The greatest limitation?

After reading and thinking about other people's comments, and contributing some comments of my own, after reading The Book and the Freedom + many other books many times, I've come to a realization, one which you have talked about in your book.

In my case, no matter how much I read, no matter how much I agree or disagree with comments on the FORUM or anywhere else - no matter how much I THINK in any way about anything regarding any aspect of my physical and non-material existence, the MOST DIFFICULT thing for me, seemingly, is always going to be actual implementation of new ideas and new knowledge into my everyday life.

I've noticed that, once knowledge is acquired, the 'better' the knowledge is, the more I THINK about that knowledge and I want to know more of it. I THINK and THINK, but when it actually comes to 'performing the implementation of knowledge' into my life, a certain 'barrier' is identifiable - the more I hit the barrier, the more difficult it becomes to overcome.

Although I KNOW that the barrier is there, and I KNOW that it was not there 'at the beginning of my autonomy', it really is a challenge to overcome this barrier. It's like I didn't know for many years that the barrier existed, but now that I KNOW, I've decided to spend as long as it takes to overcome it.

Maybe it is in the upbringing - there IS a reason for it, but I've noticed that this 'barrier' is all about 'learned social conditioning' --- I've been raised among traditions and rules --- now all of them are VERY PAINFUL to accept. It's like my upbringing has created the barrier, I know that the other side of the barrier exists, but it is quite a task to physically eliminate it, ESPECIALLY when surrounded by people who haven't yet 'woken up'.

I've realized that merely hoping and waiting is meaningless --- but that's what I feel I'm doing everytime I fail to implement knowledge into my life - it's as if I tell myself 'You CAN defeat this barrier - but later in the future'.

But I've come to realize that the actual 'overcoming' is a PROCESS, and it seems to me that, once realized, it may take a lifetime to overcome the heart of this major barrier (and many minor resulting barriers) - and the very process of living may be a 'testing process' to see if we can do it.

It's all about overcoming myself. For example:
Overcoming learned barriers = overcoming mySelf.

rafal

Don't try to "overcome yourself". Try to focus specifically on overcoming Self-imposed limitations. As you noticed, it is a PROCESS - it doesn't happen overnight.

Life is a TEST whether we understand - or just dream that we do...

Tom