Investing in education
One thing is for certain, as we go through life, we discover more and more that the learning process needs to continue throughout our entire lives. One of the ways we can learn is to go to an adult education center, and there are many of those around offering training courses or classes in almost any subject.
Buddhism is unlike any other religion, Because most Western religions teach the idea that one should not continue to explore and learn, and everything that one needs is in a particular sacred text. As we discussed in a previous post recently, Buddhism teaches almost the opposite: the idea that any particular sacred text offers everything we need is completely foreign to the Buddhist philosophy. Like my friend recently who discovered he needed to learn about jewelry when he asked his longtime partner to marry him, I was prompted to go out and learn after hearing his story.
I live in Cleveland, so I decided to take a jewelry making class, in order to expand my horizons and awareness. I took the class a company called Lake Erie artists, who offer a wide range of training courses in jewelry making classes for the beginner, and it only cost me $35.
Fantastic value for money is not only learned all about making jewelry I also met some interesting people and had a very pleasant afternoon taking the course. I can certainly recommend learning something new is an adult, because the very fact that we prepared to admit that something we don’t know or understand, helps us to expand our awareness, and become more in tune with ourselves.
Even the Buddha agreed that he was learning his entire life, and even after reaching enlightenment, continued to learn. The moment we feel we no longer need to learn anything new, is the moment our ego takes charge, and we lose what other advances we may have made.
As always–ego is the enemy.

