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2012Portal - Mayan Beyond 2012 User ID: 15022013 Netherlands 12/30/2013 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BTW, thanks for sharing WaterLily Last Edited by 2012Portal on 12/30/2013 03:43 PM From the love of power to the power of Love - My camera and video gear: [link to graphicstart.com] --- --- --- "Jesus Christ, the Son of God our Savior" |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 49531429 United States 12/30/2013 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't read 'novels' (only non-fiction), but I can definitely see this being valid. I wonder if getting immersed in a novel is somewhat similar to the effects created by meditation in the sense that you disengage from that part of your brain that fosters the image or perspective of your physical 'self'. Almost like you lose your sense of your identity when you get lost within the pages of another storyline. Stimulating other areas of the brain by redirecting conscious energy away from the region that normally rules our everyday consciousness... |
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User ID: 48601660 United States 12/30/2013 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Reading through Stephen King Dark Tower series of books now, it really is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32405471 Just finishing wolves of the calla, awesome series! “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 49827135 United Kingdom 12/30/2013 04:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Reading through Stephen King Dark Tower series of books now, it really is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32405471 THIS - HE IS RIGHT YOU KNOW, etc. I love the Dark Tower series, especially with the tie-in of Randall Flagg. I am also getting into Heinlein at the moment - what a writer. I really wish that I read him as a teenager and not part of my degree... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 14332654 United States 12/30/2013 04:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Me too I had a Philip K. Dick marathon over the weekend and now I'm reading about the collapse of Western society after the fall of the Roman empire. :D Really. Which book about west soc. [link to www.amazon.com] Holy Warriors: Islam and the Demise of Classical Civilization |
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(OP) User ID: 51323695 United States 12/30/2013 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't read 'novels' (only non-fiction), but I can definitely see this being valid. I wonder if getting immersed in a novel is somewhat similar to the effects created by meditation in the sense that you disengage from that part of your brain that fosters the image or perspective of your physical 'self'. Almost like you lose your sense of your identity when you get lost within the pages of another storyline. Stimulating other areas of the brain by redirecting conscious energy away from the region that normally rules our everyday consciousness... Quoting: ANHEDONIC Well, yeah.... *********** WaterLily *********** " Do I dare Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Elliot, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ************************************* “We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe.” -- Jorge Luis Borges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pompey made his preparations for the war at the end of the winter, entered upon it at the commencement of spring, and finished it in the middle of the summer." -- Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei |
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(OP) User ID: 51323695 United States 12/30/2013 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was thinking of posting a thread titled "Did you get any good books for Christmas?" I hit the jackpot: Discovery of Middle Earth by Graham Robb Lost Colonies of Ancient America by Frank Joseph Financial Vipers of Venice by Joseph Farrell Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple Haven't read a novel for a while. I did read Gone With the Wind Again a couple of months ago, and I was totally transported, as usual. Last Edited by waterlily on 12/30/2013 04:24 PM *********** WaterLily *********** " Do I dare Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Elliot, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ************************************* “We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe.” -- Jorge Luis Borges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pompey made his preparations for the war at the end of the winter, entered upon it at the commencement of spring, and finished it in the middle of the summer." -- Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 49531429 United States 12/30/2013 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't read 'novels' (only non-fiction), but I can definitely see this being valid. I wonder if getting immersed in a novel is somewhat similar to the effects created by meditation in the sense that you disengage from that part of your brain that fosters the image or perspective of your physical 'self'. Almost like you lose your sense of your identity when you get lost within the pages of another storyline. Stimulating other areas of the brain by redirecting conscious energy away from the region that normally rules our everyday consciousness... Quoting: ANHEDONIC Well, yeah.... I am trying to figure out why getting immersed in movies really doesn't have a similar effect.... Perhaps because of the visual stimulation being fed to you? Whereas with a book you are forced to do all of the visualizing? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32405471 United States 12/30/2013 04:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Reading through Stephen King Dark Tower series of books now, it really is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32405471 Awesome series. I hope you enjoy that as much as I did. Just started on the Wolves of Calla. I like SK because he actually writes about reality, he just puts it in fiction form. There are also a lot of occult knowledge he puts in his books, which is interesting, of course you would have to know something about the occult or you would miss his what he is saying as you are reading. His being a great writer with good character development helps a great deal. |
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(OP) User ID: 51323695 United States 12/30/2013 04:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Me too I had a Philip K. Dick marathon over the weekend and now I'm reading about the collapse of Western society after the fall of the Roman empire. :D Really. Which book about west soc. [link to www.amazon.com] Holy Warriors: Islam and the Demise of Classical Civilization Thank you for the link. *********** WaterLily *********** " Do I dare Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Elliot, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ************************************* “We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe.” -- Jorge Luis Borges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pompey made his preparations for the war at the end of the winter, entered upon it at the commencement of spring, and finished it in the middle of the summer." -- Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32405471 United States 12/30/2013 04:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't read 'novels' (only non-fiction), but I can definitely see this being valid. I wonder if getting immersed in a novel is somewhat similar to the effects created by meditation in the sense that you disengage from that part of your brain that fosters the image or perspective of your physical 'self'. Almost like you lose your sense of your identity when you get lost within the pages of another storyline. Stimulating other areas of the brain by redirecting conscious energy away from the region that normally rules our everyday consciousness... Quoting: ANHEDONIC Well, yeah.... I am trying to figure out why getting immersed in movies really doesn't have a similar effect.... Perhaps because of the visual stimulation being fed to you? Whereas with a book you are forced to do all of the visualizing? When you read words, your brain has to translate the words into pictures in your mind. The movie is taking place internally with your brain as the projector and screen. The translation also exercises the neurons. When you watch a movie, that translation and internally induced imagery does not occur. Your brain goes into a sleep state. Watching TV and movies actually causes brain damage because the neurons are not actively being engaged and exercised. |
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User ID: 12855271 United States 12/30/2013 04:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OMG, I must be a genius. I hope this is cumulative - if you read novels continually for ten or twenty years and then stop for a while for whatever reason, just to do something different, does that mean you backslide and get stupid? :-) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 49531429 United States 12/30/2013 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anhedonic, I took it as books in general. Funny, thought of you and Calx here, my fellow reading buddies. Quoting: KarinZa. I suspect there would be a difference based on what type of reading you are doing... For instance I read quite a few texts in the (Transpersonal) Psychology genre and that type of reading material does not require any visualization.... Contemplation, yes, but not so much envisioning any characters or environments with one's imagination.... So I would think is a potential for different regions of the brain to be stimulated based on the content you are digesting.... When you read words, your brain has to translate the words into pictures in your mind. The movie is taking place internally with your brain as the projector and screen. The translation also exercises the neurons. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32405471 When you watch a movie, that translation and internally induced imagery does not occur. Your brain goes into a sleep state. Watching TV and movies actually causes brain damage because the neurons are not actively being engaged and exercised. Sounds about right. :greenkarma: |
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User ID: 12855271 United States 12/30/2013 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was thinking of posting a thread titled Quoting: waterlily "Did you get any good books for Christmas?" I hit the jackpot: Discovery of Middle Earth by Graham Robb Lost Colonies of Ancient America by Frank Joseph Financial Vipers of Venice by Joseph Farrell Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple Haven't read a novel for a while. I did read Gone With the Wind Again a couple of months ago, and I was totally transported, as usual. Hi Waterlily, you will like this essay about Gone with the Wind! Apparently it is much more highly regarded and significant around the world than it is here in its birthplace of America: [link to www.lewrockwell.com] |
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