The mind is renewed by applying it to those things that will transform it. Study is a specific kind of experience in which through careful attention to reality the mind is enabled to move in a certain direction. The ingrained habits of thought that are formed will conform to the order of the thing being studied. What we study determines the kind of habits that are formed. The process that occurs in study should be distinguished from meditation.
Repetition regularly channels the mind in a specific direction, thus ingraining habits of thought.
This is one reason why so many forms of spirituality emphasize the regular rehearsal of the deeds of God. This is also the central rationale behind psychocybernetics. If in addition to bringing the mind repeatedly to the subject matter, the person will concentrate on what is being studied, learning is vastly increased. When we not only repeatedly focus the mind in a particular direction, but understand what we are studying, we reach a new level. Although comprehension defines what we are studying, reflection defines the significance of what we are studying.