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Sleight Of Hand And Sense Of Self

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:21:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: says Dr Moseley. 'That is exactly what we saw.'

'Our sense of our physical self comes from what we're born with and the constant messages the brain receives from all parts of our bodies. We've now shown that this is a two-way street. The mind can also influence the body's tissues. We have demonstrated that the mind can control a specific body part.'

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

The rubber-hand illusion involves placing a rubber hand in front of the participant in their field of vision and near to their real hand. The real hand is then concealed behind a partition. If the real hand and the rubber hand are touched or stroked in the same way and at the same time, the participant tries to co-ordinate what they are feeling (their own hand being stroked) and seeing (the rubber hand being stroked). They can experience a shift in where they believe their hand is to the position of the rubber hand.

‘People experience this weird illusion,’ says Dr G Lorimer Moseley of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford. ‘They will say things like, “I feel like I own the rubber hand”.’

Body ownership is a fundamental aspect of self-awareness – the feeling that your body belongs to you and is constantly there.

ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:48:44 GMT

clipped by: panosgr

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Read More: Accountability, Awareness, Balance, Choice, Desired Outcome, Happiness, Keys To Life, Lessons In The Key Of Life, Life Lessons, Russell Bishop, Self-Improvement, The Inner Life, Work-Life Balance

Do you know anyone who seems to complain all the time about their job, or relationship, or just about anything? And, despite all the complaints, nothing ever seems to change?

Last week, we briefly touched on complaints as part of the...

LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:52:32 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: "2. Self-regulation: the ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods.

3. Motivation: a passion to work for reasons that go beyond money or status.
4. Empathy: the ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people, skill in
treating people according to their emotional reactions.
5. Social skill: means proficiency in managing relationships and building networks, an
ability to find common ground and build rapport"

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LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

In today’s scenario if someone is asked to define an ideal leader, most of the
people would emphasize on the traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination and vision.

It has been found that most effective leaders are alike in one crucial way; they
all have a high degree of what has come to be known as emotional intelligence

It is not
that I Q and technical skills are irrelevant, but mainly as threshold capabilities

that is
they are the entry level requirement for executive positions.

research along with other
recent studies, clearly shows that emotional intelligence is the sine quanon of leadership.

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage ourselves, and our relationships. It
comprises of five components which are as : Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Motivation,
Empathy and Social skill.

1. Self-awareness: the ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions, and
drives,

Leaning on Christ

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:06:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rbc.org

Whenever anything begins to disintegrate your life with Jesus Christ, turn to Him at once, asking Him to re-establish your rest. Never allow anything to remain in your life that is causing the unrest. Think of every detail of your life that is causing the disintegration as something to fight against, not as something you should allow to remain. Ask the Lord to put awareness of Himself in you, and your self-awareness will disappear. Then He will be your all in all. Beware of allowing your self-awareness to continue, because slowly but surely it will awaken self-pity, and self-pity is satanic. Don’t allow yourself to say, "Well, they have just misunderstood me, and this is something over which they should be apologizing to me; I’m sure I must have this cleared up with them already." Learn to leave others alone regarding this. Simply ask the Lord to give you Christ-awareness, and He will steady you until your completeness in Him is absolute.

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:44:36 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks: a very interesting lecture (55m)

More on this & digital etnography here: http://mediatedcultures.net/

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

[Video]

more info: http://mediatedcultures.net

0:00 Introduction, YouTube's Big Numbers

5:53 The Machine is Us/ing Us and the New Mediascape

17:04 5% of vids are personal vlogs addressed to the YouTube community, Why?

17:30 YouTube in context. The loss of community and "networked individualism" (Wellman)

18:41 Cultural Inversion: individualism and community

19:15 Understanding new forms of community through Participant Observation

26:05 Re-cognition and new forms of self-awareness (McLuhan)

34:02 YouTube Drama: Striving for popularity

39:50 Reflections on Authenticity

41:54 Gaming the system / Exposing the System

Tags: youtube, community, video, anthropology, internet, web, wesch, etnography, digital etnography, society

Test clip 8-7-08

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:15:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.fastdefense.com

