The past few days have been a living example of how personal prejudices - deep and crooked - can be detrimental to any learning or growth. When so jaundiced about someone whatever the person says or proposes is immediate attacked or thrown out without even a casual look. Ideas and words become stingers and they are thrashed out of one's views without battling an eyelid.
Basically I fear it is a sickness to think that we know it all and therefore there is nothing new to be learnt. While claiming to know, we actually think we know it all; while in reality we hardly know it. We proudly proclaim our love and attachment to what we hold dear... but I wonder how much of it do we really know, and understand, to say that 'I love it dearly!'
There is also a great fear of moving out of our comfort zones and trying out something new or different. But when one is not even open to, leave alone try out, new possibilities and suggestions one is nailing one's own coffin!
Basically I fear it is a sickness to think that we know it all and therefore there is nothing new to be learnt. While claiming to know, we actually think we know it all; while in reality we hardly know it. We proudly proclaim our love and attachment to what we hold dear... but I wonder how much of it do we really know, and understand, to say that 'I love it dearly!'
There is also a great fear of moving out of our comfort zones and trying out something new or different. But when one is not even open to, leave alone try out, new possibilities and suggestions one is nailing one's own coffin!
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