how does one get the normal knowledge of life? (believe, belief, philosophy)
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I am 31. I want the normal life knowledge that everybody else has.
A great deal of the knowledge you accumulate at any point in your life is what have you attempted, your successes and more importantly the failures cause that is where the true learning occurs.
Experience doesn't necessarily always correlate with time. Some people "live more" in a shorter period of time whereas other people live a long time doing the same thing. Then it also requires reflecting on one's experiences and learning from them so we don't just end up making the same mistakes over and over again and ending back up at square one. And everyone matures at a different rate and more in certain areas and less in other areas.
Ans since the OP has had threads shut down for asking this very same question in various forums, it's obvious some do not learn by experience.
Having a post deleted or being banned at City doesn't necessarily add value or information to one's education...in my opinion.
Agreed......but obviously neither has he learned anything from all the replies he has gotten from all those threads........virtually the same responses as in this one.
Maybe he's waiting for someone to give him the name of a magic pill
rather than telling everyone what you want in totally vague terms, why dont you be specific?
noone here knows what you know and what you dont know - clearly you feel you are deficient in certain areas of knowledge (otherwise you would not have started this thread)- why dont you give some specific examples of areas in which you believe your knowledge is deficient?
also, what leads you to believe your knowledge in these areas is below par? have you been institutionalised, or otherwise missed out on important educational periods?
how does one get the normal knowledge of life? is it gained by default?
Since this is a Religion and Philosophy forum, let me approach it from that point of view.
The default in mankind seems to be belief. The vast majority of the population seems to hold fast to their beliefs and their faith, especially to their God, regardless of what history has shown to counter such ideas. Although it has been shown that the world is not the center of the universe and science has answered many other previously unanswerable questions, many people still default back to a belief system when they are confronted with difficult situations and problems in their lives which seem to have few if any answers. Belief requires no knowledge, only acceptance, and is a very convenient way to calm our anxieties when we are at a loss and just do not know what to do.
Knowledge, on the other hand, requires an awareness through our senses when we become actively engaged in searching for answers to problems. To acquire knowledge we must use our intellectual abilities in order to make rational judgments. This is not easy and can require much time and work. It is opposite to belief which presents answers based on unquestionable doctrines that have been mysteriously handed down from the past and need only to be accepted.
So as you seek out your answers to life's questions, keep these distinctions in mind when you find yourself in need of sorting things out. I know this may sound simplistic, but if you have any questions I'll be around.
A great deal of the knowledge you accumulate at any point in your life is what have you attempted, your successes and more importantly the failures cause that is where the true learning occurs.
It is not book learning, but experience.
what "experience" do you have that led to it?
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