#### [[notes_Vidya and Jnana ]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [Healthy Gamer](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/vidya-and-jnana) #### Terms - [[Vidya]] - [[Jnana]] - [[Linguistic Cortex]] #### Notes - [[We learn by transforming information into understanding]] - [[knowledge]] has two types [[Vidya]] and [[Jnana]] - [[Vidya]] == information, objective, transmissible - facts - [[Jnana]] == understanding, subjective, non-transmissible - [[realization]], [[conversion]], understanding, experience - common answers for how to change your life include [[motivation]], [[discipline]], laziness - People who are successful don't describe their [[motivation]] they describe their [[realization]] - [[Yogi]]s believe closest you can come to [[truth]] is through [[Jnana]] - no amount of objective knowledge ([[Vidya]]) about strawberries will give you the taste of a strawberry - understanding creates behavioral change - [[Jnana]] removes the need for [[motivation]] - foundation of [[Jnana]] is experience - you can focus on the experience of things, then you can gain understanding of how you can change - [[Humans try really hard to avoid understanding their mistakes]] - We turn into addiction more - play more video games, distract ourselves more - we push our thoughts away - [[Jnana]] starts with our experience and what we understand and build from there - [[Ajna Chakra]] [[Activating Ajna Chakra]] will help us gain - [[Sigmund Freud]] describe [[super-ego]] and [[id]] - [[super-ego]] or moralistic [[self]] telling us what to do - [[id]] is what we want - if our will-power is strong we follow [[super-ego]] weak we follow our [[id]] - [[Jnana]] removes this concept - once we learn our lesson it's easy to avoid that thing - [[meditation]] techniques to help us learn and understand - [[Ajna Chakra]] helps you develop the capacity to understand - [[Manipura Chakra]] best for digesting and transforming [[information]]