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Intelligence research was done with pigs in the 1990s. One of the experiments was to train the pigs to move the cursor on a video screen with their snouts. When the pigs used the cursors again, they were able to distinguish between the scribbles they already knew, and the scribbles they were seeing for the first time. The pigs learned this skill as fast as the chimpanzees.
All species of pig are smarter than dogs, and capable of abstract representation. “They can hold an icon in their mind, and remember it at a later date,” says Professor Stanley Curtis of Penn State University, who discovered that pigs dominate at video games with joy sticks. Curtis goes on to say, “Pigs are able to focus with an intensity I have never seen in a chimp.”
Smarter Than a Three-Year-Old Child
Other tests were done where the pigs were taught the meaning of simple words and phrases. Several years later, the instructions were repeated, and the pigs still remembered what to do. The same thing was done with different objects placed in front of them. They were taught to jump over, sit by, or retrieve the item. Three years later, they could distinguish between the items.
The studies also showed:
* Pigs lead complex social lives that behaviorists once believed to be true only of primates.
* Mother pigs sing to their piglets while they are nursing.
* They excel at video games that would be hard for a young child, and sometimes better than the primates.
* Pigs dream.
* Pigs have a good sense of direction, and can find their way home from long distances.
* They learn from watching one another.
* Pigs outsmart each other. One will often follow another pig to food before grabbing it away from him, and the pig who was tricked will change behaviors to reduce how many times it is tricked.
In Good Company
Pigs share the smart scene with other amazing animals. Each with their own specialty, their own aptitude. But, as as far as domestic animals go, the pigs have it.
Other animals of great intellect are:
* The great apes, and chimps
* Whales
* Dolphins
* Parrots
* Octopus
* Dogs
* Cats
* Squirrels
There isn't an exact formula for deciphering superior intelligence. Intelligence in animals, as in humans, is a matter of arenas, and degrees. Still, we are a curious species, and the comparisons remain interesting.
In this case, the only ignorance was Wilhelm's, Mike..........
But beside his literal incorrectness, I always felt his 61 missed the point due to his habit of grading levels of superiority. While there's merit to grading merit, I don't see 61 as a place for it.
To all that is used-up, and to all the muffled and dumb
creatures in the world’s full reserve, the unsayable sums,
joyfully add yourself, and cancel the count.
(Rainer Maria Rilke, “Sonnets to Orpheus”, II:13, trans. Stephen Mitchell)
Bruce:... But beside his literal incorrectness, I always felt his 61 missed the point due to his habit of grading levels of superiority...
OK - So that may be a useful transition thought - so we are now stepping onto the threshold of 61. Lets see where the emptiness of the bowl takes this thread.Love it.
Mike, if I say this is it, it isn't. But for sake of discussion, the gradient of intelligence and the relative truths to each grade is fitting for h60, but not for 61. 61's truth, as I see it, is more akin to the uneatable fruit of 23. It is the emptiness of a bowl, or the space within a canoe, or the potential tree within a seed; it is an open way, not a gradient of relative truths.
Bruce:Not to jump ahead, but I think the shade is where 61 lives.
From 61.2 shade/yin: the moon, shaded orientation, north side of a hill or mountain, south bank of a river, vagina, penis (potential), covert; concealed; hidden, of the nether world, overcast, sinister; treacherous.
Frank:... If you read the Wilhelm commentary about 'pigs and fishes' it isn't about their ability to solve IQ puzzles. Rather it is about how they do not react easily to human activity, 'they are hard to influence.' It requires a powerful and universal Truth to affect and include those who are so non-responsive. It is a symbolic and poetic description of the power and influence of what is found in ultimate meditation.
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Dolphin, Power Animal, Symbol of Breath of Life, Love, Balance and Community
By Ina Woolcott
Dolphin teaches us that when we live in tune with the patterns and rhythm of nature, we learn how to truly be in touch with, resonate and communicate with All That IS and how to share this sagacity with anyone interested. There are those that believe Dolphins are more intelligent than humans. Especially when it comes to love. They have large brains, superior intelligence and are often associated in mythical lore with higher forms of consciousness. Some believe they are far more evolved than we are, especially on a spiritual level. Some believe they are alien beings from a different dimension.
