When we talk about learning, we usually think about adding something to the notions that we already have, we visualize an additional weight imposed upon our brain, a sort of actual mind-stuffing! New information, new ideas are introduced in our heads thanks to our capability of understanding and remembering. We are even proud of our job. We don't realize that adding more stuff is not what we actually need. What is necessary, especially nowadays - when there is an exceedingly large amount of notions available in various and multiple ways - what is necessary, I was saying, is discarding a lot of junk that is clogging our learning channel. We see too many videos, we read too many books and papers, we hear too many words (most of which.... useless). It's a continuous flowing of images and ideas that enter our minds. We become a sort of hoarders of thoughts, more or less properly assimilated, collectors of opinions that, of course, are never originally ours. When you have listened and accepted what others say, your conditioning makes you believe that you really "own" what you are talking about in your discussions and debates. If you succeed in disposing of as much clutter as possible and make some space in your mind, you will see more clearly what is really good for you. Visualize a room so full of furniture that you can hardly move around and then imagine the same room with just the indispensable few pieces. Don't you think that you can even "breathe" better?
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