Consciousness limited
I call it a luxury...to
have the time to live in the present. Isn't that an odd
statement when in fact, we get to the present by giving
up time?
"Consciousness comes in late, it is potentially powerful
but it is usually a weak force in most of our minds, easily
overridden by circumstances, by eloquent people,
by lower
forces of the mind, and by automatic routines."
Robert Ornstein The Psychology of Consciousness
have the time to live in the present. Isn't that an odd
statement when in fact, we get to the present by giving
up time?
"Consciousness comes in late, it is potentially powerful
but it is usually a weak force in most of our minds, easily
overridden by circumstances, by eloquent people,
by lower
forces of the mind, and by automatic routines."
Robert Ornstein The Psychology of Consciousness
posted by corewell at 6:28 PM
5 Comments:
Or is it our mind that's limited? Maybe it is a weak force from the perspective of the mind, but that implies the assumption that Consciousness is a competing force and what is left most of the 'time' is what's stronger. Perhaps the mind is simply too weak to handle too much Consciousness 'at one time'. Anyway, there is also a difference between a temporary forgetting of mind and a shift of identification when one no longer sees oneself as mind.
You lead me right into The Great Forgetting. Thanks.
I do think of consciousness as soft, gentle, and sensitive; easily blotted out by loud noises,rough handling, pain and negativity.
Forget to come back to the blog?
I agree Corewell with that little description of mind, the heart of it, soft and gentle, while the world hardness is piled on top. Difficult to get back.
Thanks, Jim....yes..very difficult to get back.
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