A Need for Self-Activation
I have often wondered what the world would be like if adults had the energy level I see constantly displayed by children at play. Perhaps we see a bit of this energy when we see the old tycoon still struggling for more money and grasping for more power even as death appears eminent.
It appears to me that energy is generated in humans when we are in action and when that action meets certain needs. If we extrapolate from the children and adults at play we might very well conclude that when action is play, energy will continue to be generated.
How do we adults make our actions seem to be play rather than work? Action becomes play when we are creating. Also action becomes energy generating when it fulfills our needs for immortality.
I would claim that play, power, survival, and the need for immortality are the four sources of human energy.
In the beginning of civilization thought and knowledge was regarded as valuable things. However, we have discovered that thought and knowledge can also be dangerous and destructive. Today technology, one of our most touted accomplishments, is often presenting us with daunting dangers. “Therefore, with the growth of technology the human race is faced with tremendous crisis.—David Bohm
“So the kind of thought that’s going on all around us begins to take over in every one of us, without our even knowing it. It’s spreading like a virus and each one of us is nourishing that virus¦I’m trying to say that most of our thought in its general form is not individual. It originates in the whole culture and it pervades us.--David Bohm
A fundamental need of our being is self-activation. The self-activation demanded of me may prove to be without inner friction, i.e. with inner pleasure or it may, contrarily, create inner discord and un-pleasure. The feeling of pleasure with self-activation “is always a feeling of free self-activation.
A Need for Self-Activation
A Need for Self-Activation
coberst;954669 wrote: I have often wondered what the world would be like if adults had the energy level I see constantly displayed by children at play. Perhaps we see a bit of this energy when we see the old tycoon still struggling for more money and grasping for more power even as death appears eminent. I would instead argue that childhood "play" is largely a heat sink for an excess of energy generated by the metabolism of a body still growing and developing. This has nothing to do with "youthful exerburance" or some strange characteristic you lose as soon as you're done puberty, it is entirely a biological process of a developing body expending energy to learn and expand its physical and physiological limits. Also, Imminent.
It appears to me that energy is generated in humans when we are in action and when that action meets certain needs. If we extrapolate from the children and adults at play we might very well conclude that when action is play, energy will continue to be generated.Energy is created by the metabolising of caloric intake...you eat food you get energy. I can only assume that you're somehow actually trying to use the word excitement maybe? enjoyment? When actino is play, enjoyment will be generated? If you're going to use a word with an existing and specific biological meaning, and completely ignore that meaning, you should really say so at some point in your thread.
How do we adults make our actions seem to be play rather than work? Action becomes play when we are creating. Also action becomes energy generating when it fulfills our needs for immortality.Again, the fact that you've failed to properly define what you mean by 'play' and 'action' and 'energy' makes this statement really not make any sense at all. Action doesn't become energy, action expends energy.
I would claim that play, power, survival, and the need for immortality are the four sources of human energy.I'm going to just stop responding to all your statements that are predicated on the definition of 'energy' that you've completely failed to provide in this post.
In the beginning of civilization thought and knowledge was regarded as valuable things. However, we have discovered that thought and knowledge can also be dangerous and destructive. Today technology, one of our most touted accomplishments, is often presenting us with daunting dangers. “Therefore, with the growth of technology the human race is faced with tremendous crisis.—David BohmThe vast majority of technological advances have been potentially dangerous and destructive since the dawn of intelligence and sentience in humanity. To somehow suggest that technology in ancient times was more widely benevolent is just nonsense to me. Many of the earliest technologies were based around more effective ways to kill things, and more effective ways to stop things killing you. They've always been that way, and this is not a new phenomenon at all.
It appears to me that energy is generated in humans when we are in action and when that action meets certain needs. If we extrapolate from the children and adults at play we might very well conclude that when action is play, energy will continue to be generated.Energy is created by the metabolising of caloric intake...you eat food you get energy. I can only assume that you're somehow actually trying to use the word excitement maybe? enjoyment? When actino is play, enjoyment will be generated? If you're going to use a word with an existing and specific biological meaning, and completely ignore that meaning, you should really say so at some point in your thread.
How do we adults make our actions seem to be play rather than work? Action becomes play when we are creating. Also action becomes energy generating when it fulfills our needs for immortality.Again, the fact that you've failed to properly define what you mean by 'play' and 'action' and 'energy' makes this statement really not make any sense at all. Action doesn't become energy, action expends energy.
I would claim that play, power, survival, and the need for immortality are the four sources of human energy.I'm going to just stop responding to all your statements that are predicated on the definition of 'energy' that you've completely failed to provide in this post.
In the beginning of civilization thought and knowledge was regarded as valuable things. However, we have discovered that thought and knowledge can also be dangerous and destructive. Today technology, one of our most touted accomplishments, is often presenting us with daunting dangers. “Therefore, with the growth of technology the human race is faced with tremendous crisis.—David BohmThe vast majority of technological advances have been potentially dangerous and destructive since the dawn of intelligence and sentience in humanity. To somehow suggest that technology in ancient times was more widely benevolent is just nonsense to me. Many of the earliest technologies were based around more effective ways to kill things, and more effective ways to stop things killing you. They've always been that way, and this is not a new phenomenon at all.
A Need for Self-Activation
Young children possess what Zen calls ‘beginner’s mind.’ They are awed and fascinated with the wonder of the world, open to discovering and experiencing new things. Anything is possible. Life is a great adventure.
I like this thought up above..children do explore the world with a facination that is wonderful to watch and be apart of. They remind me of vacationers exploring a new place because they actually are..:-6
I like this thought up above..children do explore the world with a facination that is wonderful to watch and be apart of. They remind me of vacationers exploring a new place because they actually are..:-6