self education

We (he and me) talked about self education. We discussed whether it is possible to educate oneself, to form our own opinions, to not only draw on the facts that we are exposed to in every day life, but on our own experiences.
I think that even the most intelligent of us have to admit that it can be very difficult, if not impossible to form completely organic opinions. To educate oneself personally is perhaps something that is no longer possible. We can watch the documentaries, read the books, go to the lectures. but if we look at gaining information this way, could it not be described as no more than just a form of stealing another persons ideas and thoughts?
Of course if i came up with anything that no one had ever thought before i would be a genius, and perhaps this is no longer a possibility. Perhaps we have reached a state of enlightenment in life that makes original thinking an untouchable novelty, something that is simulated through learning, but not quite experinced by anyone.
There is however a niche in my theory, there is one thing that we are still totally true to ourselves with, one thing that we can still look at with fresh naive and eager eyes. This is in fact the most beautiful thing that we can ever experience, it is love.
When i say love however, i am not in any way trying to simplify what the word means.. I accept that i cannot understand everything about the word itself, about the feelings and the craziness that surrounds it. Because i do not want to take part in the act of simplifying love that the world has forced on us. i do not want to contribute to the demise of the complications surrounding it, and i dont want to help the world in its transformation, i dont want to turn it into a red, heart shaped, 4 letter word. Because that is not all of what it is. i am using it merely to express a point.
the point being that love has kept alot of its dignity in being unexplainable, i believe that it is the one thing in the world that we can in fact self educate ourselves with. because there is no documentary or advice that can educate you on matters of the heart better than our own experiences can. I believe that with the right frame of mind we can educate ourselves, through our experiences, through our dealings with people and our interactions.