Wednesday, April 13, 2005
How the world works.
ytdy's spirituality lesson gave me the perfect opportunity to reflect on my life, other pple's life, and the world at large.
i thought about alot of things. i thought about how pple can have seemingly similar yet so drastically different experiences. i thought about my quality of life until now. i also discovered i had a spiritual aspect in me, and that my inner world do exist. it's a world where all noise cease and everything around me is quiet and at peace. it's a sense of void, a time to concern myself with only everything, yet nothing at all.
and then i thought about the world, and i realise how applicable sociology is to our life. especially symbolic interaction theory, where humans creat symbols to represent information so we can save energy on saying the obvious and wasting our saliva.
i also realise how much of our symbols are based on noise. see? a noisy street meant that it's a bustling city an full of life. a quiet beach meant time for relaxation or chance to shout and curse at the sea. most importantly, i saw how great an effect non-verbal gestures can have. Like volume of voice. Like tone of voice. Like how u get pple to listen to you. issit ok for you to shout for all to listen? yes! of course it's ok. but if you shouted in an irritated / commanding / threatening tone of voice, it'll change the atmosphere immediately. it'll also change the attitude of those pple whom you have gathered, to listen to you, or be defensive, or be quiet.
It's really so so so simple. message can be distorted just like that. becoz u need the intention of the speaker and the mindset of the listener in a conversation. if both doesn't match, more often than not, it'll result in bad conversation. which interestingly, may result in a huge play of words to portray sarcasm and cynicalism.
ah yes. i must admit that the above reflection on the use of voice as a non-verbal tool is a result of me being pissed off. believe me, if it wasn't becoz i was doing proj ytdy and had no time to blog, this entry wouldn't be so reflective and
tranquil. i do think i replied in a relatively immature way. but knowing myself, i can never take it lying down if i don't retaliate. i guess i should have further training on assertiive skills to better bring my point across in a sensitive situation.
but other than that, i really did had some reflection time during the lesson before the pissing incident. which i really truely appreciate. at least i know i'm not soul-less and spirit-less now.
oh and, as a note. been really very busy now. will be busy til next monday. i have lotsa things to blog about, but i have no time to write everything down. will update asap.
ok! back to books time! =)
è¯å yawned @ 9:16 AM
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