Clarity and the Path Within
In engineering, true strength is not about defeating others.
It is about achieving complete clarity.
If you cannot explain a concept simply, it usually means you do not fully understand it. This is why I resonate deeply with the Feynman learning method: when you can truly teach something to others, only then do you truly understand it.
For me, learning has always been about overcoming myself.
Whether studying motor drives, writing books, or learning languages, the process is the same: becoming comfortable with discomfort and gradually turning vague ideas into clarity.
Miyamoto Musashi once wrote about perceiving what cannot be seen.
I prefer to think of it as listening to what cannot be heard.
That voice is the voice within.
So perhaps the real journey is not about understanding the world, but about understanding ourselves.
Because the world we experience always appears through our own perception.
In a sense, to understand oneself is to understand the world.