07-22-2009, 11:54 PM
Mr. Rabbit, you quoted that well enough (from memory!) for me to have recognized it, and I'm not familiar with much of the Ra materials at all. The quote left a deeply resonant impression for me, as it appears to have done for you, and I think this was a really good place to repeat it... Also, I personally prefer when members put these things into their own words, from their own understanding, so I appreciated that you did that, too. I'd not consider it "lazy" at all.
Just as an aside, stress hormones can be triggered by either negative or positive events: A wedding is often described as being "the best day of my life", but the stress hormones are a-pumpin'. Similarly, fun, upbeat music with beauty-inspired lyrics and a fast tempo can cause pretty much the same chemical response (production of stress hormones) as is caused by harsh, head-banging, etc, music. I think it's often more a matter of emotional response, as opposed to a chemical reaction. As another example, I mentioned Jim Croce's song, "Tomorrow's Gonna be a Brighter Day". There was a time when the song provoked me to very angry tears. On its surface, it's a fairly fluffy, upbeat, catchy tune, but my emotional response was quite strongly negative. Yes, there are physical elements to emotional responses; I'm not saying it's exclusively one or the other. I'm saying it can be both, and to varying degrees.
Boy have I blabbered enough in the forum today! Someone shut me the heck up, will ya? Sheeeesh!
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Just as an aside, stress hormones can be triggered by either negative or positive events: A wedding is often described as being "the best day of my life", but the stress hormones are a-pumpin'. Similarly, fun, upbeat music with beauty-inspired lyrics and a fast tempo can cause pretty much the same chemical response (production of stress hormones) as is caused by harsh, head-banging, etc, music. I think it's often more a matter of emotional response, as opposed to a chemical reaction. As another example, I mentioned Jim Croce's song, "Tomorrow's Gonna be a Brighter Day". There was a time when the song provoked me to very angry tears. On its surface, it's a fairly fluffy, upbeat, catchy tune, but my emotional response was quite strongly negative. Yes, there are physical elements to emotional responses; I'm not saying it's exclusively one or the other. I'm saying it can be both, and to varying degrees.
Boy have I blabbered enough in the forum today! Someone shut me the heck up, will ya? Sheeeesh!
"log off"
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