Learning Is Blossoming

LEARNING IS BLOSSOMING ====================== The definition of learning is; every endeavour (conscious or unconscious) that leads to change in behavior. However more appropriate and more complete definition would be everything that leads to greater acuracy in perspective or vision, cognition i.e. perception, affect i.e. feelings and conation i.e. actions or response. In other words everything that leads to blossoming of life is learning! In yet other words, learning is expected to lead to improvement in perspective or vison, making it global, universal or objective, grasp of a situation and improvement in decision making i.e. intellectual improvement, improvement in emotoinal appreciation of e.g. poetry and emotional response e.g. expressoin of consoling words and improvement in physical capacity and skills and their expression e.g. identifying musical notes and their expression in singing or playing an instrument. Depending upon the kind of learning, there would be difference in the degrees to which each of these may be influenced. Thus physical learning such as sports, military, acrobatics, atheletics, martial art, carpentery, music, involve an element of emotional and intellectual training; but the emphasis is on physical training. The learning such as that of lierature, acting, direction; involve marginal physical and intellectual training but emphasis is on emotional refinement. The learning of mathematics, languages, sciences etc involve neglible training in physical and emotional faculties as the emphasis is on intellectual training! Learning would be further qualified and may be, quantified on the basis of the effect of learning on the surroundings. Admittedly, this may not be always possible and accurate. This is because the learning of music and surgery may give tangible results immediately but learning of literature and politics may not. The physical, emotional and intellectual training if coupled with practices such as NAMASMARAN, PRANAYAM (other meaures described in "Stress: Understanding and Manaagement" and Cocenptual Stress: Understanding and management" and "SUPERLIVING") then global perspective and considerate and noble attitude and broad heartedness also evolve. The further insight about learning can be found in the other books such by Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar. DR. SHRINIWAS J. KASHALIKAR