Brain download in search for the TRUTH
I am stingy about time. I can’t stand wasting time. Nowadays, technology allows us to do a lot
throughout each day. I am not even talking about washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, on-line
shopping, e-Billing, etc. I am now talking about resources through which you can learn.
Driving the car I often listen to audio books, lectures, or language learning CDs that I get at the library.
With my new Samsung Vibrant phone I can read books on Kindle. When I have my paper book around
I try to read a book. If book is not around but I am waiting for something, I can pull out my phone and
read the eBook.
Yesterday, I had an overload or brain download of information. When I got home late at night with the kids, I was wiped
out and only wanted to go to bed. Of course, that was not possible until I put kids to beds first. It was a long day!
The day started as usually driving kids to the daycare. Michael did not like my audio book, so I couldn’t
listen to it while driving to the daycare. We listened to some WCCO radio.
Once I dropped kids off, I turned on an audio book by Dan Ariely Predictably Irrational that I got from
my friend. He was talking a lot of math concepts that I don’t hear on the daily basis. I guess it made my
left brain work harder then usually.
When I got to work, I had some time between clients that I decided to prepare for my presentation
in Indiana in 2 weeks. I read a lot of staff from my previous presentation and added some staff I have
learned recently by reading and getting other information at the lectures.
I am creating my version of Existential psychotherapy. Most of the concepts are based on Yalom
and Frankl and other philosophers (Nitsche, May, etc.) I am making corrections to some views as I am
learning Torah. I also, never agreed with Yalom about meaninglessness concept. Everything else made
sense; meaninglessness was rejected by me every time I tried to read that part of his book.
Anyway, I had a busy day with clients and then went to Bloomington to the Manufacturing Careers
event that loaded me with information. While driving I continued to listen to the Predictably Irrational.
After the event I drove to the daycare to pick up kids and take them to the Harmony Theatre where
Michael was supposed to be video recorded for a movie. Since Michael does not like my book, we took
time to talk. On the way home from theater we also talked.
When we got home I was wiped. While putting Michelle to bed, she wants me to seat in her room while
she falls asleep. So, while she was falling asleep I pulled out my phone and started reading War and
Peace by Lev Tolstoy (almost finished 9 chapters by now since Saturday).
After Michelle fell asleep, I got ready for bed and decided that I need to read a little of my book that I
am almost done with but it is big and heavy, so I don’t carry it around with me. The book is by Judith
Mishell and S. Srebrenick called Beyond Your Ego.
As I started reading that book I was on chapter 17 The Need for Truth. I realized that all day long I have been reading and listening about the concept of truth! Even conversations that I had with clients had to do with this concept. I read Yalom
and his concept about authenticity, then listened to the Ariely’s experiments about people’s truth anchors, then read War and Peace where Pierre was trying to justify his “truth” in his favor and then it ended with the reading By Judith Mishell that summarized my day of information talking about the ultimate truth and all of the false truths that we make. I had an urge to post it on Facebook and
surprisingly people got interested in the subject.
I posted this on FB:
The topic of the day was "THE TRUTH" authenticity and reality. According to the sources (and personal
observations) most of us distort, create, adjust, or ignore the truth!
I explained to my friends this:
I was reading 3 books and listening to one and they all raised the issue of truth in the chapters that I was
reading yesterday. Isn't it ironic??? Only one book "Beyond your Ego: Torah approach" indicated that
our meaning of life must be: search for the truth and the truth is in the Torah (of course).
Most of the people commented that the truth is relative and only facts and evidence could be set. I am
still thinking about how we can ground ourselves to seek the truth if we would not involve religion…
I agree that Torah gives us values that supposed to be true values regardless of the time change, but
again there are so many details that we don’t want to believe in as true, there are commentators
and sages that interpret things that we may not agree with and there are opposing opinions and
explanations by those sages who claim to be right… So, even Torah/Bible truth is difficult to
comprehend. So, I am asking Ariely’s question: “How do we anchor ourselves? Is there a TRUE anchor?”
throughout each day. I am not even talking about washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, on-line
shopping, e-Billing, etc. I am now talking about resources through which you can learn.
