as we experience great change and upheaval occurring all over the planet, (and i'm expecting it to go to eleven this year), what we tend to do sometimes is assume that new information which falls outside of our understanding is not true or relevant and we immediately dismiss it as obsolete or invalid. what this is is a lack of interest in finishing a puzzle. are you already happy with the small portion of the picture you started? or are you interested in seeing more of the picture? try not to dismiss anything as not being part of the big picture. if you don't understand something that comes your way, you could just put it down for the time being and look for the next piece that can connect to what you already have.
i have watched technology increasing and changing in ways that allow more communication between other nations and faster ways to share information with each other. this is a paved way for greater information to be able to be reached to everyone or almost everyone. reality is a puzzle that has no boundary. i would say the bigger your portion of the puzzle, the more compatible your view point might be with more people. we are all looking at the same stuff that is around everyone else. this leads me to believe that there is no separation, just alternate perspectives from which to view everything. technology will enable more pieces of the puzzle to reach us at faster rates thus accelerating everyone's rate at which we make sense of everything.
if no other puzzle pieces are being sought to expand one's part of the puzzle, then one might conclude that eventually, the current portion of the reality puzzle one has so far developed an understanding for won't be enough to make sense of new information that might come along. and it might come faster than one can process it.
here comes an opportunity born out of this situation. should something come "knocking on your door", and you don't understand it, then you could turn to friends and family for assistance. essentially, that assistance is them checking their portion of the puzzle and seeing if they have anything that might help you make sense of this new piece you came across. this opportunity brings us closer to unity consciousness because by asking for assistance, you are also implying they have a part of the same whole you are trying to see more of.
should one not want to connect more pieces and grow their view of reality, expect confusion and frustration. their choice for not growing is okay and honored. i see a lot of people trying to encourage others to rise up and get going and do something already. that's okay as well because that is also their choice. and what they choose is also honored. free choice is honored whether you are choosing things or choosing not to choose things. action will be taken when it is decided on the inside. and no sooner.
-sean (signing my work feels weird) seybold - March 12 2011
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Monday, March 22, 2010
Information Packages - Intended Meanings
i wish to discuss 'intended meaning' and using the phrase 'information packages' for a closer look at mechanics of communication.
something is either understood or it isn't.
consider how we communicate with one another and what words are used to exchange understandings. this is what communication is, is it not? an exchange of understandings.
when we communicate with one another, one of two things happen. either the receiver of the information package accepts the intended meaning contained within as best as they can understand it, or they take the packaging, put their own meaning in it and THEN accepts it as what the communicator was trying to communicate. this can be a problem and create conflict. has this ever happened to you?
what is important to realize is that meaning comes from direct experience. all experience is valid and important. it is not helpful to ignore someone's intended meaning by replacing it with our own meaning. this makes it challenging to learn about others and it also stunts our own growth. not to mention how severely limiting that is to our collective evolution.
so how does one get through this natural challenge of communication? let's look at what an information package really is...
when we experience something, we need to be able to call it something so we can share it with others. (we have come a long way, have we not?)
let's look closer at what a word is.
word = an information package. (i.e. each word has a definition describing the meaning of said word and that definition/meaning is the information within the package)
a sentence is a collection of words intended to create a more complex, more focused exchange of information.
the core of communication is an understanding that wants to be expressed to someone or something else. it starts from within us and somehow we decide the best way to communicate this understanding. by: body language, art, speech, sign language, music, facial expressions, etc. the list goes on.
understand, however, that a collection of experiences that make up a meaning cannot and will not mean exactly the same as the meaning someone else understands. it is simply impossible. a goal of communication is to come as close as possible so mutual understandings can be reached.
time: our understanding of things is not necessarily a linear process. the next thing to be experienced could potentially create a wider understanding of something we previously knew about but didn't have the full understanding of. i believe full understanding is complete awareness of everything. (you may see how limited we really are by that statement alone)
we have taken a closer look at the mechanics of communication and what is involved in this process. my intention was to write a perspective on it that may help communications with others go a little easier. being the only one to speak your language is a tough challenge to overcome. i hope this has been a beneficial perspective!
thank YOU!
-sean
something is either understood or it isn't.
consider how we communicate with one another and what words are used to exchange understandings. this is what communication is, is it not? an exchange of understandings.
when we communicate with one another, one of two things happen. either the receiver of the information package accepts the intended meaning contained within as best as they can understand it, or they take the packaging, put their own meaning in it and THEN accepts it as what the communicator was trying to communicate. this can be a problem and create conflict. has this ever happened to you?
what is important to realize is that meaning comes from direct experience. all experience is valid and important. it is not helpful to ignore someone's intended meaning by replacing it with our own meaning. this makes it challenging to learn about others and it also stunts our own growth. not to mention how severely limiting that is to our collective evolution.
so how does one get through this natural challenge of communication? let's look at what an information package really is...
when we experience something, we need to be able to call it something so we can share it with others. (we have come a long way, have we not?)
let's look closer at what a word is.
word = an information package. (i.e. each word has a definition describing the meaning of said word and that definition/meaning is the information within the package)
a sentence is a collection of words intended to create a more complex, more focused exchange of information.
the core of communication is an understanding that wants to be expressed to someone or something else. it starts from within us and somehow we decide the best way to communicate this understanding. by: body language, art, speech, sign language, music, facial expressions, etc. the list goes on.
understand, however, that a collection of experiences that make up a meaning cannot and will not mean exactly the same as the meaning someone else understands. it is simply impossible. a goal of communication is to come as close as possible so mutual understandings can be reached.
time: our understanding of things is not necessarily a linear process. the next thing to be experienced could potentially create a wider understanding of something we previously knew about but didn't have the full understanding of. i believe full understanding is complete awareness of everything. (you may see how limited we really are by that statement alone)
we have taken a closer look at the mechanics of communication and what is involved in this process. my intention was to write a perspective on it that may help communications with others go a little easier. being the only one to speak your language is a tough challenge to overcome. i hope this has been a beneficial perspective!
thank YOU!
-sean
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