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Bradley Myers63 said:Our perception of the external world mostly comes down to serotonin and dopamine levels—the chemicals our brains pump out. For some reason, people with schizophrenia either produce way too much of them, or they suddenly become hypersensitive to whatever is already there. It seems Nikola Tesla was able to handle massive surges of these substances without his personality falling apart. That would probably be the official psychological explanation 😁

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Nikola Tesla - the first Übermensch? (And I don't mean in that Terminator sense 😁)

Jeremy Alvarez5 said:Tesla mentioned in his own autobiography that he went through these incredibly vivid moments of pure inspiration. During his early Life , Tesla was stricken with illness time and time again. He dealt with this strange condition where blinding flashes of light would suddenly pop up in front of him, usually along with these full-on visions. Most of the time, these visions were tied to a specific word or a random idea he'd stumbled upon, but other times they actually handed him the solution to a problem he was stuck on; sometimes just hearing the name of an object would let him see it in perfect, realistic detail right in his mind. It sounds a lot like what modern-day synesthetes describe today. Tesla used to visualize an entire invention in his head with insane precision—dimensions and everything—before he even touched a tool; it's a method people sometimes call "picture thinking." He didn't usually bother with hand-drawn sketches; he just built the whole concept in his mind first. He also had these frequent flashbacks to things from his past, which apparently started way back when he was a kid.

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Tesla explains: “In my boyhood I suffered from a peculiar affliction due to the appearance of images, often accompanied by strong flashes of light, which marred the sight of real objects and interfered with my thought and action.” He’s making it pretty clear that even though these projections were intense, they weren't hallucinations. “They were pictures of things and scenes which I had really seen, never of those I had imagined. When a word was spoken to me the image of the object it designated would present itself vividly to my vision and sometimes I was quite unable to distinguish whether what I saw was tangible or not. This caused me great discomfort and anxiety. . . . These certainly were not hallucinations . . . for in other respects I was normal and composed.”

I seem to recall watching a documentary once where they linked this phenomenon to television—specifically suggesting he essentially foresaw the evolution of future media.
These internal journeys of his are quite fascinating, aren't they? It clearly seems to be an incredibly rare and privileged experience. But if we lean into the old cliché that exceptions define the rule, could Nikola Tesla be a harbinger of a new kind of human? A new spirit, perhaps, or a new level of consciousness?
Just consider how much he reshaped the world; imagine what ten people with his capabilities could achieve simultaneously in our current reality! I am referring to internal evolution—the next evolutionary leap for humanity. One could draw a rather elegant connection there to the theory of the holographic universe (which I suspect he would have found quite agreeable).

Lisa Morales4 said:I can't help but wonder what would happen if someone actually sat a person like that down and asked them when they might finally start living for the "here and now"—you know, why not just embrace life the way nature intended? 😲😲😲

You know what the real tragedy is? If a kid like that existed today, they’d just slap an autism or ADHD label on them and drown them in a sea of medication. 😢
Just picture Nikola Tesla at ten years old, growing up in rural Wyoming.
I rest my case.

Jeremy Alvarez5 said:I guess I’d say those kinds of perceptions are something you sort of "work up" through practice—basically, when a person starts paying way less attention to the material world and focuses more on other types of stimuli.

It’s actually pretty interesting how people born with certain primary developmental delays often seem to be born with a more significant impairment in one of their physical senses.

The thing is, I’m inclined to believe this isn't really a matter of practice; we know he was an incredibly sensitive child from the very beginning, and that sensitivity only intensified over the years, reaching levels that were, at times, almost unbearable for him. So, I think we’re looking at a spontaneous, innate process that needs to be distinguished from those later, "mature" phases that were much more heavily influenced by his lifestyle and specific habits—whether we're talking about his obsession with silver cutlery or how he pushed the limits of his own mind.
Even if one considers the text somewhat hyperbolic, it doesn't diminish the fact that his sensitivity was extreme, punctuated by occasional, intense peaks.
All in all, I find this topic absolutely perfect for exploring from a spiritual perspective, and it would be wonderful if someone could provide a more detailed, comparative analysis.

Nikola Tesla belongs to that rare tier of global geniuses (someone even brought up Leonardo da Vinci earlier), and they all seem to share that peculiar factor of hypersensitivity and eccentric behavior. 🙂

wearyhawk83 said:Honestly, I’m definitely not just taking everything I read at face value! 😉 If you think he had some kind of superhuman sensory perception, you're way off base. Not even close!

If I remember correctly when it comes to all that math stuff, Nikola Tesla once said: "If you only knew the magnificence of the numbers 3, 6, and 9, you would have the key to the universe."

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An obsession with the number 3. 😍😍😍

Are you all familiar with what happened during his "breakdown" in Chicago?

"He could hear the ticking of a wristwatch located three (😍) rooms away from his own. The soft landing of a fly on a table would create a deaf-ening roar in his ears. A carriage passing by several kilometers away would shake his entire body. Even the whistle of a locomotive thirty (😍) kilometers off would cause his chair to vibrate so violently that the pain became unbearable. It felt as though the very Earth beneath his feet was constantly trembling. To get any semblance of rest, he actually had to place rubber pads under the legs of his bed.(...) During this period, his pulse would spike erratically, jumping from barely perceptible to 260 beats per minute."

-"In the darkness, I possessed the senses of a bat; with a terrifying sensation in my forehead, I could sense the presence of an object at a distance of 3 (😍) and a half meters."

What is your take on this from a spiritual perspective? Extrasensory perception, perhaps?

Live as if you’ve already passed away.

-A Zen reminder

Andrew Booth12 said:Japanese urban planning generally doesn't utilize central plazas the way American cities do... and a perfect illustration of what
you’re talking about is Tokyo, where the Imperial Palace sits right in the middle, acting as the hub around which
everything else revolves. Roland Barthes actually explored this concept in his book, "Kingdom of Signs";
I assume you can find it in any local bookstore or used book shop around here.
I picked up my own copy for a few bucks just a couple of years ago.🙂

Thanks for the suggestion, though I’ve already combed through everything I own and come up empty-handed... I suppose I'll have to spend more time scouring the internet. It makes me wonder, really—why does every truly great book seem to have such a talent for staying hidden? 🙂
Thanks for getting back to me; that’s exactly what I was curious about. I find the intersection of architecture and spirituality endlessly fascinating—specifically, how much weight a building actually carries in shaping the human spirit, and vice versa, especially within the frantic energy of a place like New York City. 🙂
If you happen to stumble upon any more intel regarding this matter, do feel free to pass it along. 🙂

On topic: It seems we never bother to contemplate the actual purpose of existence while we're caught up in the intoxicating haze of being in love.

I’m officially joining the ranks of the film enthusiasts! 👋
Watching it, I had this sudden, irrational urge to just leap right through the screen into that gorgeous monastery of theirs... though I suppose that wouldn't exactly be very Zen 🙂
On a different note, I happened to read somewhere that Zen philosophy finds its expression in Japanese architecture—specifically, that certain cities feature a sense of "empty space" at their core. Does anyone here happen to know much more about that concept?

Greetings 👋

"Is it even possible to grasp anything that isn't some form of illusion? Once an illusion finally crumbles, you mustn't dare look back at it, lest you find yourself turned into a pillar of salt."

-Kafka