Personal Post - #3

Education

The more educated a person is, the more likely they will be open to new ideas. Personal backgrounds, cultures, likes, and dislikes, do not allow us to see purely. We are filled with our own biases. People have different histories that make them see and place value differently. Based on that, people view everything from the perspective of how they relate to it. There is a way to combat this bias, and it involves being educated and knowledgeable. Achieving a higher education is accompanied with many benefits. One significant benefit is gaining the ability to be open to an array of ideas. Education teaches us many different ways to view the world. It allows us to learn about the unique cultures, religions, and values that exist all over the world. The more educated someone is, the more appreciative they are of a variety of perspectives. Admitting to having a limited perspective means one can move past that limit. Every experience a person undergoes shapes how they handle the next. This aspect of life can be positive and negative. On a positive note, past experiences allow humans to learn from them, ensuring the same mistakes are not repeated. On a negative side, past experiences may ‘blind’ people or inhibit them from viewing through a different perspective. It can hold people back from taking on new experiences with an open mind. The practice of Yoga teaches people how to handle the relationship between the two: past and future experiences; it brings things into awareness. The practice of Yoga uproots parts of past experiences, not in a way that halts people, but in an uplifting way. Yoga allows people to push past their conditioning: what they already know. Looking past personal conditioning is not simple or easy; every new experience filters through the conditioning. Something as powerful as yoga and meditation is one of the best strategies to attain such clarity.

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