Hello Marsha, By "dependent on emotions", I meant a person whose character derived from his emotions more than his analytical thinking, a character that in spite of being convinced of an alternative, still sticks to a certain thing only because of the factor of emotional comfort.
My top most priority is to be someone equivalent to a stoic (or, to be more accurate, a philosopher who has vairagya). However, it turns out that in real life I am terribly in misalignment with this goal (I end up being too humorous and comforting and engaging with people, which my truer nature asks me to abandon at once, although for reasons of not wanting to do away with my social life just as yet, I continue to be the amusing personality that anyone would doubt to be a serious person at heart). Please tell me what you think. Akshay On 24/01/2008, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greetings Akshay, > > I think this strange too. I've always thought of myself as > analytical. If you know the Myer-Brigg personality test, I have > tested several times as an INTP. That makes me a thinker. But I am > painting. I love philosophy, but I love to climb into the > mythos. - That's why I was looking for some actual studies. > > What do you mean by 'dependent on emotions'? That sounds like fire. > > Yes, I know from where I came, > Ever hungry like a flame; > I consume myself and glow. > Light is all that I conceive, > Ashes everywhere I leave. > Flame I am assuredly. > (Nietzsche, The Gay Science) > > Marsha > > At 07:24 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote: > >This is strange. With the procedure you suggested, it seems that I have a > >dominant right hemisphere (artistic, synthetic), although I've always > >likened myself to a more analytic person. I wonder if being right-brained > >means being more dependent on emotions? > > > > > >Akshay > > > > > >On 24/01/2008, gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > make an 'o' with your thumb and forefinger and look > > > through it with both eyes at a friend or object. now > > > close each eye, one at a time, and see which eye is > > > dominant: with one eye (left/right) you will still see > > > the friend/object through the 'o'. with the other eye > > > open the friend/object will be way out. > > > > > > left eye dominant: right hemisphere dominant: > > > artistic, synthetic > > > > > > right eye dominant: left hemisphere dominant: > > > rational, analytic > > > > > > i'd be betting on most being right eye dominant. > > > > > > integrated knowledge (non-dual) is right brain, left > > > eye stuff. > > > > > > left brain dominance may lead to these people thinking > > > right brain awareness is 'new-age rubbish', cos they > > > honestly don't experience it very much. for them > > > knowledge = analytic knowledge. > > > > > > try equalising imbalances by using, for example, your > > > left hand for the mouse if you are right handed or, if > > > you are thick-skinned, wearing an eye-patch over the > > > dominant eye. > > > > > > i am right eye/left brain dominant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************* > DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, & etc.: Ever-changing > collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, biological, > social and intellectual, static patterns of value. > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
