Education is the key to liberating the self from suffering, and it is an ancient knowledge Buddha himself has left to us in the form of his teachings. It is from enhancing our education that we get aware about the power of the mind, and how beneficial consciousness is to our whole self. Investing in something related to education is never a bad investment; on the contrary, it is an investment for generations, in which we can use the knowledge to sharpen our walk towards the path of a meaningful life. Material values can be taken in a snap of fingers but knowledge is transcendental. The moment we realise it is through education we can step out of suffering, it is the moment we understand why knowledge is considered a huge source of power we have at hand.


The amount of knowledge we acquire, through the path of our own life, is the foundation to the definition of our own existence. Let us think about the meaningful benefits of enhancing our own education, which implies acquiring knowledge no matter the source, and no matter the circumstances. With consciousness at hand, we can filter how knowledge is stored into our brain, and how we can use it while walking our own path. Even sources of fake news become valuable to the task of understanding the establishment of beliefs, and dissemination of rumors, from person to person, and through social media networks. Take a moment to reflect about the subject.


There are sources of knowledge only few have the privilege to access, and our own mind is one of them. We are the only one capable of accessing the huge knowledge we acquire from situations we experience in life, which carries our own perspective and relativity, a unique observation point no other could stand on. Buddha, the enlightened one, has acquired a huge knowledge from the understanding of his own periods of suffering, which has been shared transcendentally through generations. Buddha had a huge power at hand, and he has left indications about how we could tap into a similar power ourselves. We do not need to enroll in formal education to learn something new every single day. It is just opening the mind to the fact of observing, consciously, what is happening in the present moment. The more we observe, the more we can learn about anything, including life itself.


Someone could take away our home, work, money, equipment, or anything material we have acquired. We may even manifest negative emotions about such a loss, while in suffering. However, no one could take away every single piece of knowledge we have acquired until the present moment.


It is through education we enhance our immune system, getting faster, stronger, smarter, and ready to face anything, including the pandemic period we are experiencing. Even our unconscious mind acquires knowledge by following some conditioning imposed to the self. Thus, we have the power to change the path of our own existence, and we just need to get conscious about that.


The moment we realise why education is the magical shield we have at hand, it is the moment we understand why seeking its end is a trace of suffering, which we can face in a conscious, and meaningful way.


Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓



Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).


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