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@I was very fortunate in school because I was a failure. In the early years of school, back in the 1940's, I could do nothing right. I did not realize, nor did my teachers, that I was dyslexic and had other learning disabilities, including a poor short-term memory. It was humiliating to not understand what was going on and to see that most of the other children seemed to do okay. No matter how hard I tried, I continued to fail. I was put from one grade to another not because I was ready to move up, but because of my age. So each year I fell further behind. What a blessing that turned out to be!@By not having the memory needed to pass tests, I had to learn to look at the core of things to see if I could understand them. I could not turn to any of the teachers or my parents because they had no answers to this problem. This freed me from turning to others for answers. @When I started my spiritual search, I did read what others had to say. But there was always the question "Can I trust what they say is true?" This freed the mind to look beyond all I had read. I never asked any teacher a question. Yet, I found the answers beyond what most of them were saying.@In our western way of teaching, we fail to really bring anyone to fully understand what they are trying to learn. By first telling them what others think about the subjects, then asking questions based on what was said, we think we have taught the students something. Those with good memories are seen as intelligent. Those without good memories are looked at as limited. @So it is of no surprise that when most people write to me they are still trying to come to understanding by way of that same process that never brings one to real insight. Of course, there are some very thoughtful people asking sincere questions and are really looking into the whole process. However, far oo often their questions reveal the education system they have been misfortunate to have experienced.@Instead of asking someone else questions , they should ask themselves the same questions. Look at it as though no one knows anything, including you. Seeing the problem as fresh and don't pretend to know anything about it. The answers are all within you right now. By turning your mind over to another, you won't come to a real answer. @Of course, there is nothing wrong with asking questions; we can use other people's experience to help us understand. But ask your self first and while hearing the answers someone else is sharing with you, keep your mind fully open to your own answers.@What I am trying to do on this web site is to speed up the process and point to the real problems. I can't give you the answers. It would be meaningless for me to try or for you to accept what is said here without finding it within your own heart/mind. @Real insight always comes from the same source. There is only one source of Wisdom and it is not within our individual minds. It is in the Wholeness of Life Itself. It is not my wisdom or yours, but it is ours.@Our educators need to be educated in what the real problem we face is. Only then can they know what to share with their students. We need to free ourselves of the dream of ego separation that will lead to a very sorry end of our story if not seen through. So far, education has failed us. Yet, education is so very important to us all. A truly educated society would never let our mindless leaders take us to war. We would see the real cause of the suffering in the world and know what to do about it. We would not have separate countries and government would be lead by the people. Our environment would be safe because a truly educated people would not harm what we know is our own Life. All of the problems of the world are basically simple to deal with if we are simple and face the facts without conditioning controlling our intelligence.@May we all awaken and live a loving, kind, life together as the One Being we are.@Melvyn Wartella |
