tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post3049784058241642288..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 10.45: In Praise of Big StimuliMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-73912167539597689442011-07-05T14:14:59.975-07:002011-07-05T14:14:59.975-07:00Thanks Jordan, I bow to your experience of the noi...Thanks Jordan, I bow to your experience of the noise of war machinery. But a distinction a lot of people don't really understand (I don't know if you are one of them?) is between a mature startle reflex of the kind you seem to refer to and infantile fear responses. A person in whom a Moro reflex (or infantile panic reflex) is well integrated will tend to exhibit the mature startle pattern when startled by a loud noise. A person like me with deeper faults in his nervous system will tend to be caught in the grip of two opposing and very primitive responses to fear -- the white of fear paralysis and the red of Moro panic. I should think a warship would be a good place to observe this happening, if not in yourself then in other individuals. It relates to the quote you quoted a while back about knowing individual strengths and weaknesses. I'm writing too much because I'm getting tired... anyway, as always, thanks for listening and thanks for being a friend in failure...Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-38896862767966276642011-07-05T13:24:41.230-07:002011-07-05T13:24:41.230-07:00Artillery and or mortar bombardment, even when it ...Artillery and or mortar bombardment, even when it is outgoing, will excite anyone's startle reflexes. But living under Harrier landing spot 7 on the Essex has made the Cicada's summer cries seem pleasant even as I twist my legs up into a pretzel shape and fail to think non thinking.SlowZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589294912054724123noreply@blogger.com