Comments on: Inspiration for the week – Observing http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/ From the bright light of our hearts, we can spread peace across the universe. Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:35:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jen http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jen Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:10:43 +0000 http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/#comment-15 p.s. Oh, sorry I missed the big question - does excitement come from the mind? I don't know. I think it comes from the heart! That's a Yoga teacher tlaking. Seriously, does anyone know? And how does the brain feel when it is excited? I feel excitement in my heart and on my skin and in my body. I guess it could come from the brain so another reason to be grateful for these giant brains us humans are gifted with! p.s. Oh, sorry I missed the big question – does excitement come from the mind? I don’t know. I think it comes from the heart! That’s a Yoga teacher tlaking.

Seriously, does anyone know? And how does the brain feel when it is excited? I feel excitement in my heart and on my skin and in my body. I guess it could come from the brain so another reason to be grateful for these giant brains us humans are gifted with!

]]> By: Jen http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jen Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:05:33 +0000 http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/#comment-14 Yes but you might agree that it is not useful to have the mind so engaged in what kind of car it is, where it is coming from, at what rate of speed it could be travelling, who is the driver, why you are standing in the middle of the road, how long it will take to get to the sidewalk, etc. Observation as a form of intelligence is not intended to be a replacement for analysis. It is a piece that maybe sometimes humans neglect to practice because we are gifted with these amazing brains that are capable of so much more than just observation. It was a gentle reminder to practice observation. Here is a good one, next time you eat an ice cream. Practice observation - feel the sensation of cold, the flavor, the visual experience of a melting blob changing before your eyes. Or maybe observe that the mind is counting the calories or that a little boy walking by is wanton for your ice cream. There is so much to notice in the moment of eating the ice cream - why not enjoy or not enjoy and analyze it later? Yes but you might agree that it is not useful to have the mind so engaged in what kind of car it is, where it is coming from, at what rate of speed it could be travelling, who is the driver, why you are standing in the middle of the road, how long it will take to get to the sidewalk, etc.

Observation as a form of intelligence is not intended to be a replacement for analysis. It is a piece that maybe sometimes humans neglect to practice because we are gifted with these amazing brains that are capable of so much more than just observation.

It was a gentle reminder to practice observation. Here is a good one, next time you eat an ice cream. Practice observation – feel the sensation of cold, the flavor, the visual experience of a melting blob changing before your eyes. Or maybe observe that the mind is counting the calories or that a little boy walking by is wanton for your ice cream. There is so much to notice in the moment of eating the ice cream – why not enjoy or not enjoy and analyze it later?

]]> By: alessandro http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/comment-page-1/#comment-13 alessandro Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:54:28 +0000 http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/#comment-13 P.S. sorry for the typo: "I don't think that..." not "If don't think that... " P.S. sorry for the typo: “I don’t think that…” not “If don’t think that… “

]]> By: alessandro http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/comment-page-1/#comment-12 alessandro Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:52:20 +0000 http://innerlightouterpeace.com/home/2007/07/23/inspiration-for-the-week-observing/#comment-12 But doesn't excitement come from the mind in first instance? If don't think that I would be excited observing anything if I was brain dead.... And, to have intelligence of something, sometimes it does help evaluating... like i observe a car coming and i evaluate that i am in the middle of the street... Good luck with the weather tonight! But doesn’t excitement come from the mind in first instance? If don’t think that I would be excited observing anything if I was brain dead….
And, to have intelligence of something, sometimes it does help evaluating… like i observe a car coming and i evaluate that i am in the middle of the street…

Good luck with the weather tonight!

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