∞ Self Discovery as Education ∞

 

The infinity and spiral symbols exemplify the methods and content of 'Mastering.Infinity". The infinity symbol represents our ongoing journey of balancing and integrating our physical and non-physical experiences and environments. The spiral symbolizes the expansion of being that results from the accumulation of a wide array of experiences and perspectives. Both of these symbols signify the ability to understand the position of the self in all environments and to practice unconditional love for all. 

Learning to Heal

(education worth its weight in gold)

     Suffering and dissatisfaction often stems from the inability to fulfill the desire to truly understand and incorporate ourselves as physical and non-physical beings. Our experiences serve as a monumental catalyst to awaken ourselves up to our truest nature and develop the gifts that we are here to share with one another.

However, for many children and adults, their current modes of education fail to trigger or allow room for the pivotal healing situations and environments needed for self-revelation. 

You may call it a "soul", "spirit" or "inner teacher", but all people—including young children—have a guiding light that facilitates self-revelation and peace. We yearn to be connected to this profound wisdom we hold within us. I believe it is the role of education to develop and maintain this connection. Nonetheless, many educational institutions and curriculum supplant the inner teacher with perspectives parading as facts which leads to confusion, dissatisfaction and separation.

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Traditional (institutional) education systems can often be characterized as reinforcing separation from others and compartmentalization of the self through a variety of mechanisms:

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Separation by perceived ability 
Students are constantly in competition with one another through academic and athletic evaluation to assess whether they are meeting the expectations of others. As a result they are placed in "tracks" that can result in rigid life trajectories. These practices may reinforce separation from their own inner-judgment, truest talents and physical separation from those with varying abilities. 


Separation by learning content
Students learn subjects in a "stand alone" fashion that does not allow them sufficient space to develop connections with learning material. Categorizations of the material and spiritual worlds are put in place by human beings, yet school systems often act as though these divisions are unquestionable. Textbooks teach from a limited perspective of the educationally elite and nationalized curriculum overlook the need for students to learn different things at different time in different ways. In this way, students are alienated from the learning process and are treated as the universal, rather than the unique, student. 


Separation by life experience 
Students learn with students who are much like themselves. They are close in age, live in neighborhoods in close proximity to one another, and are probably in similar economic positions. We often think there are stark contrasts in school settings, but if we think about life in a global manner, these contrasts are closer to pink and red than black and white. There is a great deal of healing that can occur from learning with people who are substantially older, younger, richer, poorer, religious, or secular that you are. Since interaction with others is a significant method of self-revelation, we become richer in spirit and gain new understandings of how the world works when we have meaningful encounters with those we consider different from ourselves.

Mastering Infinity is in the business of self-discovery.  I understand that we are created uniquely with divine purpose.  I believe that education is a restorative process that facilitates certainty within ourselves and environments so that we may uncover and share our most profound gifts with the world.

~*Eternal Peace, Love & Wisdom*~

 -D.J.