So today I went to talk to Chef about getting into the training program.
It went very well. He even gave me a few tickets for the bus
and told me to be there for a trial shift tomorrow morning.
It will be early. Earlier than I'm used to,
but I know this is a test and that I am being given a chance.
It's an opportunity to show that I actually want it.
After the meeting, I met with a co-ordinator and it went well, too.
Chef even asked me if there were any other barriers besides the bus.
I thought that it was really early, but I'm not going to make any excuses.
Chef's not the "let's f*ck around" type of guy. Otherwise he wouldn't be there.
He's not the kind of guy I'd want to piss off, either.
So it's like "you do the BEST you can or f*ck off."
I went to the Library afterwards to read some more of the book...
I couldn't find it. Either someone borrowed it, or they were reading it.
I'm willing to bet that someone took it out
because the author released a new book recently
and people have been talking about it. I own a copy of his new book.
It'll be one of the books I'm going to read this year.
When I was still looking for the book, I came across another book
that I started reading because I just wanted to read something
and I end up learning something anyway, so I picked it up.
It's Called: "Opening The Mind's Eye" by Ian Robertson.
He's a neuropsychologist. Neuropsychology has been really interesting me.
There are a bunch of things I learned from reading the first couple of chapters.
1) Most people tend to think in words instead of images.
The words and languages that we use come from the left side of the brain,
and our imagery comes from the right side of the brain.
2) We can improve our memory by using both words and images.
There was an experiment that I did on this before, it was a study trick thing.
These things jumped out at me:
"One consequence of the clouding over of the mind's eye is that we
only 'see' a fraction of what is before our eyes."
"We experience what the brain expects to experience."
This relates directly to something my friend said the other night.
He said that 'perception' is often worth more than the 'facts.'
It seems to matter more how things seem than how they actually are.
An example he gave was:
"If someone sees me as a 'slacker,' because I look like a 'slacker,'
they are more prone to perceive me as a 'slacker.'
And since they perceive me as a 'slacker,'
they'll expect me to be one and therefore they will not hire me.
Here's something else: "When we cultivate images and visions,
we are using a parts of our brain that aren't 'triggered'
by verbal thoughts.
But as soon as we think in words,
we sabotage the ability (the power) of the mind's eye."
There was an example about wine tasters. How they can't tell the difference
between different types of wines if they are talking about them.
They can only tell the difference between them using silent imagery.
We can train our minds by practicing imagery.
(I'll write about an experiment that I did today in a bit)
Better imagery = More creativity
In the book, I read that Albert Eintein is a visual learner.
Also a visual thinker. He said:
"Words or language... Do not seem to play any role
in my mechanism of thought. My elements of thought are images."
A thought experiment he did lead to the discovery of the splitting of the atom.
He probably imagined how it could be done and was able to come up
with the formula by imagining the parts of the equations etc.
A study was done on his brain and his right and left brain were synced.
Because he probably used his right and left sides equally.
But probably more so his right brain since he was a child,
probably predominantly.
Visual artists use their right brains more than their left.
I'm a visual learner. I learned to knit when I was 8 years old.
Which was around the time I started writing, actually.
Actually before. I think my first diary was when I was either 8 or 9.
So I'm visual in that way andI learn better visually.
Like through video tutorials or seeing demonstrations.
If I can see it being done, if someone can SHOW me,
it's easier to learn it than just reading instructions.
Also if I can learn something 'hands-on' it is better for me.
Which is why this training will be great for me
because I'll be learning a skill I can USE by DOING it.
I may not be the best at DOING certain things that I haven't done many times,
but it's because I either haven't done it at all or haven't done it enough times.
Either that or I haven't seen it done enough times,
but even if I've seen it done, I have to do it myself a bunch of times
to get decent enough to actually do it.
Last night, when I hooked up the system, I hadn't done it before.
All I knew was that I had all the cables and everything
so they all connected a certain way and it took me a while,
but I figured out how to do it while my friend waited for me patiently.
I think he's starting to realize that I'm completely new to this and
he knows that we all have to start from where we are at.
Even though I feel pretty stupid for not knowing like basic things,
he just says: "This is why you are here. This is why we are doing this."
Anyway, there are more things, but I'll save them for another post.
And I'll get to that experiement that I did today.
It was a visualization experiement that I did when I was on the bus.
I closed my eyes and focused on sounds. So I closed off the visual sensory
so that I could focus solely on the audio sensory and what I did
was I imagined all the sources of the sounds I heard all around me.
