<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post4045288435097243668..comments</id><updated>2009-05-27T10:42:52.395-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Deric Bownds' MindBlog: The management of our attention</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/feeds/4045288435097243668/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/4045288435097243668/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/05/management-of-our-attention.html'/><author><name>Deric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-6511637887750695635</id><published>2009-05-27T10:42:52.395-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T10:42:52.395-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I would add to the excellent insight here, one fro...</title><content type='html'>I would add to the excellent insight here, one from Rollo May, another insightful  thinker from the realm of Existential Psychology.  He points out that a person will only allow their self to see that in which they feel they have the resources to stand up to. (when it comes to seeing something challenging.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So to your dismay represented by American Idol, I would ask questions like, "what are people ditracting themselves from?" and, why is it that people are so easily distracted? and, what is the cost of evolving into higher orders of seeing?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/4045288435097243668/comments/default/6511637887750695635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/4045288435097243668/comments/default/6511637887750695635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/05/management-of-our-attention.html?showComment=1243435372395#c6511637887750695635' title=''/><author><name>mike gottschalk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03570606130437615456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14356137909233345415'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/05/management-of-our-attention.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-4045288435097243668' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/4045288435097243668' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>