It’s important to read books. If we’ve never introduced our brain to a piece of knowledge, how can we use it or make sense of it? How can we ever reap the benefits? We cannot.

Have you ever learned a new vocabulary word that you think you have never heard and all of a sudden, you start hearing it everywhere? You hear it on television and you see it in books. Now the word stands out to your ears. It stands out now because you know it. Had you never been introduced to it, your ears would still pass the word over. You’d never hear it.

Speaking of introductions, have you ever met someone new that goes to your school and all of a sudden you start seeing them everywhere? Before you met them, you could have sworn you had never seen them on campus, but now that the two of you have been introduced you see them all the time! On the way to class, in the café, just all over the place. Had you never been introduced to them, your eyes would still pass them over. You’d never notice them.

I think our brains function the same way. It’s quite interesting really. I think we’re constantly passing by knowledge that is sitting right in front of our faces. We’re confused and looking for the answer to some question we have but in reality, it’s right there! I think a lot of our problems could be solved if we just had a bigger bank of knowledge to stem from. We cannot connect the pieces of a puzzle if we don’t even know there are pieces waiting to be connected.

All I’m saying is that people in this world have so many problems. They have big problems—like the big picture that puzzle makes. If we could just see the pieces in front of us—like all of the knowledge that’s presently in front of us—we could solve our problems. All we have to do is start learning different ideas—seeing the little pieces—and connect them. We just need that bigger bank of ideas to create from. Then we could solve anything.

The problem is that people don’t like the ideas of others. People are close-minded. They think they know everything and all other ideas are false. Their logic reigns supreme while the logic of others is faulty. They reject any knowledge and any pieces you try to give them because of their ego. You cannot deviate from the norm with these people. They only accept what’s in the box.

I don’t believe people are incapable or stupid. I believe they are superbly trained to stay in their box, and therefore, have never been properly introduced to the right knowledge.

— pancakesnosyrup

the purpose of education is to instill and develop inner peace in every single individual that is being educated.

the purpose of education is to train individuals to be critical thinkers at all times.

having peace is the answer to all problems because once you live in peace, problems become…