First published in Daily Tribune under Anthony Vivero's Vibes and Vision dated April 7, 2008.
The way we have always been taught to think or learn seems to have failed us, judging from the chaos we, modern man, are experiencing today.
Great men of both spiritual and philosophical bent have been interpreted as and considered old hats, overpowered and overshadowed by influential, self-centered and greedy men, who have twisted the teachings of these wise and true spiritual beings. Their knowledge and wisdom have been hidden, forgotten by the majority, and considered part of ancient hullabaloo — worthless, useless and out of synch with the ‘modern’ world.
The “modern” men who invented new thought processing media and philosophy hide behind organizations, formed mostly under religious or modern/high-tech setups to catch attention then subsequently recruit members and believers. They easily get away by camouflaging their self-serving agendas with ‘new’ philosophies and belief-systems. Unfortunately, many of these so-called new prophets and business titans do not follow what they preach and worse, don’t even know the real truth about the teachings of their gods, but instead supplement these with their own creations, their self-centered ideas, manipulating believers in the process for their own selfish ends. We have been practically brainwashed into their own way of thinking, to totally disregard our own, ignorant of our own capabilities.
Others groups are created under the leadership of supposed knowledgeable and trustworthy men to govern the populace and serve their needs, promote peace and prosperity and prevent chaos. Unfortunately, most of them turn out to be the very same wolves that would slaughter us alive.
Who or what is really to blame? I believe we have to go several generations back to analyze what went wrong along the way. Is it the really man to blame or the knowledge that was transferred to us that we still continue to transfer to our children today? I strongly believe it all boils down to the evil deeds of ill-spirited leaders and people for control of the human race. “You control the mind, and you control every inch of the individual,” and so on and so forth. And our forebears swallowed these newfound knowledge and belief systems, hook, line and sinker, thus the chaotic situation of humanity in most parts of the world.
How we were taught to think
The transfer of knowledge our forebears adopted and accepted as the norm minimized the capabilities of the human mind, with all the possibilities that it can learn and accomplish. We have to thank many old thinkers, who had kept ancient knowledge at bay to finally divulge them later or a time they needed to do so for the benefit of humanity and for real progress..
How glad we all are, just the same, that our society nowadays is more permissive than centuries back, as we are allowed to open up and share knowledge of the past and the present, and surely of the future. We are also more accepting now and thus there are a lot more opportunities to grab in terms of education and other learning processes. And with the internet, our sources and resources are endless! Now is the time to tap all that is available to us, and I guess we need them most now in our time, for our future.
A secret knowledge that has re-emerged in the recent past is the use of our total brain. We were taught from childhood to focus on our analytical mind almost exclusively, that is, tapping only our left side of the brain where logic and analysis is best. We tend to miss out on developing our right side of the brain where ideas, innovation, art, emotion, creativity and intuition reside.
For instance, why is it that children find it easier to learn songs than to memorize the multiplication table? Would you agree then that if the multiplication table were sung, then children would be able to memorize it like any nursery rhyme?
It is because the right brain hemisphere is the better half of our brain! The right brain’s capability is vast and encompasses more of the abilities a human being is capable of accomplishing. The real answers lie in the truthfulness on the workings of the right brain. It believes its own product. It never analyzes and has no conflict unlike the left brain where it questions its own answers and recommendations. Then more questions would pop up, and a neverending question-and-answer dilemma floods in, where solutions seem nowhere to be found.
Left or right brain?
Developing the full potential of one’s mind should begin during the child’s first years in school. There is fun in singing, working on abstract toys and tools. Almost all of the things in the school are colorful and visual. These dominate the whole classroom scenario and tap the right brain to the maximum. Abstract reasoning is harnessed, developing their minds and encouraging them to focus on their studies.
During the primary and secondary levels of our schooling, study pressure starts to build up, thus shifting our usage to the left brain from the right brain. This becomes the norm. The right brainers become oddities instead of the real thinkers. We cannot say, though, that if we use our brain hemispheres separately we will more effective or productive. It is more correct to state that using both the hemispheres simultaneously is the real key.
If we combine the use of the left and right brains, then we will experience the full potential of our mind, and hence the full benefit that life brings and offers.
