Reflections about "The Universe in a Single Atom" by the Dalai Lama - Part 3

This post will be brief.  The act of meditation appeals to me greatly for, oddly, it almost reminds me of how I think naturally.  I shared the labeling of my "blindness" by science idea with my students; they agreed and explained that the levels of depth I think about topics limits my awareness around me (I summarized their thoughts, so if any students read this and want to correct it, please do).  Meditation, as I currently understand it, pursues a very similar attribute.  Being able to focus on thoughts objectively, meaning without feelings of the past or future distorting them, is the goal.  

Learning without application to one's life describes the challenge in today's education, for students see no purpose in learning much of the content (which I agree with - sorry stoichiometry, I do not use you in my life regularly).  However, the act of learning and making every part of your life meaningful should be taught.  To make content meaningful to me, I must attach it to my philosophy of life.  The method used in doing so is deep, reflective thought.  For example, just this week in physics I covered the impulse-momentum theorem.  I am able to see that both the greater the amount of force (effort) and time put into something allows an action to take place more easily (or the other way around, with "jumping on the bandwagon" means I have to put less effort and time into something); this philosophical idea is a great lesson to teach humans.  As an "ex-forced student", I know the majority of the students will only view this as an equation and nothing more, for one only gains this perspective by deeply reflecting on the meaning and searching for other pieces of evidence of what the equation is representing.  Sadly, if I took the time to try to teach meditation, or my form of it, it would probably look like a piece of religion.