Month: September 2012

Having been thinking about inter-connectivity at a base level, I really appreciated the following blog post that I bumped into by accident.

“I think that in life, it’s important to remember that everything is attracted to everything else.”

He quotes a TED video which demonstrates that when we jump, our own gravity, pulls the earth towards us, just as the earth’s gravity pull us towards the earth.  (Please note that I didn’t watch the video, but it makes sense.)

Similarly, we see in Quantum Physics, which I know nothing about, so I’m out on a limb a little, an idea called Quantum Entanglement.  My base understanding is that even over extreme distances particles can remain interconnected, even if there doesn’t appear to be any particular physical connection.

The upshot of this peripheral scientific evidence to me is that connection is part and parcel to who we are at a base level.

After all, all of the universe in modern science theory comes from the big bang, where all matter was dispersed from a singularity (again somewhat of a guess based on a little reading).  So it would make sense that all matter would be interconnected as well, which would play itself out in relationships.

It also explains the feeling of having been somewhere before, or connection to a particular place or person that is reported from time to time, in a more scientific manner.

So perhaps the post from yesterday, which claimed that interconnectivity is a belief of mine based on experiencee, really has a base in science.  However, since I’m not a scientist, I really have no idea.

On the heels of yesterdays post, when we talk of those influences that can be attributed to Nature, I think that most scientist would look and say that each attribute has a survival mechanism at its base.

However, having thought about life, I question if there is another type of nature beyond survival mechanisms.

Now, this is not something I can scientifically prove, however, it is a gut based on my own personal experiences with unified connection.    So in truth, as someone who is against belief based on the experiences of others, I might suggest that if you haven’t had a similar experience, that you skip this post.

The basic idea is that there is a deep desire to connect to others, based on the recognition of self in others.  This helps me understand why without my personal selection of another person in my life, I feel lonely – and more specifically I feel disconnected from the world.

You see, by selecting a person, I am recognizing the fact that I am connected to another, and only in doing so, finding natural fulfillment of self, which I continue to think is bigger than the individual, and is that which grounds us to the world as it exists in reality.  However, as you can see this is not a natural need based on survival.  (Though I will admit, I can see how others might argue with this, and say that only by personal selection are we maximizing security.   Or can I fully project my security.  I don’t think that argument is strong enough to explain why I need to choose, when I know I am not alone.)

So in truth, this is the only exception from the scientific perspective of nature, and I’ll have to see if this idea holds water as I continue to think about things.

 

 

 

We often talk about the influences of man as being Nature vs. Nurture, but in fact this is false.

I’ll explain.

You see, the basic aspects of man are finite.  Yes, there is a spectrum of most any action or like you can think of, but in truth, each of us falls someone where on a spectrum.  And the number of spectrums are finite, resulting in the basic aspects of man as finite as well.

Jung referred to those aspects of self that we repress as the shadow, but what is one man’s shadow is another man’s open personality.

The upshot is that we are of mankind is predisposed to a finite amount of characteristics.  Those charistraristics that we assume are defined by nature – our natural inclinations, and nurture, those that come from our environment.

However, what is important to realize is that since the range of attributes is fixed, those external influences from our environment are already part of our nature, that we then assume

Further, if we weren’t predisposed to these outside effects, we would probably not learn them ourselves.  For example, if we grew up in an environment that before we ate we howled at the moon, would we really hold on to that once we were not in the environment when it was needed?  Of course not.

However, even if you disagree with the previous thought, it should be clear that even those aspects which we attribute to “nurture” are really just part of our nature.  The only difference is if our nature is influenced by internal forces (aka nature) or external ones (aka nurture).

Just a thought.

I wrote a childrens book a few weeks ago, and published it as an eBook on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/digital-text/157615011

I’m not really looking to make money from it, since my understanding is that there isn’t much money in children’s books, and I don’t think that is where my career will be, so I want to donate the proceeds to a relevant charity.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a charity with very low overhead, and great impact at helping children succeed in life who have come from abusive homes?

If so, please send me a recommendation!

 

 

I have learned the secret of controlling time.  And I am going to share it with you today. Ironically, I actually stumbled upon this idea about a year ago, but didn’t understand it to the full extent until recently.

First a little background. This post will not be about universal time from a scientific perspective, since I know nothing about that.  Rather, I want to focus in on the practical matter of personal time, since it is something I know a little bit (but not much) more about, having experienced it since I was born.  However, even here, my perspective comes from experience, and guesses, and nothing scientific, per se.

With that behind us, my point. Time is in our control.

To some extent.

The reason for this is that the sensation of the passing of time, is something that is developed by the conscious mind.  It takes a conscious mind that recognizes itself to point to a then and a now and a future, then compare two of the events and create the idea of time.

This can be experienced by the fact that the time when you sleep doesn’t seem like a long time, rather a moment, UNLESS your dream had an aspect of self-consciousness, in which case you can experience the passing of time.

OK, lets bring this back to us a little, and how to control time.  The reason that time seems to fly typically, is because, our mind is not being conscious.  Rather, it is going into autopilot, due to the fact that it is not needed.  While in autopilot, we are in a similar space to when we dream (at least from a recognition of consciousness perspective) and so time flies.

Interestingly, this is probably why as we get older time speeds up, since there are so many fewer new experiences in our life.  This is also why when you are going somewhere unfamiliar it seems to take forever, but the return trip is much quicker.  It is also why when you sit in a room with nothing to do, times goes so slowly.  Since your focus in not consumed.

So the secret to slowing down time, is not to be on autopilot. It’s really that simple.  But it’s not.

To stop the autopilot take an conscious effort to experience the world as new.  At all times.  To do this successfully means using your five senses and then focusing your attention on the input they are receiving, in a real way, not a rote way.

You can try it yourself.  Look at something on the wall.  Really look at it.  See the depth in the color. Feel the color.  Experience the color.  All of this will make your mind stop it’s autopilot mode, and time will literally slow down.

Or try using any of your other senses, they all can help accomplish the same thing.  Add to that the great benefit that you will see by actually getting in touch with your world at a much deeper level, you’ll actually be adding time to your life.

Plus, its not a bad way to experience life, if you ask me.