05-11-2024, 01:58 PM
(05-11-2024, 01:29 PM)HUBE007 Wrote: I think about this all the time while watching my youngest boy that is 7 play with his toys. Much of his "play" stems from movies we have seen and action heroes he enjoys.
With ancients having a very limited scope of the world (assuming they did not travel much in those times from the place they were born till death) how far could ones mind really travel without the help of meditation or first hand experiences they could not have of the wider world.
Then my thoughts go to just that, did the ancients practice meditation at an early age only to master its use by the time they were "of age" thus why they were able to create such absolute marvels in todays eyes? I bet if we as a society meditated regularly and made it more mainstream our entire landscape and overall mindset of the world we created would be unrecognizable to us all. Great post...
With apologies, I took the liberty of re-formatting your post to make it easier to follow. I hope you don't mind.
I'm uncertain about a society driven to habitual meditation. Not that I think it bad at all, just that I can't imagine how that would be achieved without a major change in social values. It may have served to render conflict less extreme, had it been socially practiced. Usually meditation appears to promote a peaceful outlook with less propensity to feel 'threatened' by every little thing in life. But this is just my musings, not some call for change, or some pretension of wisdom.
I think we must eventually recognize that our children are quite literally, our teachers... Innocence engenders a clarity of perception... although unburdened with depth of understanding. Balance... life is largely about balance.
These artifacts join us with the past. It is natural that in them, we might find a kinship with our history... 'Toys' are the often the tools of a child's mind... maybe we can still learn from them... as they once did.
