Saturday, January 19, 2013

What happened to the "wonder" of life...


"Wonder" an interesting word when you think about it. There are so many venues that can be explored through the power of "wonder"...

"Wonder (emotion), an emotion comparable to surprise that people feel when perceiving something rare or unexpected".

Now wonder is not the same as "question", they come from two different centres and probably different parts of those centres themselves. Wonder is a sensation given to us, that can lead to more incredible emotions if one is capable of mastering, understanding and using this higher sensation. It is more predominant when we are younger, more innocent and childlike, as compared to the cynical, preoccupied adults we become...

A child will approach everything from a sense of wonder, there is no opinion, attitude or mindset yet developed. Therefore they see more than an adult would normally see, with greater clarity and intensity, until we impose the "nonsense" word upon them. This is where the sense of wonder begins to dissipate in favour of the mechanical questioning.
In my opinion, this is the beginning of the fall into the great sleep, with the inevitable eventual developmental process, that leads into the creation of a mechanical man or woman...

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