Comments on: Karmic IQ

By: ctallman

ctallman — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:05:58 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it Mom!! Yeah, in my experience we’re better off ignoring most of our thoughts. More fun that way:).

By: Barbara Tallman

Barbara Tallman — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:51:47 +0000

Hi Carrie,
So much fun reading your blogs! I laughed out loud several times and that’s a good way to start the day. I did however hesitate to make a comment knowing that “Other People” will be reading it and oh my God, what will they think! So, I let go of those thoughts and went with my flow and viola !

By: ctallman

ctallman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:04:53 +0000

Hmm, I like that perspective. The sports analogy is great because Buddhists actually consider meditation as a way to “train” the mind. Although instead of training to get smarter, it’s about training to not get hooked by all the anxiety, fear, and old patterns, i.e. to let go. Seems that the end result is the same – better “performance”. Maybe b/c we’re not spending all that energy on stress and have more of it available for intellectual capacity. Thanks for your thoughts James!

By: James Green

James Green — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:54:09 +0000

See I always thought of IQ as just the upper limit of one’s intellectual potential. To me it’s just a measurement of how smart you could BE. But it still depends on your circumstances, desire and training. Maybe a better analogy would be running? There is a limit to how fast I, James, can run. But I can control how close I can get to that limit. Do I sit on the couch all day and eat fast food? Do I exercise? If I run, am I going for speed or distance. How often do I run? How much desire do I have to reach that limit? Just because someone has a high IQ does not mean they are using that potential.