Inter-Viewed perception

When somebody asked about perception, the stupid, over-ambitious sly-eyed part of me, inside me jumped out of excitement .... 'hurrah'... here is somebody keen to know and we can share what we know.... spiritual aspect of perception..... (This joy did not last more than a few moments! The navigational dexterity, in reaching & looking at the 'details' of the query, acquired over.... over-half-a-decade, took the lead to demolish this joy, when it became clear that it was just about materialistic perception, about which the clarity was sought... and that too.... the seeking was by people who insisted on “inter—view” not just own view, or the view of others which could have a potential of becoming 'my-view'!)...

So, I proceeded to tone down the precept of perception to that extent, hoping that it might eventually 'pave the way' towards this one, which is .... at once my friend and enemy!

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There were other answers, which were perhaps far better, and of wider acceptance, especially the one, quoted out of works from 'father of objectivism' , though it was a lady! (a matter of perception ... you see....!!!)! I am myself a great fan of that theory, and no doubt, its author too!

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precepts persists only due to perception, perhaps.

psn(27^th January, 2013)

quote:

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130118125925AAhKsEK

What is perception? Please Kindly explain in detail and with examples.?

(Details of query):

What is perception and how it is related to organizational behavior?

My friends were given this topic in an interview and was asked to write something about it as essay. They told me that they are giving same topic to everyone right now. So am planning to go for interview. If this topic comes up I need to write it and for that I need to understand it....

I have googled but in most of the site incl. wikipedia they have used difficult words and statements so its difficult to understand.. So I want people's views on this topic

Inter-view Answer :

People who have organised the interview,
are aware that candidates are going to 'prepare' well, using google, copy/paste etc...
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They are seriously interested in finding candidates who have deeper levels of perception, and thus, they also "know" perception in-depth... out of experience (experience is not job-experience... such skills are vouched by documents, no need for an 'interview' to test it..)... experience is 'life-experience'... When a human being is recruited, interpersonal skills are of great importance, because they (the hirers/recruiters) are trying to find out how well the candidate is going to be flexible, less resistant to productivity, very good at 'team-spirit', etc... For all this, tutoring on a day-to-day basis, is simply not practical... A resourceful candidate is going to be an asset.... Resourcefulness is directly relative/proportional to "PERCEPTION" capabilities... That is what they like to know... (If they are good at this skill themselves, they can 'smell' genuine, first hand knowledge about perception from the very body language, though the verbally spelt out answer might be a 'copy-paste'!!!
Best wishes.

Attentiveness!

We have lost our attention span, lost it to our ability to outsource almost anything, ... ... our attentiveness even, ultimately!!!
Sleep quota is getting reduced.... so also is qualitative sleep....
Years ago, there was a monitor, who was not even a human being!
He scales walls.... It, the monitor,.... scales walls.... so he was useful, to some extent, in contingent situations, otherwise, a monitor was left alone...
But when I heard of a monitor for the first time, he (a human), wielded a scale, instead of those innocent creatures who merely 'scaled' (I had a tough time, trying not to look at the class monitor of our school, as a lizard in the hands of our teacher who found it easy to keep us 'attentive' thus!)
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For a long time, 'monitor' did not make any appearance in any guise, in my life...
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Then came the gadgets.... Blood-pressure Monitor, sugar-level-monitor... and now this monitor, which keeps my attention riveted most of the time.... yes! This inflexible PC-monitor, is what I mean of course!
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We hardly monitor ourselves now... Back to school days?..... “monitoring” is now heavily outsourced..... so the 'attentiveness' is drained/depleted/squeezed-out/whatever! ....
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Attentiveness, linked in the 'army-way' (Stand, ATTENTION!).. stiff, rigid, but yes alert...
At ease.... (hardly relaxed even..... even during sleep!)
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Attentiveness versus Relaxation... it is okay to outsource it as long as we can fund it.... but very unfortunately, this spirituality (the spirit business, ... so spirited it is...)... is inflexible about that outsourcefullness!
Attentively yours,
psn(18^th January,2013)



references:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_monitor

a popular legend has it that Shivaji's general, Tanaji Malusare, used a monitor with ropes attached for climbing the walls of the Sinhagad fort in the Battle of Sinhagad.

Inflexibility

Why did I not think of it earlier?

These handsets, mobiles are rigid, stiff, fragile, needing that attention, even to 'care'!!!

(Care can be possible without paying attention to something.... that is how ancients used to entrust kids at Gurukul, and ensure that kids become flexible to the situation, retaining the sanctity of the core of the being, and thereby, adhering to the purpose of human life!)...

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Now when the batteries have become (or, are hopefully going to be) flexible.....

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It is not needed to become stiff, handling those stiff mobile-handsets, for most of the waking hours!

