The learning mind

Lets pause here. Let us see what has been happening so far. Lets join the dots. How long do you think we have been talking about imagined fears, the other 3 components to chess etc? Has this blog demonstrated anything?

Have you noticed that almost every objection has been given an explanation and followed by a corresponding lesson? Do you remember the contrarian mind for instance? Here.

We have been talking about fairly obvious observations and yet we appear stuck. A few people seem to have hijacked the subject. Very few questions have been asked. See here.

We have over a hundred readers daily and a very few try to dominate the subject with a lot of noise.

Now imagine if the subject matter was... lets come up with a 5 year plan for chess or an action plan for Asean next year. Imagine also that the people who have commented on this blog were also present at this discussion and you are chairing the meeting. As you try to explain the objective what do you think will happen? Is anyone really following? Will the agenda be hijacked? Has the lunatics taken over the asylum?

Now imagine Greg trying to conduct the same meeting. Can you see the problem? We have been talking in circles for over a month on something that is pretty apparent. And the noise level has gone higher and higher.

The psychoses in chess has responded and the voice of reason silent. For the mind to learn the voice of reason must be heard and expressed.

We may say that the noise comes from outside of us. From unreasonable people. They have nothing to do with us. But is that really true? Are you silent because of the own noise in your head drowning out your reasoning? Why cant you express the reasoning part of your mind? Is it fear, lack of confidence? Your child is at stake, your hopes and dreams. You have made sacrifices. You have a right to be heard.

Can you see now that learning has little to do with IQ? Lets say, this subject matter should have taken one day to explain. This should now be quickly followed by how do we incorporate this new information to what we are doing now in order to progress. In a learning mind this process becomes faster and faster. We start to cut down from one day to half a day. From one month to 2 weeks for instance.

Can you see why we dont have a 5 year plan after all these years? Why we do not even have a proper selection criteria?

This noise must stop. Dont try to stop others, change others. It doesnt work. We must stop the noise inside our own heads. Then we will see clearly. Then we can exercise our reasoning and express ourselves. When we see an injustice, we will say something. When we are in a meeting, we have to arrest our own contrarian mind. We will ask questions and we will offer solutions. We will deal with our fears. When enough of you can do that, we will have change. That is the process. Remember this.

Look inside your own mind when you next play chess. Are the commentators inside your head too? So much noise that you cannot see what is happening on the board. Shut out that noise, deal with it, express yourself, your reasoning mind and you will progress. Then do it faster next time.

If you say you love chess, this is the way to improve your game. Dont let the noise win. When you have a chance to take part in a meeting for the future of chess, do the same. Dont let the noise win. Be constructive. Or we will be in the same place for the next 30 years. MCF and all the associations belong to you. It is an essential part to your progress. You have to express your reasoning or change wont come. It is all connected. Join the dots. I rest my case.

Good luck in your chess and in your journey through life.

Note: The "commentators" represent the sick part of our chess psyche. They are not aware. They think they are heros when they attack a child, when they attack an innocent woman and her family, when they fix results, when they smear the good name of someone. And they will continue not to know unless you tell them. Look around. You will see them.