Another way I've heard the passing on of knowledge described is as pouring water from one container to another. The substance is essentially the same, but it is shaped by what contains it, and takes on the characteristics of the container as well. If the container is very cold, the water will freeze, but if it is too hot, it will boil and/or vaporize.
Don't know how profound that is, but thought I'd share.
yes exactly, intellectual curiosity! a desire to understand, and to use that understanding to grow.
I see the past as a tool to be used, but not something to be worn or examined constantly. I run into a lot of people who think that if something is past, it doesn't matter -- but the past often sets up patterns for the future and the only way to break them is to find the beginning of them and change the pattern.
I couldn't put it better, myself. I almost want to steal that and use it as my own.
I agree. I don't live in the past, but for better or worse, that's the life I've had, and it all leads up to the here and now. I still occasionally analyze things that I did 20 years ago. It's not an attempt to *change* the past, just *appreciate* it.
Going with the flow, relaxing, versus analyzing, that's a tough one. They're both good. But, while analyzing may help me get things supposedly clear in my view, in no way do I have the mental power to understand how who I am or what I do affects the grand scheme beyond my view. I just don't know. Being a part of this world has an effect on the world. What is it? How big is the effect? How important? That is unknown (to me). And without a decent (complete) picture, how good is my "analysis"? I can't fully compute my analysis either because my subconscious and unconscious parts are far more powerful than my conscious mind...and while I can affect them, I cannot control them. *They* mostly control *me*.
It's probably best that I admit I don't know much of anything and just throw myself into the knowing arms of the divine...letting it move through me. Still, I'm somehow afraid. Which may be why pitching virgins into volcanos is symbolic beyond its reality.
I'm kind of in between. I love thinking about things, but sometimes I can get lost in it. Unlike some of your other commenters, I DO tend to lose myself in the past. It's something I am working on quite a bit. I come up with some of the best stuff when I'm laying in bed thinking when I should be sleeping though. I don't know why, but that's when my brain gets the most active, and it's quite annoying. If I don't pick up the computer and write about it, I'll oftentimes lose it. In the morning I'll only remember what I was thinking like a nebulous cloud or something, it's not as clear as it was the night before. That's why you see a lot of posts from me that start out like "I should be sleeping but..." "Or, I can't sleep again, I'm thinking about
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Amd I think the most proper and best kinds of analysis actually encourage a person to go out and immerse themselves in more experience, in more living, either to test theories learned or formed or to discover or explore new ideas, thoughts, emotions. Experience-analysis-experience is one of those beautiful cyclical life processes that allow us a chance to constantly shape and redefine who we are.
A friend of mine is a college professor who studies rhet/comm theories, and she has said more than once that "self-educating review" is the one educational process that biochemically locks information into a person's brain, creating neural pathways and etc.
I think the most proper and best kinds of analysis actually encourage a person to go out and immerse themselves in more experience, in more living, either to test theories learned or formed or to discover or explore new ideas, thoughts, emotions.
YES. exactly!!! You said it beautifully!
ohhh, that last bit is very interesting. I love learning about the way the brain works. Especially when it validates my theories, heh. :D
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Don't know how profound that is, but thought I'd share.
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I see the past as a tool to be used, but not something to be worn or examined constantly. I run into a lot of people who think that if something is past, it doesn't matter -- but the past often sets up patterns for the future and the only way to break them is to find the beginning of them and change the pattern.
thank you!
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I agree. I don't live in the past, but for better or worse, that's the life I've had, and it all leads up to the here and now. I still occasionally analyze things that I did 20 years ago. It's not an attempt to *change* the past, just *appreciate* it.
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exactly! ;-)
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It's probably best that I admit I don't know much of anything and just throw myself into the knowing arms of the divine...letting it move through me. Still, I'm somehow afraid. Which may be why pitching virgins into volcanos is symbolic beyond its reality.
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yes indeed, balance is important. ;-)
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Amd I think the most proper and best kinds of analysis actually encourage a person to go out and immerse themselves in more experience, in more living, either to test theories learned or formed or to discover or explore new ideas, thoughts, emotions. Experience-analysis-experience is one of those beautiful cyclical life processes that allow us a chance to constantly shape and redefine who we are.
A friend of mine is a college professor who studies rhet/comm theories, and she has said more than once that "self-educating review" is the one educational process that biochemically locks information into a person's brain, creating neural pathways and etc.
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YES. exactly!!! You said it beautifully!
ohhh, that last bit is very interesting. I love learning about the way the brain works. Especially when it validates my theories, heh. :D
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