If you missed class on Tuesday, please watch this video. Before viewing this talk, we went for a walk in the woods and tried to STOP THINKING. It is difficult to turn off all of the chatter in our brain (thinking about the past and the future) and to focus completely on the present. The question we asked was, when we stop thinking, is our sense perception enhanced? Please feel free to comment.
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I can truly relate to what this physician is saying because recently my Grandmother had a stroke and the language and memory sections of her brain were largely affected. It is taking a very long time for her to come around with remembering things and speaking. After the stroke we were in the ER and she couldn't really express herself verbally, but she could process what we were saying to her. Also, she couldn't really remember that my dad was her son and not her grandson. But, we are very grateful that she is slowly recuperating to this very day.
ReplyDeleteJill's story makes me think back to the allegory of the cave. For her she was coming back to the real world and it was physically and mentally painful. I also think that we are given the ability to record and capture moments, and they make people who they are. Trying to reach a state of nothing, who does that make you? If your head is literally empty what are you and what is your purpose? What would you do?
ReplyDeleteI believe our sense perceptions are enhanced if we stopped thinking because we aren't really focusing on anything and our mind is clear. Taking the example of walking into the woods and trying to stop thinking, your mind becomes clear and you get to see everything better. For example, coming back to America and having to catch up on all of my missing assignments, I couldn't see very clearly... My mind was always occupied thinking about what assignment I had to do.
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