RE: Hyper Efficient Content Consumption - The way I beat the 10,000 hour rule to become a polymath and why I don't read most of the books I recommend.
Hmmm, fascinating, I agree, quotes are an excellent tool to pick up some of the strongest ideas from people. I like A-Z quotes and goodreads. Honestly, when it comes to books on spirituality, I've read quite a few, and I continue to read and purchase them(though lately I've been sticking to just one book by Spira.) I completely agree that you don't need to read whole books for most things, most of it is fluff they added to sell a book, or in the case of spiritual books, repetition.
When it comes to spirituality the reason I read, and reread, and watch and rewatch videos on youtube, is to immerse myself in the "subject." It's to hammer it home, to come to a full conceptual understanding. To try to understand where the teachers are coming from. To learn to listen in a different way, read between the lines, because the truth can't be contained.
When it comes to anything else I'm right there with you, I like efficiency, I can learn new subjects quickly, it's just storing knowledge. But spirituality is something I haven't reached understanding with, it's something you can't read in a book, it depends on experience, so I do my best to reach the limits of conceptual understanding, then I use the words as a reminder whenever I fell I need to. It's become a less frequent thing and now I'm more focused on my own experience than anyone else's.
Thanks for sharing your point of view, definitely been enjoying some quotes today, they are a great time-saver and with all the steemiting I'm doing it will be a helpful tool
When it comes to spirituality I find that having a minimum amount of content to be the best. For an example, Kaccānagotta Sutta practically contains practically every thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjuna had to say and it is very short sutra. But whenever I go through it I see all of my Theravada/Relational Quantum Mechanics variation of non-dualism contained within it. I'm still not a person with a perfect understanding. But just meditating upon Kaccānagotta Sutta provides more insight than few thousands pages worth content.
To me, the efficiency matters more when it comes to spirituality.
Thanks for stopping by :-)
I agree, too much content can confuse or distract. I guess it just helps me keep my thoughts from wandering too much. If I read and watch spiritual videos instead of other things, I find myself meditating more frequently. Honestly it's like listening to the same message over and over, so I'm not really adding content to remember, just reminding myself to stop worrying about the future or regretting the past, things like that. Thanks for the reply, I was reading and watching and listening non-stop for a while, but have cut back and just implemented it into daily life recently