If we chew food thoroughly, we digest it better. We can swallow it just fine in larger chunks, but it can occasionally cause indigestion and frequently causes our body to avail itself of only some of the proffered nutritional benefit.
Something similar happens when we learn - intellectually or spiritually. Some of us digest our food but do so quickly. We can't be bothered to think about it more than is necessary. We learn what we must in a class to pass the test. Spiritually, we may learn the lessons that are taught to us explicitly but fail to learn the lessons that are available to us but that aren't called to our attention.
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