The mobiles could henceforth lose their hitherto-inflexibility! (There is an image in that news item's link, web page!.. I suppose it is some hand held gadget, needing a battery.)

Quote:

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/korean-scientists-develop-worlds-first-bendable-battery/316270-11.html

“Korean scientists develop world's first bendable battery”

unquote:

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When are we? ...

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What is the impediment in us... Not the battery (that 'life'... ).... it is the subtle en-casing..... in-case we are interested!!... maybe.

Battered and yet yours,

psn(18^th January, 2013

Proof of re-birth, ill-Located!

Questions related to 'belief-related' concepts seldom evoke convincing answers... It is quite obvious....

But, when a 'clearly avoided-answer' appeals to the asker!

That was the surprise which appealed to me as an answerer!

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(Usually, I do not attempt answering such questions, like those related to 'proof' of intangible, abstract, experiences which are not even available at sensory levels.... But, this time, there seemed to be a 'feel' of the asker's mind which clearly indicated that the seeking was more about the reason for such a question to crop up, rather than the looking-out-for answers! The asker seemed to know already, that those who are going to 'quote' events and instances are not really going to make any 'dent' in the minds of others who simply ask, out of that tickle of curiosity!)...

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I looked at the location of the 'possible' proof ... (in a subtle way, forcing acknowledgment of the possibility that the issue-itself...of/about 're-birth' .... was too popular to be now dismissed as a 'myth'!)...... In those ancient fables, the very location of that rare herb which is going to cure that rare ailment that afflicted the 'princess' used to deter the 'aam-aadmi' from even 'thinking' about attempting to fetch it, and therefore, the wait was for that super-hero, who would benefit from unusual courage, extra-ordinary luck, benediction from destiny and all those things, and the reward was commensurate to the feat!... I felt, that the very mention of location, would deter any possible attention from a casual mind.... But it does not look like a casual mind, when the answer got picked!... The 'picking' of it seemed a reason good enough, to 'relocate' the answer here!...

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It is up to us now to place it where it ought to be-long.... re-birth is a long-term-issue, 'after' all... yes, after-all... that is why perhaps, the longest journey ever, which ought to receive the highest preparation-priority, usually receives scant attention, till it is now-too-late!

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The question, answer, and its link:

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130117002318AAuJlh6

Question:

Is there any proof that we will be reborn when we die?

Answer

If there is any proof, where can such a proof be?
Either it is an accurate prediction of the future, already available right now, and can be preserved for some future user to verify with actual happening.... (not of much use for us, for our own sake!)
Or,
Our own perception deepening beyond sensory levels, so that we 'see' (vision etc.)

(unquote:)

So.... 'What next'..... (about it, of course!)?

re-berthed, and therefore, yours,

psn(18^th January, 2013)

What is in it for me?

What is in this question, for me..... that it kept haunting me, every time I had to take a decision... is what intrigued me during a later part of my life! (Till then, my tiny brain wasn't even ripe to conceive of such queries!!)....

It was one of the quizzical ones out of many questions that used to crop up, when that 'watching' or witnessing of the mind got started... It was too early to blurt out the 'experiences', I felt... not that it was not interesting.... in fact, the spice in it, the humour in it got faded out when I now try to express it after so long a time! (The other questions were like,..... why am I like this? Why do some things affect me invariably... why am I not able to get myself to do, what I know as, I ought to be doing.... etc. All these questions 'seemed' to revolve around a common hub... It was not to be so! Each had a tiny and subtle hub underneath it, and just presented an illusion of a common hub, or a common disc/platform!)...

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What is in it for me?.... (That ambitious shopkeeper keenly tries to observe the prospective customer, and tries to guess.... if his merchandise has been able to answer this very question within that customer.... If that customer's eyes happen to widen a little, or if it seems to linger on something for a fraction of a moment longer than that 'logical-scale'... the shopkeeper ought not to miss it, if he means business!)....

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“Good” nurses at mental asylum happen to 'manage' the inmates a little more easily, when they are very familiar with this query and its answers/choices that is within the reach of the inmate out of the data base stored in that inmate's memory!!!

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A 'Win-win situation'... is a phrase, which declares what is in it for both....

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We can thus go on....

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Please see.... there is something within us that decides as to... up to what extent we are going to become receptive.... so as to expand the list of items..... within us..... that would help us to 'tick' with what is available in that something in front of us, about which we are going to decide .... to deal with it or not.... after matching the 'what is in it for me'!... (The ash from burnt coal did not mean anything to anyone, till somebody could conceive that it is a very good raw material for bricks... that fly-ash-bricks... now so popular!... What is going to be there in ash? It is a mere residue of everything that is burnt down... was the popular 'way of looking at' it!).....