How then can we shift our brain usage from the left to the right hemisphere? While there are books on this to read on your own, it is advisable to study in a group to be more effective and get the process right on the dot. There will be consultation and verification, and group work is much more fun, lighter, and easier for the student, just like in primary school. Attending seminars or classes for these types of studies would be more to your advantage as you can immediately verify the correctness of the learned process.
Seminars are advertised by many institutions and associations; try checking them out, including the one we conduct in our healing center. Observe and choose the one suited to your liking and style, as there are different ways, means and styles for these lectures.
But for those who have no time and financial capabilities to attend, I will share some pointers to start off. These are simple things you can practice now at home.
Intuition 101
1. Practice daydreaming everyday. Forget limitations and explore the horizon.
2. Be more abstract than logical. Shapes and symbols tell more signs of the truth than the logical way of expression, where one can even alter the real meaning of it.
3. Skip a meal at least once daily. This will help one get to the right side of the brain easily.
4. Play games abstract in nature, the old board games, card games, easy games and not the analytical types.
5. Try to create tunes about anything you happen to think about, one you can memorize easily.
6. Spend an hour a day doing nothing, thinking about nothing, saying nothing, hearing nothing, seeing nothing. Focus on nothingness.
7. Do not watch any television program especially the news, don’t read any newspaper, live without a computer or any electronic gadget for a week. This will refresh your mind.
8. Make yourself ‘incommunicado’ for a day. No cell phones, no landlines, whether wired or wireless. This will re-boot your mind, or correct the mode of your brain.
9. Spend a night sleeping on the ground. Pitch a tent in a backyard, on a mountain, or near the beach. The energy of the earth will naturally ground you.
10. Believe in the impossible, on things that are not seen nor based on facts, as society dictates. The concept of God is based on faith, belief in the impossible, not fact or scientific proof.
What are the benefits of using your brain hemispheres simultaneously? A lot! You will be able to know yourself better. You will have your own mind and can’t easily be convinced by other people. You will be able to stand on your own and decide the kind of life you want to have. You will be more intuitive. You will be able to function more effectively by yourself, with your family and with society. You will become more settled and confident, more comprehensible, more amiable, more understanding, more intelligent, and lastly, healthier in body and mind. Most important of all, you will get closer to your known God.
Practice this if you really want to experience the full potential of your life. Good luck!
Great men of both spiritual and philosophical bent have been interpreted as and considered old hats, overpowered and overshadowed by influential, self-centered and greedy men, who have twisted the teachings of these wise and true spiritual beings. Their knowledge and wisdom have been hidden, forgotten by the majority, and considered part of ancient hullabaloo — worthless, useless and out of synch with the ‘modern’ world.
The “modern” men who invented new thought processing media and philosophy hide behind organizations, formed mostly under religious or modern/high-tech setups to catch attention then subsequently recruit members and believers. They easily get away by camouflaging their self-serving agendas with ‘new’ philosophies and belief-systems. Unfortunately, many of these so-called new prophets and business titans do not follow what they preach and worse, don’t even know the real truth about the teachings of their gods, but instead supplement these with their own creations, their self-centered ideas, manipulating believers in the process for their own selfish ends. We have been practically brainwashed into their own way of thinking, to totally disregard our own, ignorant of our own capabilities.
Others groups are created under the leadership of supposed knowledgeable and trustworthy men to govern the populace and serve their needs, promote peace and prosperity and prevent chaos. Unfortunately, most of them turn out to be the very same wolves that would slaughter us alive.
Who or what is really to blame? I believe we have to go several generations back to analyze what went wrong along the way. Is it the really man to blame or the knowledge that was transferred to us that we still continue to transfer to our children today? I strongly believe it all boils down to the evil deeds of ill-spirited leaders and people for control of the human race. “You control the mind, and you control every inch of the individual,” and so on and so forth. And our forebears swallowed these newfound knowledge and belief systems, hook, line and sinker, thus the chaotic situation of humanity in most parts of the world.
How we were taught to think
The transfer of knowledge our forebears adopted and accepted as the norm minimized the capabilities of the human mind, with all the possibilities that it can learn and accomplish. We have to thank many old thinkers, who had kept ancient knowledge at bay to finally divulge them later or a time they needed to do so for the benefit of humanity and for real progress..
