If they end at the same place, did they see the same things?
“A Story as children we were told a story about a turtle and a rabbit. They challenged each other to a race.This seemed odd since the turtle moved slowly and the rabbit moved fast. How could they race? The turtle moved deliberately in a straight line with consistency and a steady pace and constant focus. The ground below him was rich with detail and pattern. He almost saw into the earth, it seemed with the description he gave. The rabbit on the other hand moved fast in many directions, without particular focus, stopping and restarting multiple times. He moved across a wider territory and saw so much - but without detail or depth. To our surprise they both finished the race at the same moment. We always felt like both of them, and wondered if they ever shared their different experiences and what the benefits might have been. Could both be ONE?
Is it possible to go fast in slow motion? Is it possible to go deep and wide simultaneously?” quoted text from syllabus page 4. Title: ‘A Story’
To end at the same place and time in the idea of detail recognition and big picture formulation. By comparing the twos potentials and down sides, it is easy to see that it would be different view unless the extra step is taken to remember. The ‘Hair’ has the opportunity to see the whole picture very quickly, but misses the deep details, the first time around. However, the hair does have the options of looking twice. The ‘Tortes’ however, seeing all the detail as it moves very slowly has to rely on having remembered each detail at the end, in-order to see the big picture. The ‘Tortes’ does not have the option of looking twice, if he intends on finishing.
Parmis Samy Hanachi Visual Imagination Speed and Sustainability I have always questioned: . Why does everyone want fast cars, high speed internet, high speed railroad and ect… ? . Does it really matter if we get to our destination 20 minutes later than the actual time? . Have anyone ever realized that if our life would go as fast as 186 miles per hour, we would not be as happy as we are today? We as human beings love speed, but sometimes, not all the time. When I sit in the car I always look outside of the window, but I have realized that I never look at what is out there. When I think deeper I realize that it is not me that is going fast, but it is the car. Sitting in the car, quiet, and motionless always give me time to think of what I have done in past and what I am going to do tomorrow. Since I have moved to Los Angeles, I have heard from every single person about how much they hate traffic, how much they try to find a faster, shorter, with fewer traffic lights as possible to get to their destination. I have also realized that no one ever talks about a way that could be more enjoyable and longer as possible, especially when they are going to work. I have never mentioned to anyone how much I like when there is traffic. When I am in traffic, I always feel that I have finally found some alone time to think and not move as fast and rest. have come from a long way to Los Angeles, from other side of the earth, from where everything was less noisy and busy as it is here. Every time I go back, I have a long way to get to my destination. I look outside of the window and I see nothing but clouds. I see white and soft clouds and nothing more, but I still look outside of the window. When I think deeper I realize that I always look, but I never watch. I always look, but I always think. I pass miles and miles and miles, but I don’t think of how much time has passed, but about how much I have learned. I think every human being can go fast in slow motion. I think every human being can also think fast in slow motion. Living 24 years is a really long time, but being in the plane for 11 hours going back home is such a short time to think about all those 24 years. I have always talked about how much I want the time go fast so I can graduate, about how much sooner I want to get married, but I have not realized how fast the last 7 years of my life has passed. I still think that it was yesterday when I was hoping for all those good days to come.
I also think that every human being moves fast in slow motion, but deep and wide. Lessons learned from my life has taught me that I need to move fast but maybe slow today, but I can go as deep and wide as possible. 7 years has passed fast but lesson that I have learned and the days that slowly has passed taught me the story of life, lessons, and great experiences. I always look at other people’s life and I want to be like them because I only see the deep destination that they got into, but I never see the slow process that they gone through. I always see everyone moving fast and feel that I am going slowly like when I drive in the freeway. Ihere are fewer cars around I feel that I am going slowly. When I raise my speed is when I get stopped by a policeman and get a ticket and be reminded that I need to slow down even though I am in rush to get to others. I have always heard from my mother that it is always ok to get late to destination than never. It is always ok to be yelled at for getting late to work and to learn that maybe you needed to leave the house sooner than never getting there. I love the speed that I am going in life. I always try to control my speed, but I know I am going fast and deep. I know I am going fast, but in the right direction and the shortest way, rather than wondering around and not knowing what is happening around me. My eyes never wonder around in the speed that I am going. My eyes sweep around, but they see every single detail, every move, everything possible.
Visual imagination: Unity: its all one thing the quote by Thomas Merton" we already are all one but we imagine we are not and what we have to recover is our original unity and we have to be is what we are " made me think about a poem by the famous 13th Century Persian Poet Saadi " the humans are all organs of one body , and by creation they are all from the same essence , if one part is hurt, the other parts are aching " this poem is a very popular poem among Persians and growing up i repeatedly heard my father quote this for me ... its very interesting to see that the American Monk Merton is expressing the same idea in different words . i doubt that an American Monk has read the words of this ancient poet to come up with his ideology and belief ... so it means that time , space and region or religion that we are from has little to do with the essence of our inner belief that we are all from one being ... and if we dont realize it sooner , we will go through life , just to realize it at the end !
