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I know I shouldn't, but I often see Empathic abilities as a sign of intelligence. An analogy, told me when I was 19-- made a big difference in my life-- because the first time ever, I saw my long standing awareness, and it's ever present shadow making me different, was a POSITIVE attribute. Maybe... it will have the same affect on you. It went something like this.
A retarded person with and IQ of 25 points less than average, cannot function in many of that ways we consider normal. They are, so to speak, severe disadvantage. (It's nice thought how our modern humanity treats them dignity.Anyway...)
Traditional IQ measurements are very inaccurate. For example a standardized IQ test, would not be able to discern it you had prefect pitch. Similarly there are other abilities that are not measured by a standardized test. Empathy for one.
The point is THIS: just as a retarded person is always struggling to be normal-- a person whose IQ is 25 points ABOVE normal, will similarly be faced with a life long struggle.
I don't know if it's true, but it's a parable that marked a clear turning point in my life, and occasionally to this day, giveS me a little bit of reassurance that I'm on the right track.
Now the BIG point. Let's say this is true, and all your difficulties, struggles, and frustrations are due to you being conflicted about being yourself, OR being like everybody else, THEN I have a solution for you.
Every gifted individual faces this dilemma. It can be painful, but it doesn't have to be. YOU MUST FIND SOME WAY OF EXPRESSING THAT INNATE INTELLIGENCE. If can be through your work, but if it isn't, you better find a hobby that gives you a regular means of expression. Otherwise that aspect of your soul will grow old and bitter. ART IS ALWAYS GOOD. THERE IS FREEDOM IN ART.
A retarded person with and IQ of 25 points less than average, cannot function in many of that ways we consider normal. They are, so to speak, severe disadvantage. (It's nice thought how our modern humanity treats them dignity.Anyway...)
Traditional IQ measurements are very inaccurate. For example a standardized IQ test, would not be able to discern it you had prefect pitch. Similarly there are other abilities that are not measured by a standardized test. Empathy for one.
The point is THIS: just as a retarded person is always struggling to be normal-- a person whose IQ is 25 points ABOVE normal, will similarly be faced with a life long struggle.
I don't know if it's true, but it's a parable that marked a clear turning point in my life, and occasionally to this day, giveS me a little bit of reassurance that I'm on the right track.
Now the BIG point. Let's say this is true, and all your difficulties, struggles, and frustrations are due to you being conflicted about being yourself, OR being like everybody else, THEN I have a solution for you.
Every gifted individual faces this dilemma. It can be painful, but it doesn't have to be. YOU MUST FIND SOME WAY OF EXPRESSING THAT INNATE INTELLIGENCE. If can be through your work, but if it isn't, you better find a hobby that gives you a regular means of expression. Otherwise that aspect of your soul will grow old and bitter. ART IS ALWAYS GOOD. THERE IS FREEDOM IN ART.
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Re: gotta, gotta: do ART
Tue, December 23, 2008 - 12:34 AMPaul
I have observed that most if not all really sensitive Empaths/Sensitives I know have high IQ's, but I guess that is not to say, all with high IQ's are Empaths.
A high IQ makes me part of what I am, just as having neurological problems from it too. I can see our minds and spirits being like a computer. The faster it can run, and the more sensors it has, and etc, the more it can do. Well it makes sense to me. I read a book decades ago about IQ and geniuses. Contrary to most common beliefs, they are not thin and geeky, they are generally better looking and healthier, but are more prone to glitches, just like any new state of the art, electronic device. I find that the faster the nerve flow, the more easily it can malfunction. And the more easily it can be affected by chemicals and stress and etc as well.
I find those with less IQ, tend to find it harder to see the larger picture and less able to make changes, and tend to me more narrow minded and stubborn. Though that is not to say, that general descriptions like this fits everyone, they do not, and get one into trouble at times, especially in the wrong company who my not be open enough.
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Re: gotta, gotta: do ART
Tue, December 23, 2008 - 6:43 AMI work as an artist on a freelance basis,I paint , I do illustrations , wood carving, I worked for a time in computer animation doing post production in film. I play guitar and drum and I love to sing. I have to say without my creative outlets I would begin to wither. However I have through personal trial and error found that too much freedom allows me to spin into my own world , this meaning that there has to be a balance of the free and expressive and the structured and mundane for to be at my most prolific state with my art. One tends to feed the other , giving what the other lacks , the mundane inspires, brings forth experiences that lead into creative, where as the creative recharges, puts me in touch with the spiritual, allows me to spread my wings.I do grown incredibly impatient with following routines, or being on a schedule. I begin to feel trapped when stuck doing a job for too long , if I do not have time to retreat to my creative places.
I have also recently found drumming to be incredibly positive , I often get together with friends at their house , along with a dozen or so other people , or while camping under the stars when warmer winds blow ,and we break out the guitars and drums and play music. At times when playing , I reach a place where I close my eyes and am not quite there anymore , in essence I trance out , or get elevated to a more open state. It seems when the drumming clicks to a certain mixture of tones , and cadence , we tap into some natural universal drone or pure note which at least for myself makes the veil between the mundane and the spiritual worlds disappear , making for quite a deep meaningful experience . I can see where through out history, human beings have come together in this fashion , out of our basic need to sing our joy to the stars around a fire , a sense of community , our bonds with each other defined by in the joining of voices. Recharged , left feeling alive from this type of experience.
So yes Paul , Art is where it's at , being creative at any level , brings balance to life , recharges our batteries , and I even dare suggest brings us closer together with a more primitive side of our nature , which often in the modern world is lost in our daily routines in a life that want to comartmentalize us as individuals , even though we are very much a herd , or tribal being.
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