By Marcus Freudenmann

Learning leads to knowledge. The more we learn to see an object from different angles, the more we can see this object in totality. When learning is not single-sided or dogmatic, we will slowly but surely arrive at a point where the true structure is evident. When you look at the life of many geniuses which have brought understanding into this world, like Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Edison or Dr. Demartini, you will see that none of them have invented the wheel themselves. They have all learned to stand on the shoulders of giants; have read 1000’s of articles, books and concepts; and studied many different strategies and theories, only to arrive at a clear picture they then could describe to the world. There was no result without effort.

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

Thomas Edison

Edison did not invent the light bulb in his dreams. He worked through thousands of tests, learning a new lesson from each failure until the mystery of electricity was revealed.

Here is a famous story that will help clarify this point. Once there was a group of blind beggars sitting beside the road, discussing the qualities of an elephant. All four men were deeply engaged in discussion when another man walked by with an elephant on his way to work.

When the man heard the discussion of the blind men, he felt pity and said, “Would you like to come and touch the elephant so you can get an idea of how it looks?” The blind men got very excited and moved forward to touch the elephant. One came to touch the leg, another held the tail, one man felt the stomach and the last held the trunk in his hands. They sat back at the side of the road, and their discussion was even more determined than ever before because each man experienced the elephant differently and had a different image in his mind. Was one any more correct than the other?

Are we not all like the blind men, discussing the laws of the universe, yet seeing only a small portion of the whole picture? We often think we know so much that we get angry with others who do not share our viewpoints. Not long ago, people were actually burned at the stake when they disagreed with the concept that the world was a flat disc from whose edge one could fall off.

Only when your inner eye, or so-called third eye, is awakened will you be able to see the perfect order which is inherent in everything. Until then, you must suffer the consequences of your limited views.

Marcus Freudenmann