If I heard someone talking, I tried to visualize their faces and facial features.
Based on the sounds of their voices.
Whenever the doors opened and closed, I visualized them opening and closing.
Every time we stopped at a station, I pictured the station.
Every little sound we hear has a source and it's usually something we have seen.
Since the mind likes to fill in the blanks with images it already recognizes,
we 'experience what we expect to experience.'
This is why we can train our brains to expect different things.
Like how we visualize something so strongly that we end up experiencing it.
I also made an observation today. The word 'prediction...'
I've had premonitions before. Very vivid ones that freaked me out.
I saw people in them, very specific details about the scene, etc.
It was so accurate that I felt like I was going to pass out
when I saw these people after the fact and saw what I had 'seen.'
I rarely talk about these premontions I've had.
Anyway... Pre-diction... Diction being like words. As in 'dictionary'
which is a book of words and their definitions.
So 'before words.'
I realized that after I read:
"The right brain can 'know' things without having words for them."
Which leads me to believe that the more I use my right brain,
the stronger my 'ability' to 'see' things and 'know' things.
It's funny that all these things that are supposedly the subconciousness,
is actually the right brain. Almost like the consciousness is the left brain
and the subconscious is the right brain.
No wonder the brain is so powerful when both sides can communicate!
There was an interesting experience today.
Someone saw me and literally ran away from me.
Like I understand that you don't want to see me or talk to me,
but you don't have to literally run away from me like a coward.
Like what the f*ck are you afraid of? Think the worst of me or what?
Was somewhat amusing, though. I didn't have much of a reaction to it.
After my experiment, I really couldn't care less.
Like was that supposed to make me feel bad about myself or something?
Was it intended to affect me somehow?
It doesn't affect when there are no effects.
Just allowed it to be what it was and made a note of it.
I didn't react to it because I do not have to.
If someone wants to be a coward, they can be a coward all they want.
Says nothing about me. Doesn't have to affect me in any way.
It just whatever it is and is not whatever it is not.
Just makes me wonder if they are going to
run away from me every time they see me from now on.
If they do, that is their choice, and I don't have to have any opinion about it.
Since I don't have to have any opinion on it, it literally has no affect.
It went very well. He even gave me a few tickets for the bus
and told me to be there for a trial shift tomorrow morning.
It will be early. Earlier than I'm used to,
but I know this is a test and that I am being given a chance.
It's an opportunity to show that I actually want it.
After the meeting, I met with a co-ordinator and it went well, too.
Chef even asked me if there were any other barriers besides the bus.
I thought that it was really early, but I'm not going to make any excuses.
Chef's not the "let's f*ck around" type of guy. Otherwise he wouldn't be there.
He's not the kind of guy I'd want to piss off, either.
So it's like "you do the BEST you can or f*ck off."
I went to the Library afterwards to read some more of the book...
I couldn't find it. Either someone borrowed it, or they were reading it.
I'm willing to bet that someone took it out
because the author released a new book recently
and people have been talking about it. I own a copy of his new book.
It'll be one of the books I'm going to read this year.
When I was still looking for the book, I came across another book
that I started reading because I just wanted to read something
and I end up learning something anyway, so I picked it up.
It's Called: "Opening The Mind's Eye" by Ian Robertson.
He's a neuropsychologist. Neuropsychology has been really interesting me.
There are a bunch of things I learned from reading the first couple of chapters.
1) Most people tend to think in words instead of images.
The words and languages that we use come from the left side of the brain,
and our imagery comes from the right side of the brain.
2) We can improve our memory by using both words and images.
There was an experiment that I did on this before, it was a study trick thing.
These things jumped out at me:
"One consequence of the clouding over of the mind's eye is that we
only 'see' a fraction of what is before our eyes."
"We experience what the brain expects to experience."
This relates directly to something my friend said the other night.
He said that 'perception' is often worth more than the 'facts.'
It seems to matter more how things seem than how they actually are.
An example he gave was:
"If someone sees me as a 'slacker,' because I look like a 'slacker,'
they are more prone to perceive me as a 'slacker.'
And since they perceive me as a 'slacker,'
they'll expect me to be one and therefore they will not hire me.
Here's something else: "When we cultivate images and visions,
we are using a parts of our brain that aren't 'triggered'
by verbal thoughts.
But as soon as we think in words,
we sabotage the ability (the power) of the mind's eye."
