A need to expand your awareness through exploration can strike suddenly today, inspiring you to take up a course of study involving a subject you enjoy. However, if your goal is truly to learn as much as you can, consider broadening your search to include topics that you have previously avoided. Though these areas of expertise may make you uncomfortable or test your limits, your understanding of the world will likely grow immeasurably as you investigate them. Studying with a mentor or teacher can help you see how you can integrate the information you come across today into your own existence so your efforts have applied value.

We cannot truly grasp the width and breadth of the complexity of the world around us until we have made a thorough study of the ideas and beliefs that have helped humanity cope throughout the ages. Our own areas of expertise are limited because there is only so much we will experience in one lifetime. We can, however, draw upon the experiences and ideas of those whose cultural, societal, or spiritual backgrounds are vastly different from our own. The more we know about the challenges human beings have faced and the strategies they have used to overcome adversity, the better equipped we will be to deal with the rigors of existence that we meet in the course of our pursuit of enlightenment. Your intellect and insight will prove most refined today as you extend your educational efforts to encompass that which is unlike anything you have studied previously.