The document discusses the differences between the verbs "to see" and "to look". It argues that "to see" refers to a physical phenomenon (e.g. vision) evoking a mental state, like understanding. "To look" refers to a mental state (e.g. focus of attention) evoking a physical action. The key differences are that we can see many things at once but can only look at one, as looking requires intentional focus. The distinction between these verbs exists in many languages and highlights the fundamental dichotomy between the physical and mental.
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The biological evolution of awareness and the apparent self; what neuroscience tells us about the distributed and endlessly variable neural nature of the apparent self; the stress, suffering, and interpersonal difficulties that come from “excesses of self”; the importance of healthy self-compassion and self-advocacy; how to heal injuries to self-worth; methods for taking things less personally, relaxing possessiveness, and feeling more at one with all things.
On which basis we have artistic preferences?
What’s behind the emotional connection that we establish with a certain image or a specific form?
Why sometimes we tend to attribute life to an image or feel an object as a piece of us?
And finally, what kind of benefit could bring us if we pay more attention to these dynamics?
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Not-Self in the Brain - Rick Hanson, PhDRick Hanson
The biological evolution of awareness and the apparent self; what neuroscience tells us about the distributed and endlessly variable neural nature of the apparent self; the stress, suffering, and interpersonal difficulties that come from “excesses of self”; the importance of healthy self-compassion and self-advocacy; how to heal injuries to self-worth; methods for taking things less personally, relaxing possessiveness, and feeling more at one with all things.
More resources are freely offered at http://www.rickhanson.net.
Presented at Spirit Rock Meditation Center - December, 2011.
The biological evolution of awareness and the apparent self; what neuroscience tells us about the distributed and endlessly variable neural nature of the apparent self; the stress, suffering, and interpersonal difficulties that come from “excesses of self”; the importance of healthy self-compassion and self-advocacy; how to heal injuries to self-worth; methods for taking things less personally, relaxing possessiveness, and feeling more at one with all things.
On which basis we have artistic preferences?
What’s behind the emotional connection that we establish with a certain image or a specific form?
Why sometimes we tend to attribute life to an image or feel an object as a piece of us?
And finally, what kind of benefit could bring us if we pay more attention to these dynamics?
Logic of psychotic utterances (Translation by Mme Françoise Capelle-Messelier...Jean-Jacques Pinto
Sections of this text, first written in 1984 were included in my conference on the psychotherapy of psychoses, but as its global approach is different, its publication is not redundant and therefore warranted.
Theatre of life - Live guided role playsKomal Agarwal
Theatre of Life is a 'Live' guided role play workshop which is set up like a theatre. We make people represent each other's character, step out of their story and see facts of any situation from other person's perspective. We manage human behaviour by managing perception about self and others. This modality was founded by German Psychotherapist Bert Hellinger and is popularly known as 'Systemic Constellation Work'. Phenomenology and Telepathy is used as key tools.
Not-Self in the Brain - Rick Hanson, PhDRick Hanson
The biological evolution of awareness and the apparent self; what neuroscience tells us about the distributed and endlessly variable neural nature of the apparent self; the stress, suffering, and interpersonal difficulties that come from “excesses of self”; the importance of healthy self-compassion and self-advocacy; how to heal injuries to self-worth; methods for taking things less personally, relaxing possessiveness, and feeling more at one with all things.
More resources are freely offered at http://www.rickhanson.net.
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1. Mental states and physical phenomena
por Gregory Bradshaw
With relation to verb choice
2. To See vs. To Look
• “Come see it!” expresses the act of seeing “it”,
mentally, for the mental experience of having
seen it.
• “Come see this painting I did.” again stresses the
idea of seeing the painting for the mental
experience of seeing it. In this case, specifying
“this painting I did” merely indicates that the
speaker doesn’t believe the listener has enough
contextual information to interpret “it” in the
intended manner, “this painting I did.”
3. • “I see what you mean.”
• The first historical instance of this expression appears in
the Republic, written by the Greek philosopher Plato.
• Even though the listener doesn’t literally have a visual
experience, the verb see is convenient because it involves
a physical phenomena (listening) that evokes a mental
state; in this case, the mental state of understanding.
• Vision is the most important of the 5 senses for humans,
so using this expression implies deeper understanding
than the expression, “I hear what you’re saying.”
4. “We looked for organic products at the store.”
This phrases emphasizes the action of looking for
the organic products rather than the visual
experience evoked by doing so.
It is also implicit that the speaker means [s]he
looked at organic products rather than anything
else.
5. • “Look at me!” is a solicitation for the listener to
focus his or her conscious attention on a certain
aspect of his or her potential visual field (that is,
the speaker).
• Again, it is implied by saying this that the
listener will not be looking at anything else while
simultaneously looking at the speaker. This is
because conscious attention is a unitary process
directed by the listener’s mental state.
6. Primary Differences
• You can see many things simultaneously, but
you can only look at one thing at any given
moment, because looking is an active process of
focusing your conscious attention.
• Looking implies a greater measure of
intentionality, because people must decide to
focus their conscious attention; however, they
can see things which merely happen to pass
through their visual field. Ex: relationships.
7. Conclusion
• Seeing involves physical phenomena evoking
mental states, while looking involves mental
states evoking physical phenomena. Since
people are much more responsible for their
mental states than for the physical phenomena
they encounter, looking implies an element of
culpability.
10. Remember: two words are never synonymous.
Consider the following distinctions:
Hear vs. Listen
Feel vs. Touch
The distinction between these sets of verbs mirrors that between
see and look. Taking this into consideration, we might postulate
that originally there was only one word for a visual experiences
either evoking or being evoked, but that the need for a distinction
based upon the differences we have examined created a need for
two verbs to distinguish them.
11. • What’s more, we can see the same distinction
present in the Spanish language.
Ver vs. Mirar
Oír vs. Escuchar
Sentir vs. Tocar
Greek: Βλέπω vs. Κοιτάξτε
Hebrew: vs. Telugu and Finnish are exceptions: and
Chinese: 見 vs. 看 katso are used for both verbs, respectively.
Icelandic: sjá vs. líta
Russian: посмотреть vs. Смотреть
Arabic: vs.
12. Further Philosophical Considerations
• This examination highlights the ever present
dichotomy between mind and body. The
question remains: which came first, matter or
mind?
13. Are mental states the result of complex physical
phenomena interacting with one another
14. • Or do physical manifestations result from [a]
conscious mind[s]?
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.” Gospel of John 1:1
15. • Or is it possible that collisions between light
particles create the illusion of a dichotomy
between body and mind?