<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Awareness can go deeper than understanding.... > Awareness can go deeper than understanding. Understanding often means fitting something into existing categories, which can quietly become a way to control it, while open observation receives what is actually there. Staying curious beyond the first category allows real learning. **Source:** [[livestreams/Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Workbook|Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Awareness can go deeper than understanding. Understanding often means fitting something into existing categories, which can quietly become a way to control it, while open observation receives what is actually there. Staying curious beyond the first category allows real learning.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-awareness-deeper-understanding-allows-real-learning ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->