“What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.” ProcessMeditationEmotionalBuddhismInvolvedPerceptionSeekingSenses Author:Frederick Lenz
“Stereotypes are the mind's shorthand for dealing with complexities. They have two aspects: they are much blunter than reality; they are shaped to fit a man's preferences or prejudgments. Thus two principles are involved: differentiation or its lack, and biased preferential perception.” MenMindTwoRealityPrinciplesAtheismInvolvedFitPerceptionAspectPositive AtheismComplexityStereotypePreferenceBiasedDifferentiationShorthand Author:Robert E Lane
“With any hallucinations, if you can do functional brain imagery while theyre going on, you will find that the parts of the brain usually involved in seeing or hearing - in perception - have become super active by themselves. And this is an autonomous activity; this does not happen with imagination.” IfsDoeHappensCan DoImaginationBrainSeeingInvolvedActivityPerceptionHearingActiveImageryHallucinationsAutonomous Author:Oliver Sacks
“We, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.” NeedsStoriesAmericaCertainSidesInvolvedProtectPerceptionPicksGet Involved Author:Brad Pitt
“To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important activity anyone can be involved in at this time, because it changes a person - it lifts them from normal self-centeredness to a state of other centeredness. That is a good thing because it expands our perception of self. This expansion of consciousness leads to enlightenment, which is the meaning of yoga.” PersonsImportantSelfStatesCareConsciousnessInvolvedActivityNormalPerceptionEnlightenmentYogaGood ThingsDareLiftsExpansionSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Sharon Gannon
“In this way, it seems to me that, since 1984, my book on the logistics of perception has been proved totally correct. For instance, almost every conflict since then has involved the logistics of perception, including the war in Lebanon, where Israel made use of cheap drones in order to track Yasser Arafat with the aim of killing him.” WayHas BeensMadeBookWarUseSeemsOrderInvolvedConflictPerceptionAimKillingIncludingTrackIsraelInstanceDronesLebanonLogisticsArafat Author:Paul Virilio
“There's a gap in perceptions between women and men. Women feel much freer than they did, but still, when alcohol is involved, especially, there's a lot of sexual assault, and a lot of confusion about that. So, we need to focus a lot more on what consent is and on the importance of affirmative consent.” MenNeedsFeelsStillsFocusInvolvedPerceptionMen And WomenImportanceAlcoholConfusionGapsConsentAssaultMen WomenSexual AssaultAffirmative Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.” MindLittlesReasonProcessAttentionInvolvedPerceptionPaidPhilosopherSignificant Book:The Happiness Purpose Source: The Happiness Purpose
“I've actually never been taken on a date in my whole life. I have never had a one-night stand. I'm a real relationship person - contrary to public perception. I'm either in one or I'm not. I get kind of emotionally involved very quickly, and I'm not going to spend time with someone unless I love them. But it's not hard for me to fall in love.” KindPersonsRealHardWholeNightFallTakenInvolvedPerceptionFalling In LoveContraryWhole LifeEnd TimesSpend TimeOne NightOne Night StandReal Relationship Author:Sienna Miller
“The mainstream perception that conservatives are close-minded and dogmatic while liberals are open-minded and free-thinking has it almost exactly backward. Liberal dogma is settled: The government should do good, where it can, whenever it can. That is President Obama's idea of pragmatism and bipartisanship: He's open to all ideas, from either side of the aisle, about how best to expand government and get the state more involved in our lives.” ThinkingShouldIdeasStatesGovernmentPoliticalSidesPresidentOur LivesInvolvedPerceptionPresident ObamaMainstreamDogmaOpen MindedAisleDogmaticPragmatismFree ThinkingBipartisanshipClose Minded Author:Jonah Goldberg
“When we resent someone in some way we need to "be on the alert" that even innocent gestures on their part can become suspect to us. Even something as simple as their walking into a room or whispering something to someone else can be conjured up in our minds, to look to us as if they're doing it on purpose to irritate us -as if they're involved in some diabolical plot to hurt us further. What they may be doing may have no connection to their past actions that hurt us in the first place but our resentful feelings against them can often taint our perception of what's really taking place.” IfsWayNeedsMindFirstsLooksMayFeelingsActionPastPurposeHurtSimpleRoomsInvolvedWalkingPerceptionConnectionsInnocentPlotSuspectsBitternessGesturesResentWhisperingResentfulDiabolical Author:Cindy Wright
“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.” SufferingRiskMagicBecomingInvolvedPerceptionPursuitFrightenedSymptomsDeluded Book:The Book of English Magic Source: The Book of English Magic