What's In Your Universe?
(2008-10-05 at 03:14:48 )

Many years ago, a teacher said " Try to imagine that all of your knowledge is
inside of this tennis ball. As far as you are concerned your " tennis ball "
is " your universe "!!

One day someone tells you that there is knowledge that you are unaware of in
that golf ball over there! What do you perceive would be your reaction?? "

It is " human nature " to first think that the golf ball is an illusion. It
does not really exist. This is a defensive reaction of our minds. " Our minds
are quite comfortable within our tennis ball." It is " safe " there because it
is our only known universe.

People seeking knowledge are already aware that the knowledge that already is
within their minds, is limited to what their lives have been exposed to.

Such people are at least willing to listen to and to contemplate about " new
and disparate concepts ".

Unfortunately, most people will instinctively try to pigeonhole and to filter
all of this new " knowledge " through all of the existing perceptions that
are already entrenched within their minds.

Then, most of the time, this new " knowledge " will be ridiculed and then get
described as " out there " and be summarily and permanently dismissed.

This is not ignorance it is " normal operating procedure " for the human mind.

The human mind lies to itself, it deceives itself, it plays games with itself,
it is its own worst enemy!!

It is Your Worst Enemy and it keeps you completely unaware of its many devious
practices, intentions, schemes, and methods. It will fight, tooth and nail, to
keep you completely unaware of your own completely unlimited potential.

Please just think of how totally committed a teacher must be knowing that he,
or she, is trying to find an individual pathway into every one of the closed
minds in front of them. What an insurmountable and totally frustrating task!!

It is much easier to let each and every person wallow within the confines of
their " tennis ball " universe. It is much easier to let them exist as they
presently are. It is their right to exist in any condition that they choose!!

Ignorance, like alcoholism, is a condition that must be realised before it can
ever be successfully dealt with.

To accept completely new knowledge; most minds have to be willing to disregard
or ignore or deny all of the information and conclusions that they have already
wrapped their entire life's existence completely around.

Imagine hearing a teacher say that a colledge education is a handicap because
the holders of colledge degrees are deaf and dumb to anything that is not
already firmly embedded within their swelled heads.

If you find yourself asking the question " Is This Really All That There Is? "

You just might be ready to look for the " golf balls way out there " that your
slick, tricky, and unbending mind keeps making you Despise and thus, Ignore!!