"Contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”
Contemplation is good for all but especially for the Conscious Human, it perhaps, connects us to existence itself. It seem likely that Quantum Physicist might prove this eventually but all we need to observe is the "Insights" we might come to, insights we have no knowable right to have. Many have had them, Tesla, comes to mind and perhaps Ayn Rand herself. All that these folks and many, many others created could not have come from the brain alone.
We here, seem to listen and read news articles a lot. Write a lot, but probably don't engage in Facebook or Twitter a lot. It doesn't take much to find time for contemplation, reflection or self introspection. Sometimes all it takes is a short "Walk about" or quite times while driving to and from work or performing your daily routine. That's the advantage of being Conscious and having a mind...you can contemplate while performing physical tasks at the same time, things the automatic brain is good at while whiling away in your mind.
Excerpts from the Article: Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More.
"It’s very easy to be sucked into the world of the chattering class, to believe that you must always be engaged, reading, watching, commenting, tweeting, messaging, sharing pictures, and on and on and on. And if you’re not? Well, then you're uninformed and a disengaged citizen." "Then there is, of course, the sense that if we’re personally not sharing every thought or detail of our life and commenting on everyone else’s updates that we’re somehow not connected, don't have friends, or we’re missing out on opportunities." "But, again, what do we really gain by being plugged-in and oversharing other than elevated blood pressure and a bad case of paranoia, narcissism, or both?" "No, life is already far too busy with plenty of distractions and stresses. Perhaps we would do better to use our time to focus on those things we can impact personally. To do so, though, requires time for rest and quiet contemplation. In On Christian Contemplation, Thomas Merton argues, “… contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”"
What do you do to gain the time to contemplate..?
We here, seem to listen and read news articles a lot. Write a lot, but probably don't engage in Facebook or Twitter a lot. It doesn't take much to find time for contemplation, reflection or self introspection. Sometimes all it takes is a short "Walk about" or quite times while driving to and from work or performing your daily routine. That's the advantage of being Conscious and having a mind...you can contemplate while performing physical tasks at the same time, things the automatic brain is good at while whiling away in your mind.
Excerpts from the Article: Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More.
"It’s very easy to be sucked into the world of the chattering class, to believe that you must always be engaged, reading, watching, commenting, tweeting, messaging, sharing pictures, and on and on and on. And if you’re not? Well, then you're uninformed and a disengaged citizen." "Then there is, of course, the sense that if we’re personally not sharing every thought or detail of our life and commenting on everyone else’s updates that we’re somehow not connected, don't have friends, or we’re missing out on opportunities." "But, again, what do we really gain by being plugged-in and oversharing other than elevated blood pressure and a bad case of paranoia, narcissism, or both?" "No, life is already far too busy with plenty of distractions and stresses. Perhaps we would do better to use our time to focus on those things we can impact personally. To do so, though, requires time for rest and quiet contemplation. In On Christian Contemplation, Thomas Merton argues, “… contemplation must be possible if man is to remain human.”"
What do you do to gain the time to contemplate..?
