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a skeptic INTJ who love to think, observe, analyze, contemplate and write random stuff  

[intj-explained]

The Death Glare

For a lot of people, their neutral mood face is a smile, or at the very least, nonthreatening. For a lot of INTJs, it’s the Death Glare (this affectionate name is courtesy of a old INTP friend of mine, who brought mine to my attention many years ago). Instead of exerting the effort to smile or frown, we seem to take the efficient route of doing nothing at all, looking rather unpleasant in the process. The typical INTJ Glare seems to consist of a grim mouth, furrowed brow, and most importantly, a harsh piercing gaze.

But of course there are others who wear a neutral face when they aren’t exceedingly emotional- why is it that the INTJ Death Glare stands out? I believe it may be more noticed because we are already recognized as severe individuals, or perhaps because we aren’t easily cowed into averting our gazes and it makes others uncomfortable. Maybe we wear it while we think, and it gets a lot more use than our smiles or frowns. Maybe all that time spent reading and on the computer is making us go blind, and we squint like we’re angry when we’re focused. In all honesty, I’m not sure.

What I do know is that, despite its unpleasant appearance, the Death Glare means nothing more than we’re not overwhelmed with emotion. We may look angry, but we probably aren’t. Constantly being asked if we’re upset about something is often perplexing, since we may not even realize we are using a Death Glare. Many times, we’re in a quite good mood, it just doesn’t show.

So next time you see somebody you suspect to be an INTJ wearing a distinct Death Glare, keep in mind that they may not be in a foul mood or be an unpleasant person- they might just be lost in thought or absorbed in whatever activity they’re partaking in at the time.

[indirlvie]

Actually I've just understood something. The reason why some people try to make a good impression toward others. it's because people remember memories, not facts. It's not important what will it be, but what it would be if it was that be. what memories they choose to be remembered, it will last forever, whatever its current condition. Pernahkah teringat pada memori kecilmu? Ketika memiliki teman karib yang 'begitu' baik? Meski (mungkin) sekarang teman yang baik itu berubah menjadi orang asing yang bahkan tidak mengenalimu saat berpapasan. Tapi ternyata otak menolak untuk mempercayai fakta yang berubah, karena ingatan telah mempengaruhi harapan yang menciptakan delusi menjadi fakta abadi. One day, some people make bad gossips about him/her, automatically you make a defense reaction: "No, (s)he isn't that kind of person, she is a good person, you guys shouldn't spread bad rumor like that, I despise it" then leave. Your brain always rejects everything that was incompatible with its awareness. (memories are its awareness oxygen). It always screws you like that. Maybe the statement about not trust anyone, has to be directed to your memories (temporal lobe) too.

[neurosciencestuff]

Brain consolidates memory with three-step brainwave

Our long-term memory is consolidated when we sleep. Short-term memory traces in the hippocampus, an area deep in the brain, are then relocated to more outer parts of the brain (neocortex). An international team of neuroscientists, among who Mathilde Bonnefond and Til Ole Bergmann from the Donders Institute at Radboud Universiy, now shows how a three-step brain oscillation plays an important part in that process. Nature Neuroscience published the results on September 21st.

Bonnefond and Bergmann specialize in research on oscillations: waves of brain activity. ‘Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep is responsible for the memory consolidation during our sleep’, Bonnefond explains. ‘NREM is known for its very slow oscillations (SOs). Other types of oscillations are hidden inside these SOs. We discovered that three types of oscillations are nested inside each other in the hippocampus and have a joint function.’

Slow waves, spindles and ripples

Slow oscillations only happen about once per second (~0.75 Hz). In a specific time frame within these SOs, Bergmann, Bonnefond and their colleagues found clusters of oscillations of an intermediate speed: the so called spindles which happen about 15 times per second (12 – 16 Hz). And within these spindles, they found clusters of superfast oscillations called ripples, which happen about 90 times per second (80 – 100 Hz), and which reflect the local reactivation of the memory trace to be shuttled to the cortex.

To summarize: SOs contain spindles, which in their turn contain ripples. ‘Earlier studies only coupled these oscillation types in pairs’, Bonnefond explains. ‘But now, we see that SOs, spindles and ripples are functionally coupled in the hippocampus. And we hypothesize that they provide fine-tuned temporal frames for the transfer of memory traces to the neocortex.’

Epilepsy

The group of researchers investigated the process in human epilepsy patients during natural sleep. Doctors were looking for the brain areas responsible for their epilepsy, and the current research was done at the same time: with special electrodes, the researchers recorded oscillations from inside the brain. Bonnefond: ‘This was a great opportunity to investigate the hippocampus, since it’s difficult to measure deep brain regions with classical electrophysiological techniques, that measure from outside the skull.’

The patients did not have to remember any specific information. ‘You’re consolidating memories every night, so we investigated the process in general. The next step would be to link these clustered oscillations to specific memories.’