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The 'way we look at' things/everything-around.... seemed to matter!

(Oh! It is the same old problem of 'perception'... said my mind... but I got hold of myself... wait... there is a repetition trap.... the mind is repeating a dialogue... it is judging.... not open enough!)...

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What if... what if I try to redefine myself?.... But how?... Changes, that I found people achieved, in their struggle to become amenable to the situation, ended up usually as mere 'cosmetic changes'.... Beyond a point they only added to their burden, of having to bear the superficial changes, and maintain that 'changed appearances'... (the consequences of such cosmetic efforts are of huge magnitude and impact... but not a subject matter of discussion right now, here).

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So, redefining has to be at core level.... Now comes the 'cruel' part of the travel... Travel, getting cruel?.... Yes, perhaps... it is not just a sight seeing... it is about 'sighting-the-seeing' tools.... and so, anything that is hindering has to be simply chopped off... mercilessly!

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It is about identifying something within us.... that can get identified with anything outside, but avoiding that 'trying-to-seek anything identical in it (rather, without even 'seeking' to match anything ... no match making... no force matching... no logic... )... In a rather fuzzy expression, it is about becoming 'one-with-it'.... There is an advantage, and which is also a 'check' (a crude check), as to whether we are doing it right.... there is no 'action' warranted ... in the sense... action is not dictated by the mind.... action simply happens... it flows forth.. if needed(by the situation)!...

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The whole idea of trying to look at why we are persuaded to answer the question within us (what is in it for me).... is that ..... as we try and maintain awareness of this.... we would slowly happen to look at ourselves with that 'witnessing aspect' ... through that witnessing aspect, rather... which is considered to be of great significance from spiritual point of view.... it triggers into operation an inward-process, may be initially a bit subtle even to 'feel' or know about it... but in due course, we can clearly see that 'engrooving' of it.... this process is a kind of multi-tasker... it demolishes the mind-blocks, expands the range of perception from within, and does many such things on a 'need-basis', leaving us free on a 'need-to-know-basis'...!!!

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As a sort of 'logical' exercise... please see, there are a few people about whom, we are unable to guess... as to why they like do what they are doing... as to why they are the way they are right now... or.... a very simple question would be ... “what is in it for them?”!!!.. If such people seem to attract our attention towards them (for any reason what-so-ever)... then, this 'process' is in its 'invocable form' right now, within us... for sure.. and it is a question of our sustained effort at it.... no risks what so ever.... no cost-based-efforts even... the benefits are immense.... over a period of time, this question 'what is in it for me' would get dissolved, paving the way for the other kind of dissolution!

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disillusioned-ly yours,

psn(11^th January, 2013)

Thought Verification

I felt like verifying a “thought-of-the-day”....

Not mine...

It belongs to a great being... “Shri Lao Tzu”.....!!!

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Quote:

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

Source:

http://www.speakingtree.in/public/speakingtree/spiritual-thought/lao-tzu-115542#commentlist

How to verify?

There was a problem with the word 'deep'....

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I was sure, I am yet become good at 'deep'.. love, whether it is about offering or receiving... after all, I am one of the 'aam-aadmi' (mango people)... trapped in so many problems, which never allows me to focus only any emotion deep enough...

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Anyway, I was at once reminded of two noble people.... One of them 'lost his head' to others in the process! It was taken by force, as a 'trophy' after brutally mutilating the bodies of both of them...

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I had no doubt that they loved me “deep”.... very deep.... in the process, they offered their lives trying to protect me!... And I can clearly see, they became courageous, in the process of offering love!...

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The other part.... there are many more waiting to offer their lives similarly.... (I heard a rumour in that idiot box that a few of those, waiting to offer their lives, refused to eat, as a protest against the brutal mutilation by the enemies, and..... ).... When I look at the two who offered their lives, and the others who are inspired, instead of becoming scared, I could experience having 'felt' and received strength!!!

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A costly verification indeed!... But, I am fortunate, that I did not miss this chance to look at 'deep' love though it was deep only from those two, and yet others in uniform (I am yet to evolve to that level!.. But I am determined to do my best!)..

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Now,

I wonder how that thought would look, if I tried the same sentence, replacing the word love, with the word, 'Trust'... !

(Oh! Trust is going to make the problem tougher for me... to imbibe, and try offering trust, thus offering strength, and experiencing courage!)

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Deeply yours,

psn(11^th January, 2013)

Entertainment

Entertainment.... or .... perhaps by now.... even the 'seeking of it'... seems to have occupied the quality time of our life so much that.....

Maybe.... it is worth..... maybe it is time, that we should be taking a look .... at how we have come to view it.... and as to how much this 'view' has affected our very well-being!

