Only mimicry? Learning from nobody is the basical learning method of human beings. Children watch their parents and other people. They copy them and get the skill or knowledge. But animals or insects do the same. What is the difference between human beings and other creatures?   With meaning We need meaning. Our mimicry is not only mimicry but mimicry with meaning. We hope something and want to get it. So we mimic others with thinking. Recently we choose process rather than mimicry. Process is rapid and efficient. Of course process is useful. But efficiency lacks something. What is it?   We hope something. We hope something. It is not […]

In the article, I describe “dou” has 3 stages; shu, ha, ri. I think “shu” is the most important. Perhaps it is the most Japanese like thought. It is found in zen, and the fundamental training of all kinds of “dou“. Recently young Japanese don’t take care of the thought of zen.     I tell an interesting fact. When I tell “dou learnig method” to young Japanese, most of them don’t understand it. When I tell it to elder Japanese, many of them say “What a great idea! It is good education!” The stage of “shu” requires mimicry and repetition. It doesn’t require creativity or originality. Don’t misunderstanding. I […]