 This video is inspired by the played ferret my youtube comrade and you can check out his video in my Description I highly recommend you guys subscribe to him. He's putting a really good content very logical stuff very interesting stuff Anyway, let's get to the discussion about having an open mind Now one of the biggest Impendments to people's personal development. I have found is that they are unable to have an open mind People generally carry around with them a certain zeal for their beliefs. That's unwavering and Nothing can become more dangerous This is exhibited in many different types of people religious people and non-religious people like for example Religious people a lot of religious people annoy a lot of non-religious people because they try and assume that every one should follow their beliefs and And a lot of these people that are actually religious. They're only religious based off the Basis that they were born in a particular region of the world where they practice that religion So this religion is what they've known since birth and now they assume that it's the truth without questioning it So if you were born into Christianity Now I'm not trying to say there's anything wrong with religion But I'm just giving an example if you were born into Christianity And you are judging someone who's Muslim or false Islam or Judaism Without first understanding why they follow that religion without first understanding the fundamentals of their doctrine And the differences between your religion and theirs and why someone will follow that path You're displaying your ignorance. You having you are having a close mind. You cannot assume that you are right based off the Married notion that you just born into this religion and that's all you know You can assume that on the other side of the spectrum. We also have the atheist or the some more scientific minded people that believe in the you know, the values of the enlightenment period about pursuing logic and knowledge and These people can equally be as ignorant too because some of them Look at science as if it was religion as if it was Unquestionable now let's talk about science for a minute A hundred or a few hundred years ago people used to think the world is flat and people used to think that the world Revolved around the earth that there was a center of the galaxy Of course as time went on we started finding out different developments of science We started advancing our technology and understanding things a little bit better and the more we advance our technology the more we start to understand By how much we don't know The closer we look into an electron we see these quarks and smaller subatomic particles The more we're seeing gaps in our knowledge we're starting to see that a lot of these models start to fall apart these You know string theory or you know Newtonian classical mechanics all these things that we believe to be truths With closer scrutiny start to fall apart So science is out of the picture as well. I mean it's a good model It helps you understand some things in the universe, but you cannot look at it as a god You cannot assume that things do not exist in this universe purely off the basis that hasn't been explained by science That's just another form of ignorance so we've already discussed two forms of ignorance and if you are a realized person or a Someone who values person development self-actualization you need to make your goal to walk through this world With an open mind so you can truly get closer to the truth So you can find out exactly what is going on or get closer than most people who refuse to engage in this type of inquiry This is why I like philosophy so much because philosophy encourages this encourages critical thinking and a good Story to help this discussion is an Allegory by Plato It's a really famous one called the cave Now follow me here So let's say that we have a bunch of people there and they're living in a cave They were born in this cave. The cave is all they know. So it's just pure darkness But above them on top of the cave is a fire and this fire illuminates a Build the cave and allows them to see shadows on the wall So these people just live on this cave and all they can see is the shadows on the wall Because they see these forms of different objects They start to believe that these forms are the objects That is their reality because they haven't seen anything else So they believe the forms are real Now let's say one of these guys manages to escape the cave and goes into the real world He will see new forms. You see different colors different sounds things that he hasn't seen before amazing things He'll then go back and try to explain To other people about the forms he saw outside and these people Having been born into the cave Refuse to believe him they refuse to believe him or his ideas and they'll say that he's crazy They'll even plot to kill him This is why it's like for people that reach the other side and understand that a Lot of life is just forms and we can never Truly know so do not be one of these people that stuck in the cave Get out the cave and See things for what they are Try understand the world and the best way you can do that is a person with an open mind Being able to question your beliefs being able to change All right finish this video off and we'll give you guys some practical advice Next time you're having an argument or a dispute with someone Try and understand why they're taking the stance that they're taking Try put your feet in their shoes see the world through their perspective When you do this, you know when you are in the first person are engaging in a different vantage point You're transcending the ego, which is something a lot of people can't do both so many people Have this rigid connection to their idea of who they are Their beliefs and how the world should be so you're getting rid of all that and when you're in this position where you can Understand other person's point of view and your point of view and why you're deciding to make the Decisions you're making or the stance that you're taking you can get closer to the truth And if you do realize that you're wrong, there's nothing wrong with that you just Change your ways figure out a different path and get on with your life There's nothing wrong with that too many people believe the attachment to their ego and unable to say that they're wrong or unable to question their beliefs out of fear and You need to be better than that So that's the first thing you need to do and I'll give you an example. Let's say you're having a Discussion about different types of music You like country music or rap music and your friend likes death metal music and you can't understand it It's so just saying that death metal music is complete garbage. It's complete shit Try and understand why someone would like it. Maybe try listen to some of it try Look up really good death metal bands trying to stand the theory behind trying to stand why people enjoy this type of music Is there meaning behind it? Is there is there some sort of Skill involved in playing the drums or the guitar or the vocals just try to dig deeper You might not have you might not like it still you can still hold your opinion But you will be able to understand why other people like it or have a respect for it And that's a different frame of mind So that's my tip for the day and I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure you like subscribe and all that good shit. Peace