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==Lack of Curiosity is Generally Due to Mental Inertia==
''Q. Are mental indifference and lack of curiosity a sort of mental inertia?''
''A.'' Usually they are due to mental inertia, unless one has obtained calm and indifference through a very intense sadhana resulting in a perfect equality for which the good and bad, the pleasant and unpleasant no longer exist. But in that case, mental activity is replaced by an intuitive activity of a much higher kind. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/answers-to-a-monitor#p111,p112</ref>
==Unhealthy Mental Curiosity==
==Through Education==
''Q. What can we do to obtain calm and quietness in the class and get the children to do some work?''
''A.The only effective thing is to create or awaken in them a real interest in study, the need to learn and to know, to awaken their mental curiosity.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/mothers-action-in-a-class-of-children-aged-seven-to-nine#p14,p15,p16,p17</ref>
You will gradually show the child that everything can become an interesting subject for study if it is approached in the right way. The life of every day, of every moment, is the best school of all, varied, complex, full of unexpected experiences, problems to be solved, clear and striking examples and obvious consequences. It is so easy to arouse healthy curiosity in children, if you answer with intelligence and clarity the numerous questions they ask. An interesting reply to one readily brings others in its train and so the attentive child learns without effort much more than he usually does in the classroom. By a choice made with care and insight, you should also teach him to enjoy good reading-matter which is both instructive and attractive. Do not be afraid of anything that awakens and pleases his imagination; imagination develops the creative mental faculty and through it study becomes living and the mind develops in joy. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/mental-education#p13</ref>
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