Facing death is powerful and wakes up a new perspective on life. It removes the "matrix" which are the filters that make us see what we want to see and not see what is uncomfortable.
Gurdjieff mentioned how shocks are needed in order to get past our "bumpers" which cushion reality for us.
The Vietnam war persisted until the media was allowed to report how many soldiers were dying. Then the majority of the middle class were shocked and became against the war.
COVID was another wake up call for many, whether those that over reacted or those that questioned everything.
All of your self awareness exercises, like the car keys example help shift from left hemisphere bias to a more balanced form which is what nature intended.
I also found the post about the grading situation to be spot on .. stepping back and seeing the factors you came up with an awesome solution of self grading! I did that in my 20s when I was doing self training for IT certifications and the technique still works well as I used it to ace promotional tests for work.
The right hemisphere does something way different than the logic of the left. It calculates probability of how real something is in the complete model, not just a part of it.
McGilchrist said how the left tries to break things down into parts and details missing the big picture.
Facing death is powerful and wakes up a new perspective on life. It removes the "matrix" which are the filters that make us see what we want to see and not see what is uncomfortable.
Gurdjieff mentioned how shocks are needed in order to get past our "bumpers" which cushion reality for us.
The Vietnam war persisted until the media was allowed to report how many soldiers were dying. Then the majority of the middle class were shocked and became against the war.
COVID was another wake up call for many, whether those that over reacted or those that questioned everything.
Both sides were shocked out of their autpilot.
Yep. So the question vividly alive for me here is: how might we attend to the truth that matters BEFORE these shocks force us to?
All of your self awareness exercises, like the car keys example help shift from left hemisphere bias to a more balanced form which is what nature intended.
I also found the post about the grading situation to be spot on .. stepping back and seeing the factors you came up with an awesome solution of self grading! I did that in my 20s when I was doing self training for IT certifications and the technique still works well as I used it to ace promotional tests for work.
The right hemisphere does something way different than the logic of the left. It calculates probability of how real something is in the complete model, not just a part of it.
McGilchrist said how the left tries to break things down into parts and details missing the big picture.
https://robc137.substack.com/p/left-brain-vs-whole-brain-in-battlestar
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing. 🙏