KnowRevolution

Every time we learn something new, it is a fresh start. A moment to either observe something we haven’t seen or felt before, or to experience the same thing through a different viewpoint.

I find though, as I get older and ponder the past, that the majority of information, ideas and thoughts we think we have are not necessarily our own. Rather, they are ideas from others that often do not have our, as humanity, collective well being at heart.

One of the first tools of application I apply when looking at what I think I know vs what I was told was ‘how things are’ is this: was I allowed to explore it for myself, or did they already have all the answers for me? From history to the meaning of life, or the questions of where/how/why are we here, before we had the opportunity to explore them as a personal journey, we were fork fed the answers and then subsequently considered good or bad depending on how well we followed along and become part of the pre-answered narrative. This, contrary to what we have been forced to do, is not ‘learning’. It is merely repeating what we were told to repeat. Then, depending on how well you responded to the repetitious method of indoctrination, you were either inlcuded in the herd of social integration or excluded from the herd. At a very young age, powerful tools of fight/flight methodology were in play by those whom you were told were the authorities on chidlhood well-being. A good question to ask would be something of the effect like- if you were so concerned about a childs well-being, then why was there so much emphasis on inclusion and exclusion within the group that you (if you were an adult within that system) were an authoritative member? Creating a system where exclusion and fitting in are in many ways of primary importance is the opposite of nurturing and bringing out the best in individuals. In fact, as adults, you would have the same problems with authority if you were talked to and treated the same way by the same hypocritical actors and agents.

So step it back. Reconnect with the part of you that had, at one point in time, honest and curious wanderings about what and who you are, not to mention what everything around you is as well. Pick up where you left off at age 4. The world is still full of wonder.