Media Meditation 5

This media meditation came full circle for me. I went from one thing to the next and feel like I painted a full picture for myself. I was thinking about what meditation actually means and then wanted to look more into the brain part of this stuff, I find that to be really interesting. Here it goes. First I came across this book The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.  I picked it up and read what it was about, and for the sake of time came to the internet to see what audio I could find. I found this interview that aired on Dateline, NBC. 

I watched the interview online and learned of something called Noetic Research. This sent me back to the bing.com board to see what I could find out about it. 

First you should know that noetic refers to knowledge that comes to us directly through our subjective experiences or inner authority. I spent time on the Institute of Noetic Science website, and found it to be somewhat stimulating, and a different approach to thought. I heard the word noetic for the first time from the Dateline interview. I found this poem in one of the online publications by Bill Plotkin. 

The story covered some basic points I related to my relationship with media. 

Making choices offers

•  Creating an experience
  
•  Ending an experience
  
•  Maintaining or sustaining an experience 
  

We have begun as a human race to shut down or tamper heavily with the following systems 

1. Water cycles
   
2. Atmospheres
   
3. Soils
   
4. Oceans
   
5. Thermal Balance 
   

We have seen vast distractions from how our species originally held intimacy with the natural world and also our own unique individual nature of our own being. Here is the Wheel Of Life 

"The Forest, The World, knows where you are and who you are. You must let it find you" 

Then I was thinking how important it is to know the definition of inhabit, what does that mean, or look like? To inhabit a particular place is to have the potential to do and observe in that specific place. It is astounding to me now having looked into a more spiritual side of the brain and body and to think I am surround by noise, materials, and objects not helping me on my journey of psychological maturity. I also wanted to note that the author mentions also in the article how we in the Western world usually see things as a time line, linear visuals, where has in the image above it is circular. How important is it then to view the whole journey rather than one notch at a time racing forward instead of around. It in the end will come back to only you, you must then be comfortable and prepared for that moment. Media then, ultimately is creating a less desirable habitat for sure. To be living in a society robbing me any introspection to my moral compass. I knew I always wanted a tree farm...filled with books!