Here I go again!

When will I ever learn?

In Elul I wrote

NishmaBlog: If you make people think

http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/2009/09/if-you-make-people-think.html

Now I'm rocking people's boats again on the Avodah list!


And the amcha do NOT want to have to think about something deeply - especially if it changes their minds about their pre-conceptions.

Machiavelli IIRC warned about shaking people up. The Prince will be hated for making people have to abandon their pet notions!

Well the Torah and the N'viim and the sifrei mussar don't let us off the hook so easily

And so people will react [abreact?] until they get re-conditioned to see things a new way

Or, hopefully, they will suspend their prejudices and learn something new.

Zen saying about learning:

«First you must empty your cup before you fill it»

Sometimes emptying one's cup opens one's cup up to new wisdom!


KT
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