The Biology of Perception

[felix_numinous]

34. Thank you for this OneGrassRoot!!

--I know people who meditate and do martial arts who have had heart attacks at a young age. The most peaceful looking people. There are definitely aspects of this modern age that need to change for health purposes. I totally admire the wisdom of the man in this article who decided to control his access.

Now we have these wonderful machines--and we can control what we expose ourselves to. It is perfectly natural to want to know what is going on in the world, but when in a state of chronic stress, I wonder if this leads to a tendency of looking for information that CONFIRMS or AFFIRMS this state. We want to look for reasons WHY we feel stressed, and are attracted to the worst news so we can feel better--by externalizing this internal state. We can say --oh that's why I feel so stressful, instead of pulling back into our own bodies and self awareness and realize, there is no danger HERE, why should I be carrying the load of the world on my back?

We like to think we are masters of these machines, and this high maintenance society we have built, but actually I think we need to step back and take another look at what is happening to us.

Because at the same time, we are all one, and many of us --feeling--what is going on in the world, the planets and in our own family and communities...so being able to totally calm ourself sounds like a great survival tool for these times!!