Friday, August 17, 2007

Informing the giant

Lately I have been studying lessons about communications, perception of reality, and guidance. It has been occupying some of the best hours of the day.

Some of the lessons from this morning's bath, while staring into the water...

Whether they are objects, or ideas, or emotions, the only things we actually observe are the surfaces of neural network energy topologies.

Similar to seeing the world as it is reflected in a pool of water, everything we observe is reflected in the topology of our personal neural network. The dynamics that we observe around us are often ripples in our own surface. A tiny ripple can create enormous distortions.

We can calm our internal ripples and thus get more accurate observations.
We can set up our internal ripples to make us perceive more life, love and good intent than may actually be the case. We can set up our ripples to make us perceive more inertness, hate and mal intent. In either case, we react accordingly. Every other neural net observes us, making our attitude part of their reality. Thus, our attitude ripples through the larger neural landscape that we call reality.

We can apply this knowledge by minimizing emotions, pre-conceptions or body cycles that distort our perceptions when we are dealing with people.
Another way to apply it is to be generous when we think of people. Assume the best of them. They are human and will react accordingly. They will occasionally lash out in anger, or fail in other ways, but they will eventually rise to meet your expectations.

2 comments:

Candor the Great said...
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Candor the Great said...

[begin rambling comment]Ah, the effects of the Observer on the environment. Such a heady topic. Brings up the question of do we define other's realities from our observations? And if we do, are we truely ever a seperate entity? I remember reading this si-fi book when I was a kid that talked about how humanity was actually all "one mind" but we've shut down the ability to recognize, and interact with that bond for one reason or another... And really, if it were true, it would make the whole telepathy/emphathy debate a moot point. [/end rambling comment]

-Candor's Mayhem