That is interesting. On a contrary note, I remember looking into my daughters eyes when she was a few months old and having the thought that she, exactly as I, was aware. She was operating at a different level with her actions, trying to see how her arms and legs moved, totally secure in her ability to nurse with her mouth, sometimes pleased, sometimes unhappy, but there, with a brain and awareness and in the game.
On the other hand, I still find that asking questions out loud to myself is a great way to figure things out. Speaking in sound waves lets the question spread to different brain areas than just thinking the question. Seems our endless verbal stream form of consciousness is only a part of the brain. On Jan 7, 2012 5:35 AM, "dan_guzy" <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting article about the auditory and vocal skills. I never looked at it this way before. On a side note, I remember gaining conciousness when I was a kid. Although I don't remember when it happened, I do remember that it hit me like a lightning bolt. It was like I became self-aware, like I woke up from a dream. Everything was the same, but it all looked different, took on new meaning, new life. I was never the same after the that. I think about it from time to time, trying to figure it out. I've noticed that if you look an adult in the eyes, some of them look like they are self-aware, aware of what they are doing and why they are doing it. Like everything in life was a concious choice to make. Other adults though look like they're still in a daze, following the motions, doing what they were doing because they were told to do so. Like the way kids eyes look and the way kids behave. They're there, you can see that they are there, but they are not really there. Sounds stra nge I suppose, but sometimes when you meet a person, they look like they're caught in a whole other world, a different realm of reality. --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > This is because toddlers ar... > Of course all this demonstrates that the 'self' is just a mental construct, and in that sense an illusion as ancient Indian and Buddhist philosophy point out... > > Edgar > > > > On Dec 22, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Robert Karl Stonjek wrote: > > > > > > > Toddlers don't listen to their own voice like adults do > > > > December 22nd, 2011 in Psycholo... ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links