How glad we all are, just the same, that our society nowadays is more permissive than centuries back, as we are allowed to open up and share knowledge of the past and the present, and surely of the future. We are also more accepting now and thus there are a lot more opportunities to grab in terms of education and other learning processes. And with the internet, our sources and resources are endless! Now is the time to tap all that is available to us, and I guess we need them most now in our time, for our future.
A secret knowledge that has re-emerged in the recent past is the use of our total brain. We were taught from childhood to focus on our analytical mind almost exclusively, that is, tapping only our left side of the brain where logic and analysis is best. We tend to miss out on developing our right side of the brain where ideas, innovation, art, emotion, creativity and intuition reside.
For instance, why is it that children find it easier to learn songs than to memorize the multiplication table? Would you agree then that if the multiplication table were sung, then children would be able to memorize it like any nursery rhyme?
It is because the right brain hemisphere is the better half of our brain! The right brain’s capability is vast and encompasses more of the abilities a human being is capable of accomplishing. The real answers lie in the truthfulness on the workings of the right brain. It believes its own product. It never analyzes and has no conflict unlike the left brain where it questions its own answers and recommendations. Then more questions would pop up, and a neverending question-and-answer dilemma floods in, where solutions seem nowhere to be found.
Left or right brain?
Developing the full potential of one’s mind should begin during the child’s first years in school. There is fun in singing, working on abstract toys and tools. Almost all of the things in the school are colorful and visual. These dominate the whole classroom scenario and tap the right brain to the maximum. Abstract reasoning is harnessed, developing their minds and encouraging them to focus on their studies.
During the primary and secondary levels of our schooling, study pressure starts to build up, thus shifting our usage to the left brain from the right brain. This becomes the norm. The right brainers become oddities instead of the real thinkers. We cannot say, though, that if we use our brain hemispheres separately we will more effective or productive. It is more correct to state that using both the hemispheres simultaneously is the real key.
If we combine the use of the left and right brains, then we will experience the full potential of our mind, and hence the full benefit that life brings and offers.
How then can we shift our brain usage from the left to the right hemisphere? While there are books on this to read on your own, it is advisable to study in a group to be more effective and get the process right on the dot. There will be consultation and verification, and group work is much more fun, lighter, and easier for the student, just like in primary school. Attending seminars or classes for these types of studies would be more to your advantage as you can immediately verify the correctness of the learned process.
Seminars are advertised by many institutions and associations; try checking them out, including the one we conduct in our healing center. Observe and choose the one suited to your liking and style, as there are different ways, means and styles for these lectures.
But for those who have no time and financial capabilities to attend, I will share some pointers to start off. These are simple things you can practice now at home.
Intuition 101
1. Practice daydreaming everyday. Forget limitations and explore the horizon.
2. Be more abstract than logical. Shapes and symbols tell more signs of the truth than the logical way of expression, where one can even alter the real meaning of it.
3. Skip a meal at least once daily. This will help one get to the right side of the brain easily.
4. Play games abstract in nature, the old board games, card games, easy games and not the analytical types.
5. Try to create tunes about anything you happen to think about, one you can memorize easily.
6. Spend an hour a day doing nothing, thinking about nothing, saying nothing, hearing nothing, seeing nothing. Focus on nothingness.
7. Do not watch any television program especially the news, don’t read any newspaper, live without a computer or any electronic gadget for a week. This will refresh your mind.
8. Make yourself ‘incommunicado’ for a day. No cell phones, no landlines, whether wired or wireless. This will re-boot your mind, or correct the mode of your brain.
9. Spend a night sleeping on the ground. Pitch a tent in a backyard, on a mountain, or near the beach. The energy of the earth will naturally ground you.
10. Believe in the impossible, on things that are not seen nor based on facts, as society dictates. The concept of God is based on faith, belief in the impossible, not fact or scientific proof.
What are the benefits of using your brain hemispheres simultaneously? A lot! You will be able to know yourself better. You will have your own mind and can’t easily be convinced by other people. You will be able to stand on your own and decide the kind of life you want to have. You will be more intuitive. You will be able to function more effectively by yourself, with your family and with society. You will become more settled and confident, more comprehensible, more amiable, more understanding, more intelligent, and lastly, healthier in body and mind. Most important of all, you will get closer to your known God.
Practice this if you really want to experience the full potential of your life. Good luck!
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