Dolphins are connected with the power of breath and with emotional release, which are also both deeply connected. One of the most important factors in spiritual growth is to give ourselves the freedom of full experiencing our feelings and emotions. Often negative emotions are suppressed as we don't want to be a part of them, so we try to stay apart from them. Feelings of sadness, pain, anger, grief. We need to stop doing this, as this only lays the foundation for disagreeable outcomes. We need to feel our feelings, by suppressing these feelings, of course they DO NOT go away. They are still there, subconsciously, manifesting blocked energy with-in, and if these blocks aren't removed, this can go on to physical imbalances, with-out. On top of this, by blocking these so called negative feelings, this can result in losing the quality of being able to feel at all, losing much of life's joy. Becoming dead to the world.
Simply stated breathing is conversing with the outside world. When people feel that the outside world is a source of pain, they learn, very frequently at a young age, to constrict their breathing. The diaphragm is built to assist us in breathing and to feel deeply, but it becomes suppressed. When we learn to breathe deeply we can learn to feel deeply, in turn letting go of stifled feelings. One way of doing this is to copy the dolphins pattern of breathing, a superb tension reliever!. Dolphin breathes deeply, holds his breath underwater, then breathes out forcefully. Living in water is an important characteristic of Dolphin, as in many belief systems, including astrology, water is related to feeling and emotion.
If Dolphin swims into your life, he is asking you to relish water both physically and mentally, swimming freely and going along with your natural feelings. He is showing you how to enter the waters of life and then with breath and sound call forth what you most need or desire. Dolphins use a variety of whistles, grunts, clicks, and body postures to communicate. They have unique, personal whistles they give out. If they want to get the attention of another Dolphin, they give out their personal whistle. Sound is the creative life force and a big part of dolphins life, therefore this needs to be a part of your life. Communicate. With those around you and All That Is. Creating inner sounds creates outer manifestations. If Dolphin is your power animal, you may do well using your voice for healing or communicating, whether incorporating this into a job or just as a hobby or in day to day life with those nearest and dearest to you..
Dolphins have a wise, innocent, purity of being which reaches out to our inner nature. Follow their lead and open yourself to the energy of love, harmony and balance. Express your inner truth, be true to yourself. follow your inner joy. Dolphin is asking you to go back to your roots, to the depths of your being and rediscover the Love that you truly are.
Dolphins spend most of their day playing. Their life is lived in joyful harmony with each other and their world. Apparently they have learned the lesson that love is the most important factor in life. If dolphin is your power animal he may be there to teach you how to love yourself and your world more. A big part of Dolphins medicine is living in balanced, harmonious communities. They live in big groups of up to 100. Females will give birth to a single offspring, with several dolphins around her, helping with the birth, pulling the newborn out by its tail. They then protect him or her from any imminent danger. If a dolphin is hurt or ill, other dolphins will tend to them, lifting them to the surface to breathe.
Dolphins Wisdom Includes - Knowledge of the sea, change, patron of sailors, harmony, wisdom, balance, Communication skills, freedom, trust, understanding the power of rhythm in your life, use of breath to release intense emotions, water element magic, unselfishness. Dolphin reminds us to get out, play and most importantly, to breathe.
Bruce:Charly,
Your reference to piglets, fishes and river dolphin as people (or a people) is so perfectly 61, brother.
Imagine being reborn as a worm, and the other worm children laughing at you for being such a stupid worm. Then you hear a gentle voice say: It's not his fault. He was a human in his last life.
Dolphin call tells calf who’s mum
BBC News, 23 July 2008
“Female bottlenose dolphins whistle 10 times more often than usual after giving birth in order to help newborns recognise who is “mum”.” Dolphins have unique signature whistles that can identify who’s who.
From: http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/741
Bruce:... Such as a primitive hunter's instinct, being led to the pig through the pig's own spirit. As an ex die hard fisherman, I know, if you want to consistently catch fish, you must listen to the fish...
*** In the past, the baiji [the chinese river dolphin] had been protected by custom, since the Chinese considered it to be an incarnation of a drowned princess (Burton & Pearson 1987). It also has a nickname in China - "Giant Panda of the Yangtze River" - that may reflect the general affection for this aquatic mammal [(1)] (Tan 1996).
