It was this question, more than anything else, that led me, in that year, to start an experimental class. Itwas to be an informal group with voluntary attendance, where any student could be present or dropout at any time, if he so desired. It was to be dedicated to personal growth. I did not want it tobecome problem-centered or group psychotherapy nor an encounter group. I was an educator, not apsychotherapist. I wanted this class to be a unique experience in learning. I wanted it to have adefinite, yet loose, framework and be of broad interest and import to the student. I wanted it to berelated to his immediate experience. Students with whom I was relating were, more than ever,concerned with life, living, sex, growth, responsibility, death, hope, the future. It was obvious that theonly subject which encompassed, and was at the core of all these concerns and more, was love.
As in learning all things, man must be constantly alert, watchful, patient, observant, trusting, open-minded and not easily discouraged. He must be willing to experiment and be constantly evaluatingand flexible. Life, and experiencing through the total immersions in living, offers the best classroomfor learning to love. Even the greatest guru cannot give you love. He can only help by guiding you, byoffering insights, suggestions and encouragement. You will not learn either by watching others livelove; you will only learn as an active participant in love.
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Finally, a great deterrent to love is found in anyone who fears change, for as suggested above,growing, learning, experiencing is change. Change is inevitable. There is only one thing of which youcan be certain and that is change. To deny change is to deny the only single reality. Attitudes change,feelings change, desires change, especially love changes. There is no stopping it, no holding it back;there is only going with it. There is a Hindu tale about a man in a small boat rowing up a fast-flowingriver against the current. After a great battle, he finally discovers that the effort is futile, so he givesup, raises his oars and begins to sing. The moment teaches him a new way of life; only when he goeswith the changing river is man truly free.
In a previous section we discussed the import of words in the process of learning to love. Wementioned that words caused a permanent imprint, a freezing of reality, through which all futurelearning and perception would then be filtered. This filtering is a great hindrance to love. If yourlearning has caused an avoidance reaction to black men or Jews or the Mexican, or those withdifferent manners from yours, a different dress, then your possibilities of loving these human beingswill be minimized. 2ff7e9595c
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