A (??) funny (??) thing ...

… happened yesterday.

 

On my way to a nap, I decided to read a bit more (of the book I've, most recently, been re-familiarizing mySelf with - "Science of Survival"). I've been pretty diligent, over the past few months, in my  ?review? of 'the Basics' and been highly rewarded for having done so. Much of what I've ?experienced? from the venture IS just what I have been working toward sharing here. THIS, just happens to be the latest.

 

You may note [under the 'About Me' to the left] I wrote, back in 2009 when I began this particular blog : "I am an eternal optimist, an unwavering idealist and perpetual romantic - in other words, a dreamer." AND, I would like to direct your attention to http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x102el_john-lennon-imagine_music#.UeiryxDn_cs  , John Lennon's "Imagine" - 'cause it's True; I'm NOT the only one, and …

 

… here's what I read earlier, SOLELY - as it relates to ME (excerpted & edited for 'key' points from SoS - Book II, pg 478)

"Many more mind levels apparently exist above the analytical level. There is, for instance, clear evidence that there is an aesthetic mind level,  ….  The aesthetic mind would be that mind which, by an interplay of the dynamics, deals with the nebulous field of art and creation.  ….  But as it evidently has to employ the }..other..{ minds in the creation of art and art forms, the amount of aberration of the individual greatly inhibits the ability of the aesthetic mind to execute."

 

And, again - solely as it relates to Me, here are some 'notes' I wrote directly thereafter :

 

" > "The Trouble w/ GI ants " - ref to a poss. Educational Series storyline. The Giants 'Get It' (but/what) the ants don't see.

 

With their "heads in the clouds" it's easier to ?see? beyond 'the norm'; However, …

… they are easily tripped up by the micro (??) view of UNreality.   ??? details, Details, DETAILS ???

 

AS AN ASIDE : I'd even recently seen this video which may better help you understand the perspectives involved here?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uc6sOQi0YyQ 

 

This flows over into 'the Power of 8' [An add'l concept/realization/prgm I've been developing for sharing here.] in that each of the subsequent organisms/sections, at the start, KNOW the 'overall' GOAL but, lose some of the 'vision' in focusing on the 'details' of their particular 'assignment' & their ability to create the effect(s) for which they were /are (initially) endowed in contributing to the Whole. --- Whereas the GIant, unhindered by such 'strands' of ?focus? Retains the ?? FULLER ?? view. 

 

(A ?correlation?  w/ "Gulliver's Travels" threaded itself amongst my meanderings at the time  - although no 'specific notes' were written of it.)

 

This (excerpt) may also have DIRECT ?manifestations?repercussions? (for me) on my actual vision, ie., eyesight ???  In that I have been reducing the true ability of my VIEW to better "See" things as others do, for quite some time now. --- Talk about 'a trap' ? ! ?

 

AND it manifests itself in just 'what it is' that " I " focus on --- because there were/are to be 'others' to handle the minutia --- thus " I " didn't Need To KNOW it & began selectively reducing what it was/is that " I " ?could? see.

 

TUNNEL vision : 'cause one could NOT possibly retain ALL info/data/etc with which he/she comes in direct , or even indirect, contact with … BULLSHIT, you not only can, you have --- we've simply 'placed it' OUTSIDE of our own awareness --- so we are continually surprised/amazed at things (truths) that we ?stumble upon? recall & recognize (and then question it's validity -- HaHaHa ! Jokes on US).

 

AS AN ADD"L ASIDE : 50 yrs ago (Yep, half a century) I made a ?decision? to "NOT 'read' people" as well as I could at the time. It was 'nothing' for me to meet someone for the very first time and KNOW, within minutes, More 'about them & their lives' than I felt ?comfortable ? with Knowing. I even developed a slight 'parlor trick' [a set of 5 inconsequential  questions] to shield/hide my true ?talent/ability? although I really hadn't a clue as to just 'what' that talent/ability was (at the time).

 

I KNOW, now, that I was simply 'viewing Their own [mental image] pictures' but I was quite disconcerted by ALL of the data/info which I was receiving. I felt like a 'peeping Tom' - surreptitiously looking into the most personal aspects of another's Life WITHOUT consent or knowledge. I was "invading Their privacy" and had No Right to do so; therefore, I 'set it aside'.

 

SO - I've ?always? known that my own viewpoint (ie., being That point from which " I " view things) has been a ?tad different? than most - it's just 'nice' to know that I just might NOT be as 'weird' as I've thought - and I am More 'comfortable' (than ever) with the View(s) I have. [Mayhaps You are too !]

 

jts

 

P.S. I have REconsidered my talent/ability.