[RT] PSYCH:Capacity to Learn

[ric ingram <ringram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Most of us have a capacity to learn and improve.   
Often, however, hope for improvement is confused with capacity to
learn.
It is very different - this email is about one common source of that
difference.
We all have inner tendencies that get in our way when we want to
learn.
Often we seek diversion as a priority over genuine aspiration for
knowledge.
This need for diversion shows up as one or more of:
        -       "I
came here for fun.",
        -       "I
know how I learn best",
        -       "I
want to learn in this sequence",
        -       ...
and it tends to get in the way of learning.
As an example there is an old tale about the sequence of
learning.    
Nasrudin wanted to learn to play a musical instrument.   The
fee was five silver pieces for the first lesson and three silver pieces
for the second and subsequent lessons.  'Very well', said Nusrudin,
'I'll start with the second lesson.'
Often to learn we have to:
        -       unlearn
something first,
        -       relinquish
existing beliefs,
        -       digest
the new ideas,
        -       integrate
the new ideas,
        -       ...
Many of us do not find that fun at all, having poor recollections of
school days learning.   This may be part of the reason we put
up barriers to learning.
So those looking for diversion find their latent capacity to learn
suppressed by their own inner tendencies.
Sad really, but not a hopeless situation.   Sometimes just
awareness of the inner tendency to seek diversion is sufficient to
overcome it.   Sometimes it requires more work.   But
perhaps everyone has a capacity to learn if freed from self-imposed
barriers.
A light-hearted approach to learning works well - it eases the process of
give and take of ideas, makes changes in beliefs and attitudes occur more
readily, opens the eyes to new vistas and perceptions.
It is when a light-hearted approach is based on a need for diversion that
there is usually a problem.
People with a need for diversion often express this as :
        -       complaints
about style, or length, or paragraph style,
        -       ask
where is the fun or joke,
        -       behave
in a child-like manner,
        -       execute
their strong emotions,
        -       seek
crowd support,
        -       become
self-righteous when they perceive crowd support is available,
        -       seek
excuses to reject the opportunity,
        -       see
selling where there is none,
        -       attack
the individual rather than the idea,
        -       take
the impersonal personally,
        -       ...
We all suffer from this to some degree.
Are you going to release your potential to learn?   If so, you
probably need to address your inner tendencies.
May your potential be realised, Ric.









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