一个受伤的魂灵跌撞在……人生第一个逍遥谷，在那儿，年少无忧的你，总爱聆听自己沉默中的歌唱。我的心，你是怀着怎样苦痛的热忱迷醉在给予你生命的家园……但妄念，你总生生把我们欺骗！在你斑斓的幻境中，一个五彩的未来正生成一张滑轮织就的网，好似一个灿烂的夏日，那震颤的耳朵不就是无数个太阳吗？你撒了谎。但这样的魅力谁人能挡，透过泪水织就的棱角，在宝石红的远方，依稀可见闪耀着霓虹的鬼魅。
土耳其著名作家帕慕克对阅读文字的好处有过一番很有趣的理解，
It is not for us to stop believing because we lack understanding, or to postpone believing till we can get understanding, but to believe in order that we may understand; as Augustine said, “unless you believe, you will not understand.” Faith first, sight afterwards, is God’s order, not vice versa; and the proof of the sincerity of our faith is our willingness to have it so.
“My eyes are ever toward the Lord” (Ps. 25:15).“For your steadfast love is before my eyes” (Ps. 26:3).“Those who look to him are radiant” (Ps. 34:5).“Our eyes look to the Lord our God” (Ps. 123:2).The author of Hebrews calls us to “[look] to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (Heb. 12:2).
The only worldview that supports the highest aspirations of the human heart is Christianity. It gives a basis for believing that love is real and genuine because we were created by a God whose very character is love. The Bible teaches that there has been love and communication between the members of the Trinity from all eternity. Love is not an illusion created by the genes to promote our evolutionary survival, but an aspect of human nature that reflects the fundamental fabric of ultimate reality. Moreover, by submitting to God’s plan of salvation and becoming His children, we have the astonishing possibility of participating in that eternal love.
The more we use the Web, the more we train our brain to be distracted—to process information very quickly and very efficiently but without sustained attention. That helps explain why many of us find it hard to concentrate even when we’re away from our computers. Our brains become adept at forgetting, inept at remembering.
Many are brainwashed from nine o’clock in the morning or earlier until the last eyelid flutters shut at night because of the power of suggestion. These people are uncommitted. They go through life uncommitted, not sure in which direction they are going.
“Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin” (Prov. 13:3).“Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly” (Prov. 14:29).“Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble” (Prov. 21:23).
Asking the brain to shift attention from one activity to another causes the prefrontal cortex and striatum to burn up oxygenated glucose, the same fuel they need to stay on task. And the kind of rapid, continual shifting we do with multitasking causes the brain to burn through fuel so quickly that we feel exhausted and disoriented after even a short time. We’ve literally depleted the nutrients in our brain. This leads to compromises in both cognitive and physical performance. Among other things, repeated task switching leads to anxiety, which raises levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, which in turn can lead to aggressive and impulsive behaviour.
Memory of course is an important aspect of learning. There are four slots in our working memory. Things can fall out of those slots unless we keep repeating them to hold them in mind. In that sense working memory is like a not very good blackboard.
Long term memory, on the other hand, is like a storage warehouse. If you practiced and repeated something well enough to get it into long-term memory, you can usually call it up later if you need, although you may need an occasional bit of repetition to freshen the memory up.
It's never a good idea to cram your learning by repeating things many times all in one day. Because that's like trying to build muscle by lifting weights all in one day there's no time for solid structures to grow.
- Barbara Oakley, Learning How to Learn, by Deep Teaching Solutions.