Driving the car I often listen to audio books, lectures, or language learning CDs that I get at the library.
With my new Samsung Vibrant phone I can read books on Kindle. When I have my paper book around
I try to read a book. If book is not around but I am waiting for something, I can pull out my phone and
read the eBook.
Yesterday, I had an overload or brain download of information. When I got home late at night with the kids, I was wiped
out and only wanted to go to bed. Of course, that was not possible until I put kids to beds first. It was a long day!
The day started as usually driving kids to the daycare. Michael did not like my audio book, so I couldn’t
listen to it while driving to the daycare. We listened to some WCCO radio.
Once I dropped kids off, I turned on an audio book by Dan Ariely Predictably Irrational that I got from
my friend. He was talking a lot of math concepts that I don’t hear on the daily basis. I guess it made my
left brain work harder then usually.
When I got to work, I had some time between clients that I decided to prepare for my presentation
in Indiana in 2 weeks. I read a lot of staff from my previous presentation and added some staff I have
learned recently by reading and getting other information at the lectures.
I am creating my version of Existential psychotherapy. Most of the concepts are based on Yalom
and Frankl and other philosophers (Nitsche, May, etc.) I am making corrections to some views as I am
learning Torah. I also, never agreed with Yalom about meaninglessness concept. Everything else made
sense; meaninglessness was rejected by me every time I tried to read that part of his book.
Anyway, I had a busy day with clients and then went to Bloomington to the Manufacturing Careers
event that loaded me with information. While driving I continued to listen to the Predictably Irrational.
After the event I drove to the daycare to pick up kids and take them to the Harmony Theatre where
Michael was supposed to be video recorded for a movie. Since Michael does not like my book, we took
time to talk. On the way home from theater we also talked.
When we got home I was wiped. While putting Michelle to bed, she wants me to seat in her room while
she falls asleep. So, while she was falling asleep I pulled out my phone and started reading War and
Peace by Lev Tolstoy (almost finished 9 chapters by now since Saturday).
After Michelle fell asleep, I got ready for bed and decided that I need to read a little of my book that I
am almost done with but it is big and heavy, so I don’t carry it around with me. The book is by Judith
Mishell and S. Srebrenick called Beyond Your Ego.
As I started reading that book I was on chapter 17 The Need for Truth. I realized that all day long I have been reading and listening about the concept of truth! Even conversations that I had with clients had to do with this concept. I read Yalom
and his concept about authenticity, then listened to the Ariely’s experiments about people’s truth anchors, then read War and Peace where Pierre was trying to justify his “truth” in his favor and then it ended with the reading By Judith Mishell that summarized my day of information talking about the ultimate truth and all of the false truths that we make. I had an urge to post it on Facebook and
surprisingly people got interested in the subject.
I posted this on FB:
The topic of the day was "THE TRUTH" authenticity and reality. According to the sources (and personal
observations) most of us distort, create, adjust, or ignore the truth!
I explained to my friends this:
I was reading 3 books and listening to one and they all raised the issue of truth in the chapters that I was
reading yesterday. Isn't it ironic??? Only one book "Beyond your Ego: Torah approach" indicated that
our meaning of life must be: search for the truth and the truth is in the Torah (of course).
Most of the people commented that the truth is relative and only facts and evidence could be set. I am
still thinking about how we can ground ourselves to seek the truth if we would not involve religion…
I agree that Torah gives us values that supposed to be true values regardless of the time change, but
again there are so many details that we don’t want to believe in as true, there are commentators
and sages that interpret things that we may not agree with and there are opposing opinions and
explanations by those sages who claim to be right… So, even Torah/Bible truth is difficult to
comprehend. So, I am asking Ariely’s question: “How do we anchor ourselves? Is there a TRUE anchor?”