...

V I S Ã O // V I 5 I 0 N T H N G

Blogger, curator, educator, sociologist, psychologist, teacher & student, programmer & programmed, everything & nothing.
*Follow M3 @ Bl0GG3R//WRDPR55
//YouTube//Fi3RC3B00K!
//Sc00p.iT!//Twitter//Pint3r35t

Each morning, we wake up and experience a rich explosion of consciousness — the bright morning sunlight, the smell of roast coffee and, for some of us, the warmth of the person lying next to us in bed. As the slumber recedes into the night, we awake to become who we are. The morning haze of dreams and oblivion disperses and lifts as recognition and recall bubble up the content of our memories into our consciousness. For the briefest of moments we are not sure who we are and then suddenly ‘I,’ the one that is awake, awakens. We gather our thoughts so that the ‘I’ who is conscious becomes the ‘me’ — the person with a past. The memories of the previous day return. The plans for the immediate future reformulate. The realization that we have things to get on with remind us that it is a workday. We become a person whom we recognize. The call of nature tells us it is time to visit the bathroom and en route we glance at the mirror. We take a moment to reflect. We look a little older, but we are still the same person who has looked in that same mirror every day since we moved in. (via The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity | Brain Pickings) What do you think ? Are we awake to become aware of who we are or do we awake to become aware of who we aren’t?

Each morning, we wake up and experience a rich explosion of consciousness — the bright morning sunlight, the smell of roast coffee and, for some of us, the warmth of the person lying next to us in bed. As the slumber recedes into the night, we awake to become who we are. The morning haze of dreams and oblivion disperses and lifts as recognition and recall bubble up the content of our memories into our consciousness. For the briefest of moments we are not sure who we are and then suddenly ‘I,’ the one that is awake, awakens. We gather our thoughts so that the ‘I’ who is conscious becomes the ‘me’ — the person with a past. The memories of the previous day return. The plans for the immediate future reformulate. The realization that we have things to get on with remind us that it is a workday. We become a person whom we recognize. The call of nature tells us it is time to visit the bathroom and en route we glance at the mirror. We take a moment to reflect. We look a little older, but we are still the same person who has looked in that same mirror every day since we moved in. (via The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity | Brain Pickings)

What do you think ? Are we awake to become aware of who we are or do we awake to become aware of who we aren’t?

 

  1. eashank reblogou isto de socio-logic e adicionou:
    Just requested this book!! Cant wait
  2. soniarani reblogou isto de socio-logic e adicionou:
    summer need to read. FUCK, I NEED to get this book.
  3. socio-logic reblogou isto de sociolab
  4. shyintheselights reblogou isto de redsunrisinginthesky
  5. denyinghipster reblogou isto de sociolab
  6. eccentriccancerian reblogou isto de wontons00p
  7. fudgesmonkey reblogou isto de sociolab
  8. comfortably-numb reblogou isto de questionall
  9. excusemewhileimuse reblogou isto de questionall
  10. questionall reblogou isto de sociolab
  11. redsunrisinginthesky reblogou isto de sociolab
  12. wontons00p reblogou isto de vi5i0nthng
  13. purogallopinto reblogou isto de sociolab e adicionou:
    That was both trippy and awesome.
  14. sociolab reblogou isto de vi5i0nthng
  15. vi5i0nthng publicou isto