You can learn only if you do not know - 12 September 1972
Q: Does learning require thinking, or only awareness? To be aware is to be conscious, to be in relationship with what you observeoutwardly and also our inward reactions. Awareness reveals that I have a conclusion from which I act, which prevents thefree flow of energy. You see that you have many opinions and conclusions. You don't know whyyou have them or how to be free of them. Start with not knowing. Knowledge is in the past whilst learning is vital, in the present. In learning, which is a constant movement, can opinion and conclusion ever beformed? Can thought be slowed down naturally? In learning about the function ofthought, slowing down takes place without control or effort. Can the mind empty itself without effort? Q: Do LSD and other drugs slow down the mind?
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