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Originally posted by XLR8R
reply to post by LoveisanArt
S & F for you. I was telling my nephew's GF, she's 20 and going to college in education. I was telling her about this very subject. On how kids are being trained to have an analitical mind by choping down creative ideas and cancelling a bunch of art classes. How standardized test folllow you in your permanent school records to show to future colleges and Universities as well as future employers how you're a good little worker and won't deviate from the plan and won't question authority. She was dumbfounded as I let her delve deeper in the subject. She found that alot of the things i was saying matched with what she had noticed but thought nothing of it.edit on 9-8-2012 by XLR8R because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by rickymouse
Most people are like parrots, memorizing and repeating what is taught to them. I can't do that, I tried it for years trying to fit in to society. We are conditioned, that is definitely true. So are people from other countries around the world. People who can think for themselves are more of a danger to society than those who follow their programming. I question everything and look up info on both sides when I hear or read something. The newest programing is to make people self centered and greedy so they don't form big groups that overthrow the government. I guess that's the way it is now, I don't like it much. Not much I can do about it except to agree with the thread.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by TheSubversiveOne
What do you fear about rationallity, logic and the ability to analyze
I have a very coherent answer for this question. What is one thing we are all aiming for in life? To live. Part of that is survival. Logical processes and rationality state that you do whatever you can to survive. Right-brain thinking involves morals and all those ideas that don't have a concrete basis, just emotion.
It is emotion that enables our compassion, our trust, our compulsion to share with someone in need. Sympathy, empathy, all of these are emotional and therefore right-brain.
Left-brain doesn't deal in emotion, because emotion is illogical, insubstantial, and often confusing and contradictory. It's inconvenient to the logical processes.
In short, being left-brained means you would be purely self-serving. Right-brain is service to others because of its emotional basis.
And humans are a species of extremes. Left-brain or right-brain, you're going to push it as far as you can because developing these things feels like you have purpose in life, the other thing we all fight for. And if you're left-brained, that means you're going to fight to keep yourself alive as long as you can, using whatever means necessary.
Even at the expense of others.
Do you understand now?edit on 9-8-2012 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by rickymouse
Most people are like parrots, memorizing and repeating what is taught to them. I can't do that, I tried it for years trying to fit in to society. We are conditioned, that is definitely true. So are people from other countries around the world. People who can think for themselves are more of a danger to society than those who follow their programming. I question everything and look up info on both sides when I hear or read something. The newest programing is to make people self centered and greedy so they don't form big groups that overthrow the government. I guess that's the way it is now, I don't like it much. Not much I can do about it except to agree with the thread.
Originally posted by LoveisanArt
*Just to make it clear for any members who are bothered with this thread... I am not saying one hemisphere of the brain is "better" then the other, both perceptions have they're benefits to the mind of the human, I am only insinuating the fact that an unbalanced mind is unhealthy for the spirit and individual who is percieving with such.
We NEED logical minds, this brinsg technological advancement to our race, but we do not need an unbalance of the two hemipsheres. This creates present day North America (lol!). Poilitcs, government.. well you can go on of how soceity is negatively dominated by the left brain, so I wont compeltely go there.
There is nothin wrong at ALL, with admiting your "version" of reality is a half truth if I may. That you have been programmed to percieve and think in a limited way. This is making you incomplete. If only each of you reading this knew what you were capable of!
Yin~Yang = Harmony of the two hemispheres, which is perfection of physical and mental realities*
Read entirely before you react
~ Love is an art
edit on 9-8-2012 by LoveisanArt because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Senser
reply to post by daynight42
The answer is the beast will eat itself and create the rapid momentum to catapult to the new one.
This is natures way of renewal/rebirth. It is inherent to creation/consciouness.
What you se happening now in society is the desintegration of our old society, the old way of thinking.
There awaits though something new, something our left-side brain thinkers couldnt conceive, because the system supressed the knowledge of such grandiose concepts, for the sole purpose of keeping us locked in that left corner.The left side-brainers are in for a hell of a suprise, a good one for everyone in the end.
It is quite a brilliant storyline we are living isnt it
Originally posted by daynight42
The only way to power in a society that cheats, is to cheat yourself. You cannot win by playing fair. It doesn't work. I know we'd all like it to be that way. Still doesn't work. You can't win a board game against a cheater if you play by the rules and let that person cheat.
It's just a ugly situation. I don't have the answer.