ABOUT YOUR QUESTIONS

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Sid

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I have encouraged readers to submit any questions related to this blog… and would like to post a couple which may be of interest to others…your questions are helpful by motivating my thoughts to clarify issues of interest to you…I look forward to further participation from my readers.

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Sid,
Would you please list some of those books that you read on Taoism? Thank you.~Dan

My first introduction to Taoism was over 55 years ago in a book called “The Wisdom of Insecurity” by Alan Watts …his book discussed ideas completely unfamiliar to me,but nevertheless seemed to open up a door about life that I never considered before…he did write a more comprehensive book on Taoism prior to his death called “Tao:The Watercourse Way”.

I pursued my interest by reading the books by Lao-Tzu and Chuang-Tzu..it did require considerable reflection and contemplation to gradually understand its meaning… this came about by identifying the basic meanings in Tao as the Natural Intelligence, interrelationships and unity of the Universe,Yin / Yang as the identity of opposites,flowing with the “Water Course Way,and finding harmony by “letting go”.

Once I understood these basic concepts,I pursued this understanding by reading and exploring its relationship to many other sources including psychology,major religions,art,music and most recently the new concepts of the right brain.~Sid

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Sid,
I’m confused about the relationship between conscious and unconscious mind and right hemisphere/left hemisphere processing. Can you help clear my befuddled mind? Love your blog btw, ~ Julie

I like the Gestalt concept of figure / ground as a way of looking at the relationship between the left and right brain…the left brain and its ego is best seen as the figure and the right brain as ground…our left brain dominates our consciousness and we tend to be hypnotized by the ego…as a result our right brain is usually seen as irrelevant and to be ignored…however the right brain continues to exist in our subconsciousness and when encouraged can become more consciously aware offering us a more wholesome and balanced view of life. ~Sid

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2 Responses

  1. Papa, on May 2, 2009 at 7:02 pm Said:

    Hi Pochp…I enjoyed reading your post “Right Brainers and Emotional Intelligence” and also read the excellent article by Suzann Pileggi…it has some interesting thoughts for a future blog.

    I would be interested in seeing the PDF file on Taoism…appreciate your extensive researching activities.

    Sid

  2. pochp, on May 2, 2009 at 4:35 pm Said:

    Hello Sid. There is a free PDFfile about Taoism. I’ll send it to you later when I find it if you want it.
    I have a post titled ‘Right Brainers and Emotional Intelligence’ too if it could help Julie.

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