tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post2713622449796760426..comments2023-04-28T06:49:37.389-05:00Comments on Right Mind Matters: Hearing the Voice, Getting it RightRight Mind Mattershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481123631051878850noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-17078226061543453262015-07-12T13:55:33.803-05:002015-07-12T13:55:33.803-05:00That makes sense, Susanne, because images can be a...That makes sense, Susanne, because images can be ambiguous, but commands (like the one I heard) require, no demand, action. This is true whether in a wake state or in an altered state, like dreaming. Right Mind Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481123631051878850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-55335768201119180182015-07-12T13:39:56.045-05:002015-07-12T13:39:56.045-05:00Thank you for alerting me to the dreams when you r...Thank you for alerting me to the dreams when you responded on my blog http://mindfunda.com, I really enjoyed reading your information. Did you know that voice-dreams often have more impact on a dreamer. They usually make the dreamer take action.Susanne van Doornhttp://www.mindfunda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-70641754180913127492014-01-10T00:13:41.575-06:002014-01-10T00:13:41.575-06:00Thanks for commenting, Julia. It means a lot to me...Thanks for commenting, Julia. It means a lot to me. Now, you see from whence my interest in Plath and Hughes arose. I just keep on researching the neuroscience trying to make sense of it all. I just remembered that I first met you through my interpretation of your "sense of presence" when researching Plath. It all comes together and so much seems synchronous, willed in some grander scheme, even if it's an illusion. I just watched Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby. I don't think I have ever been so emotionally immersed in a film before, on so many levels.Right Mind Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481123631051878850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-82277357496663018512014-01-09T21:39:43.052-06:002014-01-09T21:39:43.052-06:00It seems to me that this dissassociative knowledge...It seems to me that this dissassociative knowledge is the artistic norm. I know that every good and great poem I've read connects the abstract in a deeper way, and certainly every poem I've written has surprised me with this higher knowledge that seems to come from beyond myself. It is part of the poetic experience, whether or not one wants to claim spirituality.Julia Gordon-Bramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682792436253939395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-85221168748315318052013-11-17T14:36:59.495-06:002013-11-17T14:36:59.495-06:00Will, this is the first time I've seen your co...Will, this is the first time I've seen your comment! <br /><br />Thank you so much for telling your story and providing the diagnosis: manic psychosis.<br /><br />I'm currently reading Marsha Keith Schuchard's book, Willam Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision, which is about Swedenborg as much as Blake. Both were raised in god-drenched houses, both clearly experienced manic psychosis, provoked as much by indoctrination as what I see as unusually enhanced bilateral minds, which often leads to psychosis.<br /><br /> I also think that poets get their predisposition genetically, which would explain their parents thought processes as well. <br /><br />Trauma then sets the children over the edge. But, as in my dream, if we're stressed enough, anyone can go over the edge with altered consciousness doing its best to make things right, sometimes with enormously bad advice, others with suggestions, seemingly out of nowhere, but probably recombined at an unconscious level or imported through extrasensory means. <br /><br />It's all fascinating stuff to me and I will certainly check out WillSpirit. Many thanks again!Right Mind Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481123631051878850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-83559908075086884842013-09-25T21:51:07.136-05:002013-09-25T21:51:07.136-05:00Interesting line of investigation. I'm glad yo...Interesting line of investigation. I'm glad you found my post on PsychCentral and offered me this link. <br /><br />In 2000, in the midst of the collapse of my surgical career and many other problems, I experienced profound visionary experiences. Heard angelic voices, watched the Big Bang unfold, and felt called to unite scientific with mystical thinking. Needless to say, it was a bit overwhelming. <br /><br />Eventually my elevated state was diagnosed as a manic psychosis and treated with hospitalization and all that entails. The value of those messages seemed doubtful afterwards, but many years of contemplation eventually led to some clarity. I began to see ways to achieve union between left and right brain thinking styles and their respective mental products, specifically in the realm of materialist vs spiritualist worldviews. Currently writing about these issues on my personal site (WillSpirit, not PsychCentral). <br /><br />Anyway, I know firsthand the power of mysterious calls to both motivate and disrupt. No wonder the great poets sometimes went mad. It's a lot to contain inside one little skull.<br /><br />Thanks for exploring this rich and intricate landscape. It means a lot to me to hear it taken seriously.Will Meecham, MDhttp://willspirit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-10596905730012811252012-04-02T10:17:41.507-05:002012-04-02T10:17:41.507-05:00Thanks, outofkur for your comment and interest in ...Thanks, outofkur for your comment and interest in my dissertation. On my Web site publications page, you will find links to most of my work:<br /><br /> http://carolebrooksplatt.com/Publications.html <br /><br />The next to last entry is my dissertation on matriarchal myth in three French women authors and the following is an article which sums it up.<br /><br />Thanks again for your interest!Right Mind Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481123631051878850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-57525498081469521582012-04-02T08:35:25.286-05:002012-04-02T08:35:25.286-05:00I read your article on creativity and poetry in th...I read your article on creativity and poetry in the jaynesian. Your words resonate within me, as I am so on my own path for that particular truth. You mentioned your french literature dissertation topic. I am very interested it reading it. I have come along the same lines of what you shared, but on a completely different wave.outofkurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456305850963316830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-30992173862147167622011-07-29T07:35:04.980-05:002011-07-29T07:35:04.980-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-65091291776730110082011-07-29T07:33:55.133-05:002011-07-29T07:33:55.133-05:00Carole, Your posting gives me much to ponder. I th...Carole, Your posting gives me much to ponder. I think of my children--where I was at that point in time or more generally what "psychic" traits swim in me that attached to them due to that mother contact. The language you use to write about it all and the questions you ask at the end are those that I ask as well, but you have put language to them for me.Kemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049819620706911116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964184129541186956.post-66942144056860377912011-07-29T07:32:46.410-05:002011-07-29T07:32:46.410-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049819620706911116noreply@blogger.com