In this book you'll discover how to transform fear from dreaded enemy into powerful ally. Using a dynamic self-defense technology known as adrenal stress response training, author Bill Kipp has helped literally thousands of men, women and children face their fear head-on, control it and harness it as the tremendous source of power nature intended it to be. Here he describes how the FAST Defense system develops awareness and communication skills that can help you avoid being targeted as a victim, desensitize you to the verbal abuse and threats that attackers use to control their victims, and equip you with verbal defense skills that will stop most altercations before they ever become physical. Finally, he reveals how this fast, effective, scenario-based training methodology empowers you to unleash the fearsome force of adrenaline to fight for your life when all else fails. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover, photos, 272 pp. $31.00 includes shipping.

a different take on boredom

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:04:14 GMT

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Clip Source: the-urban-monk.livejournal.com

But after a while - sometimes hours, sometimes days - the boredom becomes a friend. The mental noise keeps playing and replaying, but I’m too bored to pay any more attention to it. And, as the clutter of thoughts becomes irrelevant, so too does the self, or what Joshu Sasaki Roshi calls the “I am” self. There is no loss of awareness, of consciousness. There is still the sensation of the body sitting still, or walking, and there is still the sound of the mind’s chattering - but there is no self attached to any of it. No observer, no observed. No mystery, nothing hidden, no question, no answer, every question its own answer. In every moment, birth, life and death, but no one to be born, live or die. No ending of pain, but no suffering arising from pain. No ending of pleasure, but no attachment to pleasure, only an abiding joy in it, in everything, the joy of awakening, of arriving where we have always been.

Tags: awareness, zen, boredom

Dare to Be Yourself - from Psychology Today

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:21:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I was reading my friend feed stream and someone posted a link to this article. I had some insane realizations this weekend and this is definitely among the list. Though, this is one I think we deal with on and off again through our lives - being authentic and having a core self.
Definitely fascinating and interesting.

Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Dare To Be Yourself

A sense of authenticity is one of our deepest psychological needs, and people are more hungry for it than ever. Even so, being true to oneself is not for the faint of heart.

By: Karen Wright

It starts innocently enough, perhaps the first time you recognize your own reflection.

It's also a cornerstone of mental health. Authenticity is correlated with many aspects of psychological well-being, including vitality, self-esteem, and coping skills. Acting in accordance with one's core self—a trait called self-determination—is ranked by some experts as one of three basic psychological needs, along with competence and a sense of relatedness.

"It's some kind of epidemic right now," says Stephen Cope, author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self. "People feel profoundly like they're not living from who they really are, their authentic self, their deepest possibility in the world. The result is a sense of near-desperation."

Tags: psychology, self, awareness, authenticity, be

ls sexual deception a male trait?

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:22:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Future studies will need to evaluate the potential for male mate choice copying and deception in natural populations, because male mate choice copying cannot be evolutionarily stable if males always have an opportunity to deceive rivals," they said. After all, if males always attempt such deception, any competitor who didn't fall for the ruse would have easy access to the choicest mating partner."

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Male Fish Deceive Rivals About Their Top Mate Choice

When competitors are around, male Atlantic mollies try to hide their top mate choice, reveals a new study

They feign disinterest in females after onlookers enter the scene.

What's more, after encountering a rival, the tricky males direct their first sexual advances toward females that really aren't their first pick.

Male mollies are known to copy other males' mate choices

"The study highlights that traits that we typically ascribe to humans only can also be found in other, seemingly simpler animals and that no consciousness or self-awareness is needed for a behavior like deception to occur

Deception among animals has been seen before, he noted. For instance, ravens try to trick rivals about where they hide food. Male pied flycatchers also may deceive females about whether they've already mated so as to have another go.

Tags: biology, fish, mating

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:14:29 GMT

clipped by: zalisan
clipper's remarks: You have to click the link to view. This was one of the most moving stories I have had the privilege of viewing. I am a a very BIG fan of TED for sometime now. It never ceases to amaze and educate in the most unusual and enlightening ways.

Clip Source: www.ted.com

Filmed Feb 2008; Posted Mar 2008

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Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery. Full bio and more links »

Building self discipline

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:25:04 GMT

clipped by: fpathan

Clip Source: www.pickthebrain.com

How to Build Self-Discipline

Discipline is freedom.

“the undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions”

acting according to what you think instead of how you feel in the moment

Work on an idea or project after the initial rush of enthusiasm has faded away

Go to the gym when all you want to do is lie on the couch and watch TV

Wake early to work on yourself

Say “no” when tempted to break your diet

Only check your email a few of times per day at particular times

1. Self-Knowledge

first trait of discipline is self-knowledge.

what behavior best reflects your goals and values.

introspection

self-analysis

2. Conscious Awareness

3. Commitment

make an internal commitment

making a conscious decision to follow through

“What gets measured gets improved”.

