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You are familiar with the Buddhist saying, "When the student
is ready the teacher will appear."
That is what the learning moment is. The student being
ready to hear the message.
Like everything, learning is a process. In the beginning,
the student has no awareness of what is going on.
It's like learning a foreign language. When you first hear
the foreign language, you have the impression the people
speaking are in a race. The sounds flow rapidly from one
to the next. It seems impossible for anyone to be able to
understand such a language.
Once you begin to know the sounds of the different letters
and you learn a few simple words, it seems like the
speakers have slowed down a bit. You begin to catch a
sound or a word that is recognizable. Their speech still
seems incredibly fast, but you start to see how a native
might just be able to understand the language.
And so the process continues. You learn more words. You
begin to get comfortable with the sounds. You learn a few
phrases. The language becomes more understandable. After
awhile you are able to have a simple conversation. Then are
able to understand a newspaper. Maybe you even get to the
point of thinking or dreaming in the language.
It's a process. Novice to master. You have to go through
all the steps.
Nothing happens when you are exposed to some knowledge
before you are ready for it. You awareness level is not
sufficient for you to understand the knowledge.
You could have access to the best business-writing teacher
on earth for your new language. But if you can't have a
conversation in the language the teacher cannot teach a
thing. It doesn't matter how simply teacher make the lesson,
you are not ready for it.
No matter how hard you study, you are still not ready for
the message. But once you are ready, the learning is easy.
It is like a door opens. Before, when the door was closed
and locked no amount yelling, knocking or pounding on the
door would open it. But once you have the key, it takes
little effort to open the door.
Ok, so what does the learning moment mean to me.
Awareness. If you are aware of where you are in the
learning process you are in a better position to learn what
you can at that moment. And, when something happens
and you can recognize it as a learning moment your
awareness can help learn the lesson instead of missing
the opportunity.
This could be anything.
Your child had fight at school. This could be a learning
moment for him about handling arguments.
Your ad in an ezine didn't pull a single response. This
could be a learning moment for learning how to write ads.
Every negative result could be the opportunity to learn
what is necessary to advance to the next level of
achievement.
Your awareness determines whether or not your can take
advantage of the opportunity as it comes up. Your
awareness determines when you are ready for the teacher.
You must go through the learning process. Open your
awareness. Pay attention to the results of your actions.
Keep learning and growing. Listen to your intuition. They
all clue you in to your learning moments. The more aware
you become and the more learning moments present
themselves.
Open yourself to the learning moment and step closer to
achieving your dreams.
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