Comments on: Something really to think about…Persephone http://www.persephonearbour.com/something-really-to-think-about/ Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure? Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James E. Bonser. http://www.persephonearbour.com/something-really-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-1695 James E. Bonser. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:35:18 +0000 http://www.persephonearbour.com/?p=688#comment-1695 The title of this piece is called,"Something reallty to think about" and I just wondered who it was that was doing the thinking? The reactions of human beings are not as simple as the piece will have you believe. Perception, taste, priorties, these could be categorized as simple decisions. I feel that there are deeper issues at work here, such as anxiety, fear and the very need to survive. Imagine if you will, that these people gathered in the metro area were a flock of wild animals. If there should suddenly appear a predator, the flock would move as one, creating a sign of cohesive strength. The predator would assemble all his/her hunting skills.The targets would be those animals on the outside of the group, those that are moving slowly, those that are wounded, the sick and feeble and last and not least, mothers with young. Us human beings try to pretend, we have gone far beyond the thoughts and feelings of wild animals but in truth, evolution isn`t that fast. We still deal with the flight or fight syndrome, sometimes on a daily basis, whether the threat is real or imagined. As a hypnotist, I spend a great deal of my time, working with the left and right hand brain functions. The logic of the left will tell you, that no threat exsists, while the right hand brain will tell you that what it feels is as real as the nose on your face. Maybe the right hand brain is just imagining the threat but that is really irrelavent. When logical thinking, is in conflict with the right brain's fantasy and feelings, nine times out of ten, the fantasy will win. The title of this piece is called,”Something reallty to think about” and I just wondered who it was that was doing the thinking? The reactions of human beings are not as simple as the piece will have you believe. Perception, taste, priorties, these could be categorized as simple decisions. I feel that there are deeper issues at work here, such as anxiety, fear and the very need to survive. Imagine if you will, that these people gathered in the metro area were a flock of wild animals. If there should suddenly appear a predator, the flock would move as one, creating a sign of cohesive strength. The predator would assemble all his/her hunting skills.The targets would be those animals on the outside of the group, those that are moving slowly, those that are wounded, the sick and feeble and last and not least, mothers with young. Us human beings try to pretend, we have gone far beyond the thoughts and feelings of wild animals but in truth, evolution isn`t that fast. We still deal with the flight or fight syndrome, sometimes on a daily basis, whether the threat is real or imagined. As a hypnotist, I spend a great deal of my time, working with the left and right hand brain functions. The logic of the left will tell you, that no threat exsists, while the right hand brain will tell you that what it feels is as real as the nose on your face. Maybe the right hand brain is just imagining the threat but that is really irrelavent. When logical thinking, is in conflict with the right brain’s fantasy and feelings, nine times out of ten, the fantasy will win.

]]> By: Persephone Arbour http://www.persephonearbour.com/something-really-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Persephone Arbour Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:15:21 +0000 http://www.persephonearbour.com/?p=688#comment-1617 So easy to forget in the 'busyness' of day to day living. Thank you Jehane for your timely reminder, and for your own trusting heart. So easy to forget in the ‘busyness’ of day to day living. Thank you Jehane for your timely reminder, and for your own trusting heart.

]]> By: Jehane Markham http://www.persephonearbour.com/something-really-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Jehane Markham Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:11:43 +0000 http://www.persephonearbour.com/?p=688#comment-1616 Yeah, I can believe it. Last week I was walking across part of the big pedestrian way behind the Barbican and I heard a guy’s voice saying, “I’m not a beggar, or anything but I just need..” I couldn’t catch what the guy said but I saw he was black and asking another black brother for some money. The man who had been approached strode quickly away not giving the guy anything. Looking and sounding frustrated the guy approached another black brother, saying, “Hey, big man, I’m in a spot of bother, could you lend me one pound..” the man again walked hurriedly away as if the guy was a leper. Just me and him alone and he did not approach me but I went directly up to him and said – “How much do you need?” He said “One pound,ninety, my girl friend needs the fare home.” I knew the guy was honest, and I couldn’t believe how closed off people were – it wasn’t even a couple of quid.So I gave him the money and he said,”Thanks, I love you.” And I knew I had done the right thing -because once I was stranded at a station without any money and nobody believed me until, eventually a woman lent me the fare – never believing that I would pay her back which I did. So always keep your eyes and ears and heart open. Yeah, I can believe it. Last week I was walking across part of the big pedestrian way behind the Barbican and I heard a guy’s voice saying, “I’m not a beggar, or anything but I just need..” I couldn’t catch what the guy said but I saw he was black and asking another black brother for some money. The man who had been approached strode quickly away not giving the guy anything.

Looking and sounding frustrated the guy approached another black brother, saying, “Hey, big man, I’m in a spot of bother, could you lend me one pound..” the man again walked hurriedly away as if the guy was a leper. Just me and him alone and he did not approach me but I went directly up to him and said – “How much do you need?” He said “One pound,ninety, my girl friend needs the fare home.” I knew the guy was honest, and I couldn’t believe how closed off people were – it wasn’t even a couple of quid.So I gave him the money and he said,”Thanks, I love you.” And I knew I had done the right thing -because once I was stranded at a station without any money and nobody believed me until, eventually a woman lent me the fare – never believing that I would pay her back which I did. So always keep your eyes and ears and heart open.

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