Within the "Every Thing is a Mind
Thing" realm: a blindxpot is considered the
mental-memory equivalent of the mental-vision's blindspot (at the
juncture of optic-nerve and retinal visual field).
Blindxpots are normally caused by glitches in long-term
and working-memory. Since almost all memories are stored in both
brain hemispheres and across multiple lobes, blindxpots occur
almost exclusively in memories which were supposed to be
stored in one lobe of one hemisphere. (This suppose-ing is
normally done
because of one or more associated memories located in different areas of the
brain.)
The neighbor's name was
saved when they introduced themselves. Later: the
neighbor's face, voice, stories, vehicle, odors, and behaviors are
easily recollected by you. Their name is nowhere to be
found. Label names are stored in one specific lobe. This
blindxpot exists because it seems easier (for most of us) to adopt the: sorry, I'm terrible with names behavior, than to spend several
deliberate seconds, or a couple minutes, focusing on:
⚜ stop all engagement (including active listening)⚜ take the mental label maker from long-term storage (blow the dust off)
⚜ lock-in this new label with this new item -
⚜ if new label is already associated with an existing item (beige name)⚜ identify "hook" to hang it on (e.g. Greyhound Charles)⚜ if new label is novel, confusing, or multi-syllabic (e.g. Veach name)⚜ identify reason for confusion ("¿spell that for me please?")⚜ recall and confirm new label after a relatively significant quantity of time lapses
Just as it's possible to "find" your blindspot (with one eye open and a
pencil eraser held at arm's length) "discovering" a blindxpot, will always
be accompanied by
the unexpected "surprise" of the naΓ―ve—every time. Someone considered 'always too
optimistic' may have a intellectually incurious blindxpot for challenges, pitfalls, and faults. Similarly, constant angry pessimist's may have a serendipitous advantage blindxpot.
Identify an irritating behavior disliked in others—even though it's a behavior observed in oneself: I denounce those who ____blank____ more than I do. {I've chosen 'stare at their phones' as an example.}
a) Continue to hold a critical opinion of others,
while rationalizing away all self-criticism. {Solid blindxpot.}
b) Evaluate the
behavior and its accompanying hypocrisy and decide to accept
it in everyone. I'm not proud that I always stare at my phone
just like everyone else. {Good first step; you are no longer a hypocrite. But, look around. Are there ever people you might interact with (or who would interact with you) if you put away your phone?}
c) Change the behavior. Treat it like a taboo or a disapproved-of vice. I erased Apps or I leave it (in
airplane mode, off, home, or in my pocket) unless I'm totally alone in private. When no longer alone, I immediately close my phone. {Blindxpot removed.}
Each eye's blindspot is "covered" by the
other eye, with binocular vision. Accordingly, we rarely remember that our blindspots exist and never explain (or recognize) our failure to see something as caused by it being in our ocular-blindspot.
Recognizing one's blindxpots is best accomplished during contemplative meditation.
a) Set a timer (on your airplane-mode device) for one hour; sit somewhere comfortable; close your eyes.
b) Ask yourself, "Do I have a blindxpot, which—if identified—I might decide to change?" Ponder the thoughts which arise from your prompt.
c) Once you realize a blindxpot, ask yourself, "If I remove this blindxpot will I and those around me be happier?"
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