Knowing is not enough; understanding is
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Many of us know but do not internalize.
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The sources of information are multiplying with the passing of the days. All this information is like raw materials. Some cook them as per their wisdom, and many consume them without applying their minds. As a result, one issue is diversified in many ways, resulting in confusing and contradictory conclusions.
In remote places where the majority reside, the most convenient source of information is hearsay, and there is a lot of pull and push because people are not habitually cross-checking the veracity of what they hear. They hear what they like. They avoid hearing, not agreeing with their planted conceptions.
Is it necessary to turn information into knowledge and then into understanding to decide the course of action? The answer is a grand yes.
The process is based on the qualities of our information. Information is simply data, diagrams, and sometimes ideas and views. We do much to select what aligns with our values and traditions. Problems are created here, even though, at times, people feel different from inside.
We must gather information from varying sources. This is the first condition. This is a method to minimize the possibility of being misinformed. The next is interpretation, which creates the differences.
Words expand to different meanings depending on how things are collated and connected. It largely depends on interest, intellect, and prior feeding of the minds of people who are struggling to interpret the whole story to suit their wisdom. We repeatedly come across these scenarios in debates, essays, explanations, and other platforms.
While coming to personal development, we see many people not knowing that their knowledge is half baked, and this is the reason they are differing in their actions and behaviors. In groups and masses, the difference persists the same way. So the crux is understanding.
There is a long space between information and understanding, and many of us are not ready to bridge this gap.
Whatever we know, we must know it as clearly as possible, even if it goes against our set patterns of thinking and even beliefs. At this point, the real process starts. We have to internalize what we have learned. A speaker talks about the benefits of reading, for example, but the majority of the audience is not accepting it internally.
Learning must effect change in our intentions, actions, and, above all, our abilities.
In most instances, we go for arguments to influence the opponents and win, even if one side is aware of what the realities are.
Going forward, it is essential that, side by side, we also unlearn our flawed assumptions, unsound beliefs, baseless practices, and senseless habits. When we expand our knowledge, we tend to keep aside what has been learned earlier, unconsciously. It happens only when knowledge is internalized, removing the chaff of ignorance from the grains of truth.
Individuals are born with potential, which is gradually revealed when we interact with the environment and keep our passions growing and determination rooted. It is an understanding of life in its true sense.
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It is a lack of understanding that is the root of all problems in our living conditions. Once we understand, differences narrow down, and we find common ground to move forward. Remedies come when we imitate how universal systems operate. Differences are normal. When we get stuck here, we miss everything. Life demands that we work on similarities. It is a real understanding.
