Dr Edward Hall otherwise known as Mohawk says autism equals shamanism.
Here is a video
Here is a video
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That’s fascinating, that you can navigate a forest You’ve never been in before, without a map or compass.When the Mohawk elder and shaman mentioned shamanism, it brought to mind something else I've come across over the years about polynesian navigators. And it reminded me that I can navigate a forest I've never been in before, without a map or compass. This is an article by John Elder Robinson, that you might find interesting:
..."That set me exploring the possibility that some Polynesian navigators may be/have been autistic. That has been a fascinating thing to study, and it raised another question that I'd like to discuss – does a western diagnostic label that we associate with disability have relevance when applied to a gifted individual performing a specialized task in the South Pacific? That question struck me as I watched video of Mau Piailug, an indigenous navigator from the island of Satawal who died in 2010.
Polynesian navigators were for many years the finest navigators in the world. Using their eyes and their minds – no tools or maps – they successfully steered vessels over vast distances to every corner of the Pacific. They did this over thousands of years, during a time that western navigators had absolutely no idea how to find a speck in the ocean like Hawaii or Tahiti.
Polynesian navigation is often referred to as wayfinding to distinguish it from the instrument and chart based navigation practiced elsewhere in the world. As soon as I read about the various cognitive requirements of the job I thought it was something autistic people would be ideally suited to. I wondered if there was any evidence of autism in wayfinders and indeed there were clues in various writings. The thing that really cinched it for me, though, was watching videos of a master wayfinder from the island of Satawal."
Rest of the article here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/...ism-in-the-south-pacific-different-way-seeing
I don’t know if I trust Bill Gates to be honest although there are a lot of fake articles about him associated with coronavirus.I think the world will always need people who think outside the box. Bill Gates is busy solving the climate change crisis for example.
And then there was that young woman in the Canadian Maritimes, I think it was here on AF, who was Indigenous Canadian and whose father was a shaman.
I think the world will always need people who think outside the box. Bill Gates is busy solving the climate change crisis for example.
To quote Jim Sinclair, "even though non-autistic people may hate or fear or pity us for being different, I think they really need us to be just the way we are. We're the ones who notice that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes." (What Being Different Means, 1992) Asperger's & Autism personal stories | What does being different mean?
(and yes, Jim is a hero of mine, used to be a mentor, and good friend for a handful of years, ages ago.)
Thanks for the linkTo quote Jim Sinclair, "even though non-autistic people may hate or fear or pity us for being different, I think they really need us to be just the way we are. We're the ones who notice that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes." (What Being Different Means, 1992) Asperger's & Autism personal stories | What does being different mean?
(and yes, Jim is a hero of mine, used to be a mentor, and good friend for a handful of years, ages ago.)
I can, but place me in a parking lot full of cars and I have difficulty finding my own car. It's odd that I can do that well, and you would think they were somehow connected but that ability seems very specific.
You sound like you have high intuition.I'm not quite sure what to think of it really.
For me, there are certain traits that appear:
1. Definitely a major connection with animals. Is it an animal? I can get it to like me. Even extremely standoffish cats. Had a cat once, she started out avoiding EVERYONE, after not that long she would tend to follow me around the house (but only me). Something similar with dogs recently, I have 2, and one of them seems to have mentally stapled herself to me. Follows every freaking step I take while constantly glancing up at me. I keep getting the impression that she thinks I'll vanish if she isnt watching enough. The other one is also very attached but quite a bit more passive about it. But yeah, the animal thing happens all the time. It is reliable.
2. Yeah, the thing with the forest navigation that some of you mentioned earlier is there, though I never really thought of it until now. However, I would NOT describe this as having GPS, as I typically have no bloody idea what direction I'm pointing in. It's more like, well... if you've ever read any of the Odd Thomas novels (by Dean Koontz) the main character has this ability he always calls "psychic magnetism", probably because it sounds cool. Where he'll inevitably end up where he wants to go by simply taking whatever random turns, so long as he keeps thinking about whatever/whoever it is he's looking for. Kinda like that. Like "okay, where the heck am I? I need to get to X. Here's a path split, let's just, I dont even know, let's go down that one, no idea what I'm doing" and after a bit of this I'll always end up where I need to be. It occurs to me now that this tends to work in cars too. So, yeah, that's weird.
3. Metaphysical something or other. Look, I'm not sure what's going on with this one. I dont claim to understand it, I really dont. Nor did I seek it out, instead it came to me. But it's become the sort of thing where it's pretty much impossible to deny. When it comes to the meta-whatsits stuff though, it's not so much an activated ability... more like being a freaking magnet (not just for this, but also for "mundane" weirdness too). That's the best way I could describe it. A magnet. The effect seems to be intensifying. I'm not sure what to think of THAT either. I've had a couple of conversations about it on here with certain users but there is still a lot to learn.