There was an example about wine tasters. How they can't tell the difference
between different types of wines if they are talking about them.
They can only tell the difference between them using silent imagery.
We can train our minds by practicing imagery.
(I'll write about an experiment that I did today in a bit)
Better imagery = More creativity
In the book, I read that Albert Eintein is a visual learner.
Also a visual thinker. He said:
"Words or language... Do not seem to play any role
in my mechanism of thought. My elements of thought are images."
A thought experiment he did lead to the discovery of the splitting of the atom.
He probably imagined how it could be done and was able to come up
with the formula by imagining the parts of the equations etc.
A study was done on his brain and his right and left brain were synced.
Because he probably used his right and left sides equally.
But probably more so his right brain since he was a child,
probably predominantly.
Visual artists use their right brains more than their left.
I'm a visual learner. I learned to knit when I was 8 years old.
Which was around the time I started writing, actually.
Actually before. I think my first diary was when I was either 8 or 9.
So I'm visual in that way andI learn better visually.
Like through video tutorials or seeing demonstrations.
If I can see it being done, if someone can SHOW me,
it's easier to learn it than just reading instructions.
Also if I can learn something 'hands-on' it is better for me.
Which is why this training will be great for me
because I'll be learning a skill I can USE by DOING it.
I may not be the best at DOING certain things that I haven't done many times,
but it's because I either haven't done it at all or haven't done it enough times.
Either that or I haven't seen it done enough times,
but even if I've seen it done, I have to do it myself a bunch of times
to get decent enough to actually do it.
Last night, when I hooked up the system, I hadn't done it before.
All I knew was that I had all the cables and everything
so they all connected a certain way and it took me a while,
but I figured out how to do it while my friend waited for me patiently.
I think he's starting to realize that I'm completely new to this and
he knows that we all have to start from where we are at.
Even though I feel pretty stupid for not knowing like basic things,
he just says: "This is why you are here. This is why we are doing this."
Anyway, there are more things, but I'll save them for another post.
And I'll get to that experiement that I did today.
It was a visualization experiement that I did when I was on the bus.
I closed my eyes and focused on sounds. So I closed off the visual sensory
so that I could focus solely on the audio sensory and what I did
was I imagined all the sources of the sounds I heard all around me.
If I heard someone talking, I tried to visualize their faces and facial features.
Based on the sounds of their voices.
Whenever the doors opened and closed, I visualized them opening and closing.
Every time we stopped at a station, I pictured the station.
Every little sound we hear has a source and it's usually something we have seen.
Since the mind likes to fill in the blanks with images it already recognizes,
we 'experience what we expect to experience.'
This is why we can train our brains to expect different things.
Like how we visualize something so strongly that we end up experiencing it.
I also made an observation today. The word 'prediction...'
I've had premonitions before. Very vivid ones that freaked me out.
I saw people in them, very specific details about the scene, etc.
It was so accurate that I felt like I was going to pass out
when I saw these people after the fact and saw what I had 'seen.'
I rarely talk about these premontions I've had.
Anyway... Pre-diction... Diction being like words. As in 'dictionary'
which is a book of words and their definitions.
So 'before words.'
I realized that after I read:
"The right brain can 'know' things without having words for them."
Which leads me to believe that the more I use my right brain,
the stronger my 'ability' to 'see' things and 'know' things.
It's funny that all these things that are supposedly the subconciousness,
is actually the right brain. Almost like the consciousness is the left brain
and the subconscious is the right brain.
No wonder the brain is so powerful when both sides can communicate!
There was an interesting experience today.
Someone saw me and literally ran away from me.
Like I understand that you don't want to see me or talk to me,
but you don't have to literally run away from me like a coward.
Like what the f*ck are you afraid of? Think the worst of me or what?
Was somewhat amusing, though. I didn't have much of a reaction to it.
After my experiment, I really couldn't care less.
Like was that supposed to make me feel bad about myself or something?
Was it intended to affect me somehow?
It doesn't affect when there are no effects.
Just allowed it to be what it was and made a note of it.
I didn't react to it because I do not have to.
If someone wants to be a coward, they can be a coward all they want.
Says nothing about me. Doesn't have to affect me in any way.
It just whatever it is and is not whatever it is not.
Just makes me wonder if they are going to
run away from me every time they see me from now on.
If they do, that is their choice, and I don't have to have any opinion about it.
Since I don't have to have any opinion on it, it literally has no affect.
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