Many therefore will find themselves withdrawing increasingly. It is most essential then that in this time of withdrawal that they find the harmonious point and centre within, and then respond from within and allow this response to grow from within, out into the environment in which they find themselves. Always moving from the centre will bring about quite a different response from the natural forces around, from fellow human beings to animals, from plants, from the air itself and most importantly, from the very core of the planet. Time to reflect then is not merely a time to withdraw. Rather, time to reflect is a time to grow that one may emerge, regenerated, transformed and integrated with what it has learned.
Humans are an adaptive species, enhanced by and with the living forces of immense diversity.
The system of education has promoted the idea of personal study for some time now. Generations present upon the earth have experienced this. Those who have the privilege of having gone through this process need now to turn and use what they have learned and apply it in society. For any knowledge gained which is not applied is not knowledge but rattlings of intellectual toys. An application of one's knowledge is the final proof of one's having learned it.