At 04:28 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote: >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
Greetings Akshay, I've heard it stated that humor is a sign of great intelligence. If it's detachment you want, live in the flow of the moments where there is no time for attachment... And yet I think you are perfect as you are, sometimes stoic, sometimes humorous. Marsha >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/ ************* 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/
