They say we ‘don’t know what we don’t know.’
The irony is that someone knows this.
Thus, wouldn’t it be more accurate to say, we are aware of
our shortcomings, challenges and ignorance – however, our own awareness of this
fact can provide the pathway to seeking knowledge.
The bigger question is… how aware are you in terms of what
it is you still have to learn?
Where do you see your opportunity for growth?
Have you ever questioned what you don’t know, where you lack
knowledge, or what you are determined to learn vs. what you have surrendered to
being ‘okay’ with not needing to explore?
At what point are you satisfied with your quest for knowledge?
Do you look at your life as a series of lessons you have
overcome?
This is something we humans need to ask ourselves for one
very important reason…
We need to understand
that learning is infinite.
We will never know all that is out there to know, no matter
how long we search, no matter how many books we will read, or adventures we
take under our breath or what lessons we can absorb, receive, and gain from others.
All things are possible.
Opportunities are infinite. However,
our ability to learn everything there is to learn is finite for time our human has to grace the planet.
Nevertheless, what if I were to tell you that as your soul
has infinite wisdom? Do you believe this
is possible?
If we humans take comfort that there is ‘deeper knowledge’
beyond the scope of our own human existence, and that we have the ability to
tap into lifetimes of acquired knowledge, there are other elevations of
exploration for our introspective realm of possibility.
While this may seem ‘out there’ in context to process, let
me enlighten you with the idea that it isn’t, because ‘inside’ of your own
psyche and soul memory there is much more than you know from the surface of
what you believe you know.
Bear with me here.
While this may appear to be a series of riddles, it really is not if you
take a step back at what already exists.
Let us take for example, the idea that certain abilities are
learned, while others are simply natural.
We humans call these natural abilities ‘gifts’ so that we
can process this concept in a more digestible context.
What are your ‘gifts?’
Do you have the ‘gift’ of patience, calmness, and grace
under pressure?
Do you have the ‘gift’ of organization, memory, troubleshooting
or creating?
Perhaps you have the ‘gift’ to be the voice of reason or you
have quick-wit, or helpfulness.
Maybe you have the ‘gift’ of certain talents to build,
design, deal with numbers, detect flavors, hear certain tones, visualize special
reasoning or you have the eye for coordination.
Whatever your ‘gift’ is… maybe you don’t even know ‘where’
it came from, and you know you did not ‘learn it,’ but rather it came naturally
from when you were a child, and further development through extended learning
helped you perfect said ‘gift.’
People talk about others being ‘born with’ a certain
ability, strength, level of knowledge, talent, or wisdom.
If you know someone who appears to have mastered something
by a ridiculous age, you may say …
“Oh, they were already born with this knowledge or must have
been XYZ in another lifetime.”
Certain athletes may appear to be born with ‘super ability’
to swim like a fish or have speed like lightning; or some people have genius
brains; while others are naturally funny with quick timing or some can
intuitively know where to go even if they are lost.
If we embrace the idea that our pool of knowledge exists
within us, perhaps then we know what we need to know and for anything else we
don’t know, we either apply ourselves to learning or simply hone what already
exists within us.
In the world of self-discovery, this can be a chaotic place
to be in order to dissect ‘what to do’ with ‘what you have’ vs. ‘what you
venture to learn or seek.’
While we are all lifelong students of ‘life’ … understanding
the duality of knowledge and wisdom – internal vs. external is an art.
When we get out of our own way to sit in the space of seeing
what there is to work with, we can adopt greater clarity in our perception of being
enlightened vs. being naïve and creating a pathway to broader knowledge in the same
breath as more intricately based knowledge.
However first, we must stop self-judgment and instead step
into the space of self-acceptance in order to clear the slate to be in the
space to remain open to the infinite wisdom – both external and internal. This is where most humans ‘get stuck,’ by only seeing one dimension of
learning.
Go easy on yourself, Lovely Souls. There is more within you than you realize to
actualize, you just have to get off the hamster wheel long enough to see pieces
of yourself that have been there all along to grow your internal wisdom to its
full potential.
What you invest by knowing yourself, will get you further on your life's trek when you actually seek the external knowledge. It is only in your own realization of how you process your own learning curves, dealing with life's lessons as well as the ones you seek, will you find your true learning potential for all there is to learn.
What you invest by knowing yourself, will get you further on your life's trek when you actually seek the external knowledge. It is only in your own realization of how you process your own learning curves, dealing with life's lessons as well as the ones you seek, will you find your true learning potential for all there is to learn.
While there is a lot ‘out there’ to learn, know that is not
the only place where you can learn. When
you begin to invest time ‘within’ - you will have greater awareness of how to be
more receptive to what you can do and learn.
It is here where you can come to know what it is you do not
know as well as all that you do. You can
take note of that to create a better quality of life learning once you see what
is possible and what already exists.
Happy learning!
Namaste.
