Liberating the Mind from Guilt and Self-Punishment

“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

~ Matthew 7:2

Understanding as Healing: Understanding any subject in a different way produces healing.  Some animals see only few colors, most humans see a lot more colors but there are insects such as bees and butterflies that can see ultraviolet colors.  Now, imagine if all of the sudden we would see a brand new color.  Imagine how many new things we could design, invent or create with that; new textiles, paint, make-up, etc.  The world would suddenly expand with new possibilities.  It is the same thing with understanding, when you have a new understanding, you expand your possibilities and opportunities and end previous limitations.  The mind becomes liberated from an old pattern of behavior and develops a new one, an upgraded one.

Learning and Nurturing Abilities

From the wise three year old in me:

"It takes me longer to learn
It takes me longer to understand
It takes me longer to find solutions.... But this is changing.  As I practice I develop my brain and as I nurture myself I evolve as human"

It is important for me to take my time to first understand how important a subject is so that I take interest in learning how to do, resolve or maintain something.
The reason why three year olds ask "Why" a lot has two parts:
1.  The sense of curiosity and exploring is natural
2.  They want to UNDERSTAND why the subject is important in relationship to their life.
Without an adult explaining the importance of the subject in a way a child would understand, the child's mind will refuse to learn.
The first seed to plant when training a child is to capture his/her attention.
Second, we have to keep the child engaged.
Third, is to keep track and celebrate his/her success,  correct errors and give more practice time or find other ways to teach/train the child if he/she is not succeeding.