The brain as an operating system.

The brain as an operating system.

Sometimes I think a screw has gone loose and the whole structure is about to crumble into a million shards of dreams and hopes I once had. It’s like I’m approaching combustion and the aftermath is going to be a mess that NO one wants to clean up.

So many swarming ideas flying in from different directions. When it comes down to it, you must make a choice for yourself. Asking others for advice is important and people who come into your life will have crucial lessons to teach you on your journey, but you must realize that each human being has a different road map and the directions they give you will emanate from their OWN personal journey. It is not the same as yours. They say to put yourself in someone’s shoes and walk a mile, but this is impossible. We are individuals for a reason. You will meet loved ones who you have nothing in common with. You will meet loved ones who could be your twin. Listen to both, but remember to stay on your OWN path.

Existence breathes. 

It screams.

It lives and learns and yearns for clarity.

Global Citizen

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Don't forget the headdress

This is from February 27th 2013... Magically enough it has just been recovered... exactly 4 months later-- probably when i needed to see it the most.

I've got a hot minute

before I'm really in it.

(The Real World) that is...

if only there was a quiz...

upon answering the questions, 

I'd receive some suggestions

About what the hell to do-

On this massive sphere of mostly blue.

   YOU- don't be so naive-

take a test on what you believe!

Place utmost value towards answers you receive.

This is your Life-

You are the guide...

where ever you choose to reside-

You will be by Your side.

This much is necessarily implied.

Whoever said differently... They lied.

So stay true- be happy with you.

Some days I wake,

wondering what next.

Is there a path for this quest?

I'm not sure where to go.

Where to look? Even that I don't know.

I could look above, I could look below.

Why not straight ahead-- 

starting with getting out of bed

What if I didn't have a bed?

If I resided in the woods... making a reality of my playful childhood. No longer a child, but still as free and as wild.

Take off into the wilderness-- Don't forget my warpaint and headdress :)

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Conscious closet

Become an extraordinary product of your time.

Acknowledge the actions that violate your inner wellbeing.

Don’t put yourself down when negative thoughts enter your consciousness—When I find myself having a negative thought about another beautiful human, it gives me a chance to reflect on my mortality and personal transgressions. Don’t beat yourself up- we’re not expected to be flawless. But, Ignoring the mess becomes a burden. Don’t let the dirty clothes accumulate – Reflect -- 

Clean out your conscious closet.

Turning the page

To a clear start- a simple heart

Instilled with a choice

To engage the inner voice

Don’t shut it out,

Try and ensue what it’s all about

If you can’t see clear,

Reach for what’s near-

There’s really no place for fear-

Something is here.

-Roo-

How is the view?

It is implausible to deny the use of reason that plays a role in human beings’ knowledge and understanding of the external world. If its importance were diminished, I would see no further need for philosophical enquiry. However, it is my opinion that both reason and experience provided us a general sense of how we come to know things. 

Neuroplasticity is a scientific concept that refers to the ways in which our environment and experiences are resultant in an alteration of the neural pathways in our brains. Here, we see the connection between empiricism (i.e. brains are blank slates; ‘nurture’) and rationalism (i.e. built in mental templates; ‘nature’). They are interrelated and we need both in order for the mind to function. Yes, there are certain operations of the mind that seem to be inherent in being a ‘mind’, but I do not think that this proves that our minds come equipped with any particular ‘ideas’. If ideas were placed in our mind innately then it would seem to me that we would no longer need reasons for such ideas. They would just be. Innatism would seem to be a plausible account for universal moral truths, but I am uncertain that those exist. Many ideas seem universal upon arrival in our consciousness, so that we might assume they are innate. This is because society has deemed actions right or wrong and we have been taught these since we were taught the ability to communicate and understand. Many human beings will never ask ‘Why’ before accepting a general principle placed to them by the hands of society; however, this creates an illusion of innatism and provides no solid ground to accept these principles as innate.

If our minds contained innate ideas, we would as a collective human group be much more similar. 

Our view is created the thoughts and ideas contained in our minds. These arise from experience and reason. Both are necessary to event produce a thought. Find someone with a wildly similar world view? Then they are probably using similar reasoning and sharing the same experience-- but it will never been an identical copy.

Pondering this allows me to open up my awareness that everyone is different. 

Open yourself up to those differences-- Ask questions--

How is the view from over there?

Valentines day

All that needs to be said is Happy Valentines.
I am one lucky girl.

Valentine's is a day to celebrate love.

What could be more worthy of celebration?

We have here a manifestation

Of passion and excitement,

true enjoyment of time spent

doing something you love

or being with a beautiful human who you love

Put nothing else above.

This is a marvelous gift.

Thank you saint valentine,

Will you be mine?

-Roo-

In sprit of sharing love, I'm going to post some meandering scrabble from a few months ago. I don't remember forming these sentences, but I honestly think it was because I wasn't thinking about what would come of this pen on paper action next... It was flowing out of me-- I felt a need to tell everyone who I loved, that I love them... that very second. I knew this was impossible because I was on thousands of feet in the air crammed into the last corner seat of a noisy airplane. But it didn't bother me, I just wrote it down... And now it is here, available for all those I am blessed enough to have in my life!

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Nov 25th (?) 2012

My fear of dying ascended simultaneously with the plane ~ taking flight ~ gaining speed and moving farther and farther from the original location. I once harbored my thoughts about dying - or summoned my imagination for what would take place internally if a crash insued.

Chaos! Disaster... 

I would leave this realm in a state of panic... fear... regret... 

But Today, my insides were accompanies with a serene peace surrounding a potential event that could leave me saying goodbye to what I have created over 23 years as a being in this human existence. I have created my place in the universe and it is sustained though physical exertion of oxygen & internal acceptance that I am alive.

But I somehow accepted death without receiving an invitation.

Have I done all I would like to?

--Of course not.--

Have I been fully immersed into the magical beauty I have been offered?

--At times, I have felt the answer to be yes. But often I reflect on different approaches that would enhance exuberance. There is much available growth that I have yet to take advantage of.--

Is there more for me to accomplish?

--Yes. But it's not what would make death so terrifying-- 

I think if you are scared to leave this earth, or maybe even if you aren't, there will always be unfinished business. But as long as it doesn't include tying up loose or stagnant ends with other humans, then we should be accepting of the business left undone. If you are at peace with all the relationships which define your existence, then it should be okay to slip out & onto what is next. 

Are the beautiful humans who you love aware of the irreplaceable mark they have left on your path?

Do they feel your love?

Could they still feel it if you disapeared?

Do they know their worth?

Refuse to leave any of these questions unanswered or as a negative response.

Let those you love LIVE with this knowledge. It is much more difficult to be at ease with life or death in a relationship you value doesn't have all the cards on the table. 

Get it out.

Open your heart.

Put Your words and energy... 

The remainder is a love letter- to all those who I love...

Share things.