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A working parent.... seems to be satisfied when that parent provides wholesome entertainment to one's 'own' child/baby...... of having done (fulfilled) one's duty...... After all, it takes a lots of effort to entertain someone... it is about providing 'quality time'!!! Even the meaningless noises that is used to communicate with the baby seems to convey only some sort of cajolery! Utterly needless, but eventually ends up sending across a message that a parent is 'meant' to entertain a kid at all times!

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A guest to our home 'expects' to be well-entertained.... and this expectation is directly proportional to the relativity with the host!... Any lack of it or a deficiency will be deemed as 'neglect of relationship itself!'

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A visiting dignitary is 'provided' with wholesome entertainment, only to keep his time spent with us fully occupied....

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Somewhere the kings used to spend more and more of their time in entertaining themselves, and the noblemen around took it as a cue, to follow suit... Generations of all those who could afford it, took it as a mark of nobility to keep themselves entertained all ways....... & all the ways!

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This entertainment 'value'... has perhaps permeated deep inside us!

(The idiot-box, PCs, i-Pods, ear-plugs, .... the bulk of 'gadgets' find the 'entertainment' quotient to be the real criteria to find good marketability, stable market-share... the manufacturers of it, become the richest corporate in least time!)

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Even a gangrape is good enough to entertain us...

Even the news about a gangrape is good enough (when we lack the courage to do “something about it.....” .... that 'something-about-it' can be interpreted to suit our liking.... that is exactly 'the entertainment' about it! )

Sadism.... (if it is not entertainment, if it is not about maintaining a Uniqueness in seeking of entertainment... then what else is it?)....

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Sensational news.... has better appeal .... entertainment quotient in it?

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Brilliant youngsters, well accomplished at academics.... find it too difficult to spend a couple of days at a remote village, where there is 'nothing-to-do'.... (they find it 'full-of-action' holidaying at some posh resorts, sea-beach hotel... etc)... There are some elders at those desolate villages, who are too old , too feeble to take up any productive work... they do not know boredom... yet when we look at them... we blink first... they seem to show infinite patience to just sit comfortably for eternity!

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Whenever our mind asks.... “What is there in it for me?”.... please see, if it is a seeking of some kind of entertainment.... in a subtle way even.... there is something that is taking us away from the main-stream of the 'natural way of our being'... It is just a question of time, when something called boredom would take over, when we are supersaturated with entertainment, and then psychosomatic disorders will be the order-of-the-day!

Entertainingly yours,

psn (9^th January, 2013)

Why do we cry?

Such a simple question.....

Simple looking at least.....

Now, I tend to look at it so.... when we find that the bulk of the people 'become' emotional first, a bit at least, and then they attempt the answer..... In doing so thus, they miss that reasoning.... the reasoning which needs the backing of logic more than emotion, for this question, in the 'present-form'... (“present-form”.... is a politically/diplomatically convenient phrase, to get rid of a 'situation' .... 'for the present'..... thanks to politicians, who taught us this phrase, and more importantly, the 'use of it'... when they deal with all 'quota-related-bills'!!!)..

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The present form of this question is simple....

'why do we cry?'.....

(Now we have a proof even.... about this question being simple, and logical.... That hero of the 'hit' film/movie... The Terminator—Judgement Day... the Robot, asks this question in three 'forms'... to 'show' emphasis on logic....

1)What happened to your eyes?

2)Why do you get tears?

3)Now I know why you cry!....

(the third one is not a question, but a statement, a declaratory statement, the intention being a noble one.... you see... the learning curve is on and on and on, unlike we humans... it is a robot!!! this statement is a seeking, 'just in case'..... Just in case, this robot 'calculates'.... just in case I am wrong... let that kid tell me, 'why else do I cry?' ... Not that this kid is likely to 'volunteer' that additional 'why-else'.... Aah! These humans.... they lack that lustre with logic.... they struggle to give even the primary/priliminary reason of 'why'... are they going to tell me 'why else'...? ...)

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The question can be simplified further, if we ask the other-side-of-the-coin.... “How are a few of us able to control crying?” .... (Due to old age, this control dwindles... debilises... or... whatever...!... the word is 'debility', but “debilises” adorns the 'detached-look-at-own-self' and our physical frame better!)...

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So that was the question.

Psn( 2^nd January, 2013)

The question:

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121230192801AAqioZb

Why does a person cry ?

My Answer:

Very specifically,
it is due to the inability to contain the sudden surge of energy, caused due to emotion...
(Many people avoid crying easily, though they too feel sorrow etc...
As a person approaches old age, this person notices that crying happens a bit out of control!...)
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Crying is not related ONLY to sorrow/sadness/etc... (right now, pain/sorrow/hurt is the emotion that we feel deepest, that is why most people connect it to sadness/sorrow/etc... We do have tears of Joy!)