Tao Speaks: Wu-wei, Self, Ego

Wu-wei, Self, Ego

Posted by gar on 7/28/2009, 5:05 am
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Greetings all,

A funny thing about awareness is, once it appears, it's always there.

Having read Tor Norretranders book, "The User Illusion, Cutting consciousness down to size,"
his ideas about (self)? keep popping up.

From the Denver Post;

"Not long ago, people thought of emotions as old stuff, as just feelings — feelings that had little to do with rational decision-making or that got in the way of it," said Dr. Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. "Now that position has reversed. We understand emotions as practical action programs that work to solve a problem, often before we're conscious of it. These processes are at work continually, in pilots, leaders of expeditions, parents, all of us."

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12926853

From User Illusion,page 267.

" The American psychologist Abraham Maslow came up with the term 'peak experiences' to describe highs like these. Maslow describes as Taoistic the state of awareness in which you do not desire to change that which you are aware: The Taoistic approach to learning about the nature of things...is...an attitude to nature rather than a technique in the ordinary sense.

Maslow writes. "Real receptivity of the Taoistic sort is a difficult achievement. To be able to listen- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling what is being said... such listening is rare. Not that Maslow thinks we should use solely this strategy of noninterference in our awareness: Science has the two poles of experiencing and comprehending concreteness and also of organizing the welter of concreteness into graspable abstractions."

in peace,
gar

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Wu-wei, Self, Ego - gar 7/28/2009, 5:05 am
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--Previous Message-- : Greetings all, : : A funny thing about awareness is, once it : appears, it's always there. : : Having read Tor Norretranders book, : "The User Illusion, Cutting : consciousness down to size," : his ideas about (self)? keep popping up. : : From the Denver Post; : : "Not long ago, people thought of : emotions as old stuff, as just feelings — : feelings that had little to do with rational : decision-making or that got in the way of : it," said Dr. Antonio Damasio, director : of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the : University of Southern California. "Now : that position has reversed. We understand : emotions as practical action programs that : work to solve a problem, often before we're : conscious of it. These processes are at work : continually, in pilots, leaders of : expeditions, parents, all of us." : : http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12926853 : : From User Illusion,page 267. : : " The American psychologist Abraham : Maslow came up with the term 'peak : experiences' to describe highs like these. : Maslow describes as Taoistic the state of : awareness in which you do not desire to : change that which you are aware: The : Taoistic approach to learning about the : nature of things...is...an attitude to : nature rather than a technique in the : ordinary sense. : : Maslow writes. "Real receptivity of the : Taoistic sort is a difficult achievement. : To be able to listen- without presupposing, : classifying, improving, controverting, : evaluating, approving or disapproving, : without dueling what is being said... such : listening is rare. Not that Maslow thinks we : should use solely this strategy of : noninterference in our awareness: Science : has the two poles of experiencing and : comprehending concreteness and also of : organizing the welter of concreteness into : graspable abstractions." : : in peace, : gar :

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