| I think you may be on to something there, Red Emma. The detection of animals or the "feeling" of something else. I believe that with the instigation of "compulsory" attendance in public schools, our minds were then shut off fairly quickly. Certainly doesn't help when they keep changing the history books! But that is another thread...
I do believe that our minds must be excersized in that fashion in order to be effective. One of the ways I think that we help to turn off that instinct in children is when we "force" them to hug all the relatives for fear of someone's feelings getting hurt. Can children tell something is wrong with someone? I think so. We adults have been so beaten up with things like not hurting anyone's feelings that we grin and bear it and endure it until it is over instead of trusting our instincts. This kinda fits into the multiple intelligences idea.
Once our conveniences went up, our brains dumbed down... :(
C. Bogue
"There's room for all God's creatures, right next to the fried taters!" |