"Contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”
Contemplation is good for all but especially for the Conscious Human, it perhaps, connects us to existence itself. It seem likely that Quantum Physicist might prove this eventually but all we need to observe is the "Insights" we might come to, insights we have no knowable right to have. Many have had them, Tesla, comes to mind and perhaps Ayn Rand herself. All that these folks and many, many others created could not have come from the brain alone.
We here, seem to listen and read news articles a lot. Write a lot, but probably don't engage in Facebook or Twitter a lot. It doesn't take much to find time for contemplation, reflection or self introspection. Sometimes all it takes is a short "Walk about" or quite times while driving to and from work or performing your daily routine. That's the advantage of being Conscious and having a mind...you can contemplate while performing physical tasks at the same time, things the automatic brain is good at while whiling away in your mind.
Excerpts from the Article: Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More.
"It’s very easy to be sucked into the world of the chattering class, to believe that you must always be engaged, reading, watching, commenting, tweeting, messaging, sharing pictures, and on and on and on. And if you’re not? Well, then you're uninformed and a disengaged citizen." "Then there is, of course, the sense that if we’re personally not sharing every thought or detail of our life and commenting on everyone else’s updates that we’re somehow not connected, don't have friends, or we’re missing out on opportunities." "But, again, what do we really gain by being plugged-in and oversharing other than elevated blood pressure and a bad case of paranoia, narcissism, or both?" "No, life is already far too busy with plenty of distractions and stresses. Perhaps we would do better to use our time to focus on those things we can impact personally. To do so, though, requires time for rest and quiet contemplation. In On Christian Contemplation, Thomas Merton argues, “… contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”"
What do you do to gain the time to contemplate..?
We here, seem to listen and read news articles a lot. Write a lot, but probably don't engage in Facebook or Twitter a lot. It doesn't take much to find time for contemplation, reflection or self introspection. Sometimes all it takes is a short "Walk about" or quite times while driving to and from work or performing your daily routine. That's the advantage of being Conscious and having a mind...you can contemplate while performing physical tasks at the same time, things the automatic brain is good at while whiling away in your mind.
Excerpts from the Article: Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More.
"It’s very easy to be sucked into the world of the chattering class, to believe that you must always be engaged, reading, watching, commenting, tweeting, messaging, sharing pictures, and on and on and on. And if you’re not? Well, then you're uninformed and a disengaged citizen." "Then there is, of course, the sense that if we’re personally not sharing every thought or detail of our life and commenting on everyone else’s updates that we’re somehow not connected, don't have friends, or we’re missing out on opportunities." "But, again, what do we really gain by being plugged-in and oversharing other than elevated blood pressure and a bad case of paranoia, narcissism, or both?" "No, life is already far too busy with plenty of distractions and stresses. Perhaps we would do better to use our time to focus on those things we can impact personally. To do so, though, requires time for rest and quiet contemplation. In On Christian Contemplation, Thomas Merton argues, “… contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”"
What do you do to gain the time to contemplate..?
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The idea of connecting to existence is perhaps our use of Quantum Entanglements. (the wave exchange between entangled particles is the exchange of information)
It would seem at this point that the quantum laws, as we observe them, are perhaps what enables existence to exist...like the electrical and magnetic nature of positive electricity flowing to ground (-) and Norths attraction to south magnetics.
I know it's a stretch for you to consider...but I still predict it will be proven one day. It's an insight that could not have come from the limited compartmentalized information stored in my head.
I know you think that everything is in the head but that too, one day, will be proved wrong.
Just remember my little phrase...It's Not Mystical...It's quantum physical.
You don't "gain the time to contemplate". You choose how to use the time available to you.
Not trying to be top dog.
I know, I just spend too much time in the ether.
PS...never heard the radio show but I have heard about it.
Whether you realize it or not, engaging the mind in contemplation often does...overcome the speed of light once you come to some insight, realization or an understanding of something you previously did not.
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I will email you the images if you would like to see.
Artwork, sketching and painting are great for time to contemplate.
Fishing may be the best, alas not a lot of time devoted to it anymore.
Golf also is good.
Meditation of course.