Not exact matches
If such an eventuality actually took place,
experience «would... include in an undivided
present the entire past history
of the
conscious person, not as instantaneity, not like a cluster
of simultaneous parts, but as something continually
present which would also be something continually moving» (CM 152).
He thus becomes
conscious of himself as one among the many individuals
presented to each other through sense
experience.
The belief that God acted became a part
of the
conscious, conceptual structure, but the action itself stood outside the sphere
of conscious experience and was looked on as past and future rather than
present.
The distinction Hartshorne insists on making here as applied to our
present question can be expressed by saying that, whereas mere
experience or feeling
of God can be not only direct but immediate, high - level thought or cognition
of God, being mediated, as it is, by the
conscious judgment or interpretation
of such feeling, is
of necessity mediate.
We can grasp the massiveness and complexity
of what is
present in our unconscious
experience in relation to the relative simplicity and superficiality
of our consciousness by considering what we, in fact, are
experiencing in each occasion in comparison with that which we can bring into focus with some
conscious clarity.
We find such centralized control
present in our individual human
experience, and we have immediate introspective awareness
of the
conscious experience that functions in this control.
He reasons that, as the universal and necessary principle
of all existence, God must be
present as a datum in every
experience whatever, regardless
of whether or not the
experiencing subject is fully
conscious of this presence.
In his letter
of December 10, 1934 Brightman shares Hartshorne's worry, «that other selves are merely inferred but never given,» and goes on to
present his own empiricist colors «I'd like to be able to make sense out
of the idea
of a literal participation in other selves... whenever I try, I find myself landed in contradiction, in epistemological chaos, and in unfaithfulness to
experience...» Brightman's argument is that any «intuition» (for him a synonym for «
experience»), «is exclusively a member
of me,» but the object
of that intuition is «always problematic and distinct from the
conscious experience which refers to it.»
To return to our example, if we are suddenly recalled to a distant happening
of ours by some
present odor, what is
experienced is that happening, but that happening as adjusted to the mediation and evaluation
of intervening occasions,
conscious or not.
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But by making a
conscious choice to acknowledge what is actually happening in the
present moment without getting lost in judgment or wishing things were different, we can meet the waves
of our
experience with more openness and compassion.
«Like all encyclopedic museums, the Brooklyn Museum has to divide its attention between balancing its costly obligation to care for,
present and pay for artworks and
experiences across 5,000 years
of history and snagging the attention
of price - and time -
conscious smartphone users,» said Maxwell L. Anderson, who has served as director
of the Dallas Museum
of Art, the Indianapolis Museum
of Art and the Whitney Museum
of American Art.
Respecting the need for confidentiality, empathy, honesty and humor, I encourage the exploration
of conscious and unconscious thoughts / feelings and help to identify how significant past
experiences have influenced the
present.
IT WOULD BE MY PRIVILEGE TO HELP YOU TO LEARN: * Get into your heart * Quiet your mind * Organize your thinking *
Experience «Being
Present» * Be real with yourself and others * Get comfortable with discomfort * View challenges as opportunities to grow * Get clear on what is happening inside
of you * Learn to be centered and calm during turmoil * Accept «what is» without resisting, in order to feel peace * Become aware
of your feelings without getting lost in them * Feel more comfortable about facing fears and the unknown * Step out
of your thoughts and view them from a calm place inside * Learn to take clear,
conscious action steps in life that are guided by your inner wisdom.