In Hartley's book page xxvi, please read the page. Then answer in your own words her question; "Who or what is it that even conceptualizes the notion of 'mind', directs attention, or perceives changes in awareness?"
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Hmm....elementary school. Someone gave me this idea then. or was it something. I think it has to do with any basic anatomy we learn young but I am also thinking that it is a dreamy fictitous idea- as if no one ever told me this- at the same time thinking EVERYONE told me this- anything about our idea of mental illness? Does that even make sense?
ReplyDelete"Who's TALKING? Who's LISTENING?" -Scot
ReplyDeleteExactly, right? The conversations I have in my head are often between what I want, what I need, what I assume, or perhaps what I know. The discussions pop up as different parts of my awareness bring information together to be "critically examined" (or perhaps "felt out," depending on what terminology relfects one's process more accurately). I wonder if the conversations I have with myself (often with three or four Anni's going at once) will expand out and get larger and more complicated as I'm aware of more parts of my awareness. We are attuned to different systems, and "listening" to one OR the other erupts the dialogue, whereas holding them all together as one (like a chorus of singers) gives the ultimate embodied awareness.
My mom worked for a school in Idaho called "Rockie Mountain Academy" for wealthy children with "problems". She told me that one method the school used to try to get the kids to sort out themselves was to separate their "me" and their "I". The "me" was supposed to represent the person that they truly were: authentic and untainted. This seems similar to the idea of the bioenergetic core. The "I" was supposed to represent the ego, the way the kids interpreted what was going on around them and decoded it in their heads. I think there is often a serious battle taking place in my head between "me" and "I". When I am feeling uncomfortable or uncertain or very emotionally altered by a situation "me" has a hard time finding a view and my actions are often driven by my fickle perceptions. I experience "me" very deeply when I am involved in a physical activity or an art project or speaking my heart. I think this might be a similar concept as "flow states".
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