Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00018)

December 2, 2003


Dear Friends:


A good question: " How do you learn how to learn ?"


Observation:

1	We are all born in a many phased environment. We continually
interact with people and things, natural events and accidents, as we
live our days. Why?

2	We are either curious about it or we are indifferent to it. Why
is this so? What does it imply? Should we do anything about it? Is
learning linked with the continuing of living -- in ourselves, and
elsewhere?

3	Ask: "Why ?" "Why learn anything? Do we already know
something?" Are we not often confronted with our own ignorance (or
limited knowledge) of many things? 

4	Is "learning" or the "desire to learn" a desire? What are
possible motives? To learn or not to learn? Are our "moods" connected
with this? Are our "motives" connected with it?

5	Is it a challenge that evokes interest or annoyance at being
disturbed?  

6	Is it connected with continuing our life? Or the lives of
others?

7	What value ought to be assigned to "learning?" Are we forced to
learn, always? Is our self-value, and the value that others may place
on us related to our "learning?" 

8	Much of our life seems to be involved in the generalized
experience of learning, observation, emulation, improvement over the
past, of which we have memory.

9.	In our world we are aware of many levels of learning (wisdom ?)
and many degrees of "achievement." How are learning and thinking
connected with that? 

10	Are the concepts of virtue and vice connected with learning, or
with attempts and achievements at thinking?

I would agree that answering the question: " How do you learn how to
learn ?" is not easy.  

But why ought we to even inquire into that?

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: netemara
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:48 PM
To: 
Subject:: What about the VISIT made to the Golden Temple

--- "Morten Nymann Olesen" ..> wrote:

> Hallo Netemara and all of you,
> 
> My views are:
> 
> All right then Netemara, let us suppose that you are that wise as 
your below email wants the readers to believe.
> 
> Then please answer me: How do you learn how to learn ?

Learning comes in many forms. There is learning which is exoteric 
and extrinsically motivated and there is learning which is esoteric 
(internal) and intrinsically motivated and is the highest order. 
Cicero and the wise Romans wrote that the highest form of life on 
earth was that of study. The most satisfying life one could live was 
to read books, imbibe what one could from them and thus was part 
of "The Good Life" which Cicero first coined. I am a Stoic (as in 
the religion Stoicism) by nature. It is the basis of all outer 
Western religions. And the basis of this religion belongs to the 
learned and those who aspire to be learned.

Thanks for asking.
> 
> If you can't answer this thoroughly - you will never learn ¨
> me and others anything.
> 
> To Netemara:

> Do you give out a teaching, which is not adapted towards
> time, place and people ?

I give out universal teachings.

> Or do you give out a teaching, which further - culturally - 
conditions the minds of the Seekers after Wisdom and Truth ?

I hope to draw seekers into seeking wisdom and truth.

> Do your versions of the Wisdom teachings give the aspirant a world
view ?

CUT