From: Animal Info - Endangered Animals
at: http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/lipovexi.htm
My point in mentioning that? Well for one, and please don't take this in any way personally, Maria, I know you didn't write the article , but it's an anthropomorphic fantasy, something we humans are prone to. The reality of a dolphin to a small squid or fish is quite another picture altogether.
So again, where is inner truth in all of this? I have my own idea about it. I ask that you stay my execution. :bows:
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Its interesting that the name dolphin (wombfish) comes from a word that means womb and hollow. But this is off topic I guess.
Btw, what does the expression “I ask that you stay my execution “ means.
Hi, Maria:Unfortunely, this article is based on stories, myths, flavoured with some new age stuffs
The relationship between humans and dolphins considered very special, as depicted in art, myths and writings of historian and philosophers in our history and perhaps of other civilization’s too.
Its interesting that the name dolphin (wombfish) comes from a word that means womb and hollow. But this is off topic I guess.
Btw, what does the expression “I ask that you stay my execution “ means.
dolphin ... c.1350, from O.Fr. daulphin, from M.L. dolfinus, from L. delphinus "dolphin," from Gk. delphis (gen. delphinos) "dolphin," related to delphys "womb," probably via notion of the animal bearing live young. Popularly applied to the dorado from late 16c.
Delphi ... oracle town on slopes of Mount Parnassus, from Gk. delphis "dolphin" (see dolphin). Supposedly Apollo assumed this form to found the shrine. Related: Delphic (1590s).
dauphin... "eldest son of the king of France" (title in use from 1349-1830), 1485, from Fr. dauphin, lit. "dolphin" (see dolphin). Originally the title attached to "the Dauphin of Viennois," whose province (in the Fr. Alps north of Provence) came to be known as Dauphiné. Three dolphins were on the coat of arms of the lords of Viennois, first worn by Guido IV (d.1142). It is said to have been originally a personal name among the lords of Viennois. Humbert III, the last lord of Dauphiné, ceded the province to Philip of Valois in 1349, on condition that the title be perpetuated by the eldest son of the king of France.
Adelphia... district of London, so called because it was laid out by four brothers of a family named Adam, from Gk. adelphos "brother," lit. "from the same womb," from copulative prefix a- "together with" + delphys "womb," perhaps related to dolphin (q.v.). The district was the site of a popular theater c.1882-1900, which gave its name to a style of performance.
Philadelphia ... city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Gk., taken by William Penn to mean lit. "brotherly love," from philos "loving" + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphi). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned in the N.T., which was so called in honor of Attalos II Philadelphos, 2c B.C.E. king of Pergamon, who founded it.
The fine relief carved in bone depicts Aphrodite after her bath, standing on a base. Beside her right leg is a dolphin, her right hand is under her breast, and she is covering herself with her left hand.
From: Bone Relief of Aphrodite with Dolphin
at: http://www.eternalegypt.org/Eternal...le_id=&element_id=123&language_id=1&text=text
The statue depicts the goddess Aphrodite and her son Eros... She wears two bracelets in the shape of a snake on her arms. The left forearm and the hand are missing...
From: http://www.eternalegypt.org/Eternal...le_id=&language_id=1&element_id=122&text=text
Supposedly carved into the temple were three phrases: γνωθι σεαυτόν (gnōthi seautón = "know thyself") and μηδέν άγαν (mēdén ágan = "nothing in excess"), and Εγγύα πάρα δ'ατη (engýa pára d'atē = "make a pledge and mischief is nigh")
thoughts on 61 . .
I wonder if people see in the image of 61 a wind instrument . . the sound that comes out of it does not belong to the breath but neither to the instrument's empty cavity . . it is the manifestation of their effect on one another (sometimes this is not as easy as it seems -anyone ever tried to make a sound out of a saxophone?)
in terms of the Delphi oracle, there are a lot of stories that recount how important decisions were not made until the oracle was consulted . . thus executions were delayed.
Maybe 61 delays execution because it stays altogether away from judgement, acceptance feels more like its domain -yin nature?
Not in the least off topic.
A stay of execution:
"The noble one discusses criminal cases in order to delay executions"
thoughts on 61 . .
I wonder if people see in the image of 61 a wind instrument . . the sound that comes out of it does not belong to the breath but neither to the instrument's empty cavity . . it is the manifestation of their effect on one another (sometimes this is not as easy as it seems -anyone ever tried to make a sound out of a saxophone?)
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