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as children we were told a story about a turtle and a rabbit. They challenged each other to a race.This seemed odd since the turtle moved slowly and the rabbit moved fast. How could they race? The turtle moved deliberately in a straight line with consistency and a steady pace and constant focus. The ground below him was rich with detail and pattern. He almost saw into the earth, it seemed with the description he gave. The rabbit on the other hand moved fast in many directions, without particular focus, stopping and restarting multiple times. He moved across a wider territory and saw so much - but without detail or depth. To our surprise they both finished the race at the same moment. We always felt like both of them, and wondered if they ever shared their different experiences and what the benefits might have been. Could both be ONE?
Is it possible to go fast in slow motion?
Is it possible to go deep and wide simultaneously?” quoted text from syllabus page 4. Title: ‘A Story’
To end at the same place and time in the idea of detail recognition and big picture formulation. By comparing the twos potentials and down sides, it is easy to see that it would be different view unless the extra step is taken to remember. The ‘Hair’ has the opportunity to see the whole picture very quickly, but misses the deep details, the first time around. However, the hair does have the options of looking twice. The ‘Tortes’ however, seeing all the detail as it moves very slowly has to rely on having remembered each detail at the end, in-order to see the big picture. The ‘Tortes’ does not have the option of looking twice, if he intends on finishing.
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Parmis Samy Hanachi
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Speed and Sustainability
I have always questioned:
. Why does everyone want fast cars, high speed internet, high speed railroad and ect… ?
. Does it really matter if we get to our destination 20 minutes later than the actual time?
. Have anyone ever realized that if our life would go as fast as 186 miles per hour, we would not be as happy as we are today?
We as human beings love speed, but sometimes, not all the time. When I sit in the car I always look outside of the window, but I have realized that I never look at what is out there. When I think deeper I realize that it is not me that is going fast, but it is the car. Sitting in the car, quiet, and motionless always give me time to think of what I have done in past and what I am going to do tomorrow. Since I have moved to Los Angeles, I have heard from every single person about how much they hate traffic, how much they try to find a faster, shorter, with fewer traffic lights as possible to get to their destination. I have also realized that no one ever talks about a way that could be more enjoyable and longer as possible, especially when they are going to work. I have never mentioned to anyone how much I like when there is traffic. When I am in traffic, I always feel that I have finally found some alone time to think and not move as fast and rest.
have come from a long way to Los Angeles, from other side of the earth, from where everything was less noisy and busy as it is here. Every time I go back, I have a long way to get to my destination. I look outside of the window and I see nothing but clouds. I see white and soft clouds and nothing more, but I still look outside of the window. When I think deeper I realize that I always look, but I never watch. I always look, but I always think. I pass miles and miles and miles, but I don’t think of how much time has passed, but about how much I have learned.
I think every human being can go fast in slow motion. I think every human being can also think fast in slow motion. Living 24 years is a really long time, but being in the plane for 11 hours going back home is such a short time to think about all those 24 years. I have always talked about how much I want the time go fast so I can graduate, about how much sooner I want to get married, but I have not realized how fast the last 7 years of my life has passed. I still think that it was yesterday when I was hoping for all those good days to come.
I also think that every human being moves fast in slow motion, but deep and wide. Lessons learned from my life has taught me that I need to move fast but maybe slow today, but I can go as deep and wide as possible. 7 years has passed fast but lesson that I have learned and the days that slowly has passed taught me the story of life, lessons, and great experiences.
ReplyDeleteI always look at other people’s life and I want to be like them because I only see the deep destination that they got into, but I never see the slow process that they gone through. I always see everyone moving fast and feel that I am going slowly like when I drive in the freeway. Ihere are fewer cars around I feel that I am going slowly. When I raise my speed is when I get stopped by a policeman and get a ticket and be reminded that I need to slow down even though I am in rush to get to others. I have always heard from my mother that it is always ok to get late to destination than never. It is always ok to be yelled at for getting late to work and to learn that maybe you needed to leave the house sooner than never getting there. I love the speed that I am going in life. I always try to control my speed, but I know I am going fast and deep. I know I am going fast, but in the right direction and the shortest way, rather than wondering around and not knowing what is happening around me. My eyes never wonder around in the speed that I am going. My eyes sweep around, but they see every single detail, every move, everything possible.
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the quote by Thomas Merton" we already are all one but we imagine we are not and what we have to recover is our original unity and we have to be is what we are " made me think about a poem by the famous 13th Century Persian Poet Saadi " the humans are all organs of one body , and by creation they are all from the same essence , if one part is hurt, the other parts are aching "
this poem is a very popular poem among Persians and growing up i repeatedly heard my father quote this for me ...
its very interesting to see that the American Monk Merton is expressing the same idea in different words . i doubt that an American Monk has read the words of this ancient poet to come up with his ideology and belief ... so it means that time , space and region or religion that we are from has little to do with the essence of our inner belief that we are all from one being ... and if we dont realize it sooner , we will go through life , just to realize it at the end !