4. Courage

self-discipline is often extremely difficult.

highly dependent on courage.

accumulate small private victories,

5. Internal Coaching

encourage yourself and reassure yourself.

“The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret”

Tags: motivation, discipline, psychology

Excellent Sheep

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:51:04 GMT

clipped by: RayWatkins
clipper's remarks: William Deresiewicz
The American Scholar

Clip Source: www.theamericanscholar.org

What happens when busyness and sociability leave no room for solitude? The ability to engage in introspection, I put it to my students that day, is the essential precondition for living an intellectual life, and the essential precondition for introspection is solitude. They took this in for a second, and then one of them said, with a dawning sense of self-awareness, “So are you saying that we’re all just, like, really excellent sheep?” Well, I don’t know. But I do know that the life of the mind is lived one mind at a time: one solitary, skeptical, resistant mind at a time. The best place to cultivate it is not within an educational system whose real purpose is to reproduce the class system.

A Way To Be In The World

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:59:47 GMT

clipped by: zalisan
clipper's remarks: This being Sunday, the sun shinning, I find myself grateful for all that is. Thought perhaps you might also benefit from these quotes. Hope they bring you a calm and joy, relieve any suffering you may have and serve as a guide to the possibilities when we take the time to just be in our own moment.

Clip Source: www.religioustolerance.org

Buddhism, based on the
teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances." Atisha.

"Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I vow to cultivate compassion and learn ways to protect lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.” Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh.

Tags: siddhartha, awareness, medicine, magic, goodness

When walloped, how to repair self esteem

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:07:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is just a smidgen of the article.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

View what's left, or choose what's right

1. Experience self-esteem wallop.

2. Use the exercises that follow to switch your way of seeing from your left-brain hemisphere to the right, where you can see beauty more clearly.

3. Allow yourself to absorb the wallop and ensuing emotions without resistance. Notice that while positioned in right-brain awareness, the wallop is unreal, and your beauty is real. This may take time, but hey, that's all you've got.

4. Return continually to this place of acceptance, right through the moment of your own demise.

Fortunately, there are reliable ways of doing this. Our culture avoids them, so they may sound very odd to you. That's fine: Just try the techniques on the next page, remembering that the objective isn't to look different (changing your body), but to look differently (changing your state of awareness).

Method 1: Draw upside down

Method 2: Open Your Focus

Method 3: Feel the rhythm of life

Mirrors Don’t Lie.. : -)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:34:05 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: “When people are made to be self-aware, they are likelier to stop and think about what they are doing,” Dr. Bodenhausen said. “A byproduct of that awareness may be a shift away from acting on autopilot toward more desirable ways of behaving.” Physical self-reflection, in other words, encourages philosophical self-reflection, a crash course in the Socratic notion that you cannot know or appreciate others until you know yourself. "

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

For the aging narcissist of Shakespeare’s 62nd sonnet, the mirror delivered a much-needed whack to his vanity, the sight of a face “beated and chopp’d with tann’d antiquity” underscoring the limits of self-love.

To scientists, the simultaneous simplicity and complexity of mirrors make them powerful tools for exploring questions about perception and cognition in humans and other neuronally gifted species, and how the brain interprets and acts upon the great tides of sensory information from the external world.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

How can we be so self-delusional when the truth stares back at us? “Although we do indeed see ourselves in the mirror every day, we don’t look exactly the same every time,”

“Which image is you?”

“Our research shows that people, on average, resolve that ambiguity in their favor, forming a representation of their image that is more attractive than they actually are.”

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Clipmarks | Self awareness Clips

Sleight Of Hand And Sense Of Self

ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ

LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Leaning on Christ

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

Test clip 8-7-08

a different take on boredom

Dare to Be Yourself - from Psychology Today

ls sexual deception a male trait?

Male Fish Deceive Rivals About Their Top Mate Choice

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Filmed Feb 2008; Posted Mar 2008

Building self discipline

How to Build Self-Discipline

Excellent Sheep

A Way To Be In The World

When walloped, how to repair self esteem

Mirrors Don’t Lie.. : -)

Multimedia

Mirror Images