Why I Spend So Much Time Talking Philosophy and So Little Giving You Concrete Tasks To Do
Added 2020-04-14 04:28:03 +0000 UTC
First let me apologize for only being able to speak in cliches. My ability to express myself is just that limited. I'm sorry. And, unlike Demi Lovato, I mean it.
Here's the thing. I want to free your mind. I want to teach you how to fish. I want to give you the bread maker, not just a slice of bread. I want to give you the idea-generator, not just the tasks.
I want to to give you the questions, not just the answers.
The right questions create (or allow you to create) action-feedback loops that you can use to ratchet up your own performance and results into true awesomeness, Japanese or otherwise.
Questions like: "will this activity cause me to grow more or less accustomed to Japanese?"; "do I know more or fewer Japanese words thanks to doing what I've done?"
Stuff like that.
The problem is modernity itself, and modern schooling.
Modern schooling has taught us to ignore our thoughts, ignore our senses (including "common sense" lol), ignore our feelings, ignore our preferences, ignore our entire life experiences.
Instead, we are to believe experts. Not just believe. We are to obey them.
Now, modernity is awesome. Science (ancient and modern) is awesome. It is a good thing to be able to ignore our natural intuition and "fly blind" (with instruments) using our accumulated human know-how.
But it is not a good thing to ignore intuition completely, especially when we're not SCUBA diving or flying a plane.
Listen to your heart, as Mother Willow said, and you will understand.
How do you listen to your heart? Ask it questions. And then listen for the answer.
How do you listen to your heart? Try stuff out. Try experiments. See if you're wrong or right. See if you're uncomfortable or comfortable. Adjust and adapt accordingly.
