This was definitely interesting to read. I found the part about Robert Frost to be somewhat fun to read. Pearce related Robert Frost's poem to reality adjusted-thinking. I think that civilization is like a small clearing a a large forest, because they only focus on the clear path in front of them. A lot of people just look at what they have to do to survive in this world and are ignorant of all the potential that the unknown world might provide. I really think our minds are trained to be that way. Little kids listen to their parents, because they think they have all of the answers. However, maybe the parents are more ignorant then the kids when it comes to the mystery of the world.
I think Pearce does an amazing job at trying to write about the unexplainable. I'm sure that must be extremely difficult, without sounding like a babbling idiot. "It has been claimed that our minds screen out far more than we accept, else we would live in a world of chaos." (13) Our minds do block out a lot of information. Maybe we would all go crazy if he had too many things to think about. I know I can only focus on so many things at one time, and if my mind wasn't trained to do that I would probably go mad. Yet, how does one change their thinking or filtering process. Second, would we really want to do that? Don't we already have enough to think about? Kids don't have to think about reality, and I think that is why their minds' dwell on some of the mystery. Unfortuneately, adults have to focus on reality or they won't survive all of the competition in the world. If there was a way to raise a child outside of what is considered reality I wonder what would become of them?
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