http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/ Creative and independent thinking unlocked Sun, 02 May 2010 07:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-265 Andy Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:47:26 +0000 http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-265 nice post. have you read 'The man who mistook his wife for a hat' by Oliver Sacks? Although it doesn't tackle social issues on the scale you're musing over, it presents what Sacks calls "romantic neurology" and the insight is similar: that emotions and personal experience can never be removed from even the most rational analysis. Andy nice post. have you read ‘The man who mistook his wife for a hat’ by Oliver Sacks? Although it doesn’t tackle social issues on the scale you’re musing over, it presents what Sacks calls “romantic neurology” and the insight is similar: that emotions and personal experience can never be removed from even the most rational analysis.
Andy

]]> http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-264 Cecilia Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:34:15 +0000 http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-264 and the link again submitted by G: there was something wrong with the original so here it is again http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/immeasurables_love_compassion_equanimity_rejoicing.html and the link again submitted by G: there was something wrong with the original so here it is again http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/immeasurables_love_compassion_equanimity_rejoicing.html

]]> http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-263 Cecilia Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:32:42 +0000 http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-263 Excellent comment G - thanks for that. I confess to liking the Buddhist approach to life, but didn't realise just how much my views reflect it. You live and learn! Excellent comment G – thanks for that. I confess to liking the Buddhist approach to life, but didn’t realise just how much my views reflect it. You live and learn!

]]> http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-262 G Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:11:12 +0000 http://ceciliaweckstrom.com/2007/08/14/what-makes-us-w/#comment-262 Interesting post, your definition of wisdom at the end of the post is surprisingly similar to "upekkha" in Buddhism; usually translated as "equanimity": "Not to distinguish between friend, enemy or stranger, but regard every sentient being as equal. It is a clear-minded tranquil state of mind - not being overpowered by delusions, mental dullness or agitation." (taken from http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/immeasurables_love_compassion_equanimity_rejoicing.html) In one of the main texts, the Dhammapada, it also makes reference to the fact that some people grow old and others wise - perhaps you should look into it! That's a wonderful quote from Yoko Ono too, I'd not heard that before. Interesting post, your definition of wisdom at the end of the post is surprisingly similar to “upekkha” in Buddhism; usually translated as “equanimity”:
“Not to distinguish between friend, enemy or stranger, but regard every sentient being as equal. It is a clear-minded tranquil state of mind – not being overpowered by delusions, mental dullness or agitation.”
(taken from http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/immeasurables_love_compassion_equanimity_rejoicing.html)
In one of the main texts, the Dhammapada, it also makes reference to the fact that some people grow old and others wise – perhaps you should look into it!
That’s a wonderful quote from Yoko Ono too, I’d not heard that before.

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