Friday, November 4, 2011
Random Thought #61
I was listening to the Saturday's Warrior soundtrack on my way home from work when they mentioned line upon line and precept upon precept. I'm not sure why it struck a chord with me this time as I have heard that phrase multiple times but this time it actually meant something to me. I just finished reading a book on The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio and I learned so much about mathematics, music, art, and nature that I hadn't known before but I understood it and got value from it because of two things. 1) I was prepared. I had read many other books and articles that referenced different aspects and concepts in this book so I had a little bit of background knowledge and if I didn't know something, I paused to read up on it. 2) I was open to the possibility that there were others who had something to teach me and was willing to be taught. The more we humble ourselves and become teachable, the easier it is to learn new things. We also have to learn the basics before we can move on to more complicated topics. I had to understand what the golden ratio was, its various forms and relation to Fibonacci numbers, platonic solids, phyllotaxis, etc before I was ready to understand the concepts of fractal geometry or theories of false vacuums creating multiple self-similar universes. Line upon line; precept upon precept. The Lord is ready to teach us, but he is waiting for us to be prepared, teachable, and ready to put forth the effort
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"Line upon line and precept upon precept." Sometimes we have the tendency of wanting to learn everything at the same time,maybe because... we're really excited or we want to gain "the whole understanding". But... when we "fail" or feel that we do not gain anything new, our eagerness changed. We become less enthusiastic to learn and eventually we will simply stop learning. It is interesting how we can become so excited and loose that sense really fast. I do believe that the Lord knows who is ready and who needs more time. I love it that the church has programs design to help to learn "line upon line and precept upon precept"... started in nursery and then primary and then the youth programs... so on :) plus, what families do at home, which I need to do better with my own FHE!! But, yeah... it's not only a beautiful saying but very applicable, if we choose to do so.
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