How do you make your mind more malleable?

Question

I wish there was an eastern religion section to put this question, but I figure some of you may be able to provide insight.

Simply put, I want to achieve enlightenment in the sense that I want my mind to be completely open. I plan to study several new languages and medical and scientific literature. I am willing to consider any diet or exercise routine - however preposterous, so long as it aids the health of the mind.

Answer 1

your mind is "actually" completely open..the limitations we feel is because of our own prejudices..that we know something ..and which causes you to discard any new thing at its very first sight only even without thinking over it and its probability of being so, because it does not match with what you already know..if you really want to keep your mind free and ready to know everything you are actually reversing the process..and the method to do it is by accepting the possible existence of all kinds of knowledge coming to you and letting them just be in your mind..time will test if there is even a grain of truth in a statement of someone or any other kind of knowledge..and then you wont need to discard it..it will not be a question worthy enough for you to even think over something very superficial when you reach a deeper realm..and you go deeper by thinking over things yourself and not borrowing knowledge of someone else..although what others have told you would act as a direction giving light houses..experiment..dissect the body and see yourself how many muscles are there innervated by median nerve..and if you cant do it now dont just discard what is given in every other book just because they dont match with the book you have read..

Answer 2

Get married and then get divorced. Repeat 3 times. I'm joking of course. But that sure teaches you something you never knew was possible under the sun.

There is learning new information and there is using something that you already have. We learn new information in order to use it later. But when we're using it - we are not learning. I guess keeping the balance between the two is the key. Bacause some complex information can't be learned unless you use your previous knowledge. (By information I mean *any* kind of information, be it hard core science or something simple like "dogs bite")

Answer 3

You might consider some or all of these authors' offerings:

"Psychoenergetic Science," Dr. William Tiller, http://www.tiller.org
"The Master of Lucid Dreams," psychiatrist Olga Kharitidi,
"Extraordinary Knowing," Dr. Elizabeth Mayer,
"Life before Life," Jim Tucker, M.D.,
"Autobiography of a Yogi," Yogananda, http://www.yogananda-srf.org
"Climb the Highest Mountain" and "The Masters and Their Retreats," Mark Prophet,
"The Beautiful Story of a Master," Louise-Marie Frenette,
"Man's Subtle Bodies and Centres," O. M. Aivanhov,
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, Ph.D.,
"Babies Remember BIrth," David Chamberlain, Ph.D.,
"Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation," Eknath Easwaran, Ph.D., http://www.easwaran.org
"Testimony of Light," Helen Greaves,
"The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis,
"Zen and the Brain," James Austin, M.D.,
"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, http://www.divinecosmos.com
http://www.dreamhealer.com
"Watch Your Dreams," "Men in White Apparel," and "Kundalini West," Ann Ree Colton,
http://www.mega-genius.com/who_is_he.htm
"Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer," Yvonne von Fettweis,
"The Path of Inner Vigilance," Salim Michael,
"Science and Health," Mary Baker Eddy.

regards,

j.