Leonardo and Da Vinci- The Tao of Meta-Learning

“The mass of children lead lives of quiet desperation because rote learning nips their potential in the bud. To nip rote learning itself in the bud before it nips their potential is, therefore, not an option but a categorical imperative.” – Leonardo and Da Vinci – The Tao of Meta-Learning. Ever since the book Leonardo and Da…

“…I want you to forget my past environment, behaviour, skills and capabilities, beliefs and values, identity and purpose associated with me as an inventor. I am a beginner in natural philosophy. I have the beginner’s mind free of the burden of past knowledge related directly or indirectly to natural philosophy. And I have the beginner’s joy instarting out on this adventure to…

“…It is a sublime experience to be able to learn like a beginner. And that is true even when I already know something very, very, very well. Yes, even when I have mastered something, there is always something to learn anew. And do you know why it is so? It has to do with the…

The mind can only perceive and operate with changes. The unchanging is imperceptible by the mind and the only way to perceive it is by changing the mind itself relative to it. Again, this implies that monotony in the presentation of subject matter goes over the student and is not registered by the mind. Boredom then is…

“In any mental process there are two kinds of energy involved. The first is that of starting, triggering or awakening the process of learning and the second that of sustaining the process and seeing it through to completion. The main function of the teacher lies in making the first happen. Once that is done, the…