Tag: behavior

Sometimes the most vast culture proves to be sterile. It develops, reaches an impressive stature and still fails to bear fruit. Or at least not as expected. And when we analyze the reasons for this, it is always, always proven by example that no culture can bear fruit unless it is embedded in a sufficiently vast and equally unique experience. It is only in conjunction with this that it can be transformed into a work that is not only unique, but real. For this reason, it may even be intended for seniors who, years before, had very different things to worry about.

Modern man has a taste for comfort, and all he does not want are experiences that shake him up and force him to move. And when we analyze his days, his years, we see how regrettable the effects of mediocrity, convenience and idleness are. It is curious to note the frequency of extreme experiences in great souls, whose character seems to be consolidated precisely by them. Sublime or harsh, they mark less by nature than by intensity, representing the transformative essence that modern custom wants to avoid.

It is a beautiful thing to see the serenity that springs from a proper, and therefore stimulating, routine. Very often, impatience is nothing more than a symptom of a clear maladjustment. Once it is corrected, it ceases and brings with it the other collateral factors that make a man believe he is wasting his life. But not only that: as if by magic, previously unthinkable qualities emerge, giving rise to the right manifestation of the personality and resulting in the serenity that brings about a real transformation.

The biggest problem with teaching is that its results are dependent on the student, who only really learns what he wants to learn. It is curious because, if the student is genuinely interested, he does not need a teacher. And then we can imagine how much less difficult the path of learning would be for him, how useful it would be to provide him with shortcuts beforehand, point out the solution to expected obstacles and offer him an itinerary that only prolonged study is capable of outlining. All this is true, but it is true as long as we consider the ideal student. Serious study is never imposed on the average student. And the ideal student, who only comes across the teacher by chance, will perhaps also by chance be compelled to take the difficult path that only he will follow.