone
learns the way we do. And this is not true.
We each have our own unique learning style. And to make this even more
muddier, we have different learning styles at the various and different
learning stages we may go through. I tend to over gather information
before I move into the action phase. Other people are completely
impatient with the information gathering stage, skip it entirely, and
jump straight into action, learning by trial and by jumping into the
fire, so to speak. I use a lot of personal feedback processes in my
learning. Other people learn by teaching, even if they do not know what
they are teaching, they are learn by teaching, it is their particular
learning style.
I'm very kinesthetic, and often timid. When it comes time to do the
actions I will want to be left alone, so I can observe myself, what I am
doing, how it all feels, where I get stuck, how I can improve, and so
on. Visuals are helpful, but I cannot anchor the learning until I've
done it.
It's important to understand our selves and our differences in how
we learn, and to be patient with our differences.
One of the universal ways that all humans learn to by engaging the
self-expression and feedback loops circuits in our brains. The part of
our brain that learns is the part of the brain that expresses. This is
why we talk so much about what we are learning. It is because talking is
learning, we are wired this way. Regardless of where we are at in our stage of
learning, preparing, or maturing in our expressions, it is through self-expression, by either
talking, writing, journaling, creating, and doing that we will anchor
our learning. These are all very physical processes. And the only way we
can anchor our soul growth is through the physical expression of it.
For those of you who would like some more very simple information on how
we learn, and the expression circuit/feedback loop please check out The
Einstein Factor. If you go to Amazon, search inside the book, and
search the word "expression" then you will find on pages 62-65 a super
simple, effective description of what I am talking about. "
So, here's to talking with you, in the days to come.
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