[indirlvie]

Love or to be loved? Mungkin kita sering mempertanyakan, lebih baik mencintai atau dicintai? Tapi tak pernahkah terbesit dalam pemikiran bahwa baik mencintai ataupun dicintai keduanya sama2 menggunakan the power of love? Cinta itu somehow begitu powerful sampai sumber daya yang ada pada dimensi kita saat ini tak mampu mengupas seberapa besar energi yang dibawanya dalam persamaan matematis. Cinta adalah anugerah terindah yang berada disetiap hati makhluk yang diciptakan oleh sang Maha Pemberi Cinta. Cinta adalah besaran yang sampai sekarang belum bisa didefinisikan oleh ahli fisika maupun matematika, tapi semua makhluk setuju bahwa cinta adalah energi yang mampu menghidupkan yang mati, mengangkat yang terjatuh, menuntun yang tersesat, menerangi yang gelap, bahkan memberi harapan bagi yang kehilangan. Semua makhluk, hidup berlandaskan energi tersebut, energi yang tak kasat mata namun tak dipungkiri akan keberadaannya, layaknya udara yang yang tak lepas darinya. . Cinta inilah yang membuat Bilal bin Rabah rela dicambuk ditengah terik matahari, Cinta yang membuat nabi Ibrahim as rela menyembelih anaknya (meski anaknya-nabi Ismail as- diselamatkan Allah swt), Cinta yang membuat seorang ibu rela menahan derita selama 9 bulan demi kelahiran anaknya, cinta yang membuat anjing akita (hachiko) kembali menunggu di stasiun kereta selama 10 tahun lamanya hingga napas pergi darinya, cinta pula yang membuat putra mahkota Edward XI melepaskan tahtanya (even I don’t think it was good though). . Terkadang satu kepedulian dan cinta yang kita berikan kepada seorang mampu mengubah dunia mereka, mampu menolongnya, memberi cahaya padanya, menunjukinya, memberi harapan padanya, meski harapan adalah hal usang yang telah hilang dari dalam sanubarinya ketika dirinya tahu bagaimana kejamnya dunia. . Namun tidak banyak yang rela memberikan sebuah kepedulian dan cinta kepada seorang asing diluar sana, atau hanya setidaknya hanya melihat dan tersenyum pada mereka, tanda bahwa kepedulian itu ada. . Mengapa manusia menghilangkan cinta, padahal cinta adalah anugerah terbesar yang diberikan Pencipta di hati mereka. Jika satu cinta mampu mengubah dunia menjadi lebih baik bagi seorang di luar sana, bagaimana jika setiap orang melakukannya pada setidaknya pada setiap seorang lainnya. Dunia akan dilingkupi akan cinta, damai, tenang, aman dan sentosa. Jika pikiran itu yang dimiliki orang2 di negeri sana, barat, timur, utara, selatan, maupun timur tengah. Lalu, masihkah akan terjadi perang yang membunuh manusia lainnya? . Sesungguhnya memberikan cinta tidak membutuhkan biaya, bagaimana kita masih pelit untuk menebarkannya? . “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world” . . P.S. Even it’s hard for me, I’ll try my best to spread love for every single creatures that live in this universe. INTJ’s problem must have solution. ^^

[indirlvie]

Selalu ada ingatan yang tersimpan dalam setiap quark materi, tersusun sempurna nan rapi, setia memberi informasi dan enggan untuk pergi. Kekal nan abadi layaknya sang Pemberi kesadaran itu sendiri. . Gravitasi yang menjebaknya tetap setia terhadap sebuah posisi. Meyakinkan padanya bagaimana menjaga diri dan tetap berfungsi. . Tak pernah berhenti untuk memancarkan energi, menerangi setiap sudut kegelapan materi. Memecah setiap inchi kegelapan yang enggan memberi informasi atas apa yang tengah dan telah terjadi. . Konsekuensi yang pasti menyertai setiap pelepasan eV tak menjadi alasan untuk diam dan berhenti. Karna alasan hanyalah sebuah reaksi atas ilusi yang mengisi ruang kesadaran inti. Tanpa ilusi, alasan dan turunan atas reaksi fisi yang menyertai pasti akan mati. Kembali menjadi what it supposed to be. . Menjadi berfungsi atau mati atau bahkan tidak pernah ada dari awal penciptaan itu sendiri. Alasan yang melandasi mengapa kesadarannya ada dalam dimensi saat ini, memastikan setiap bit informasi yang menyertainya hingga kini tidak akan hilang ditelan energi yang sampai saat ini blm teridentifikasi. . . Andai setiap tasbih yang mereka lakukan pada sang Pemberi kesadaran mampu kita pahami, lidah tak kan lagi sanggup untuk mengucapkan huruf maupun angka yang mendasari sebuah komunikasi. . Gelapnya malam akan setia menjadi saksi atas apa yang terjadi hari ini. Layaknya pelangi yang setia pada sang matahari hingga quark yang setia mengisi setiap materi, We'll realize, Jauh di dalam kesadaran diri ini, ingatan atas penciptaan diri dan alam semesta ini tersimpan dengan sempurna dan menunggu untuk dapat dieksplorasi. . Rasa syukur tidak akan pernah cukup untuk membalas setiap keajaiban yang kita terima hari ini. Menjadi 'berfungsi' mungkin mampu membawa rasa syukur menjadi lebih berarti. . . Have a good rest for awareness wanderer out there. ➰indirlvie – View on Path.

[indirlvie]

What kind of matter do you want to find? . Sometimes we're trapped by our own mind about something that should be known, but haven't come yet to us. Scattering consciously about time that hasn't be apt to show off their existence. Making some bizarre illusions that God only knows when the best time to us. . In fact, You've made a compensation about thing that you had to take seriously or just tinkering over things you faced. . For sake of time, your ignorance make you don't know about that yet, something you should be known. "Time you used to spent were never come back to you", classic. It's like unravel an imaginary thing that you can't even met. You can't hide from inevitable fate, but you can change the way you look at them. . Why time is limited but experience isn't? Experience will give you knowledge, but all knowledges can't be learned from your own experiences. If people over the world have different experiences that would be given to you freely because they are carefree to show off their own existences. Can't you use that trend? . In some aspects, you'll need a tool. A tool that are hide by God in your brain (please don't ever say heart). If you wanna know what was that, the tool that He gave to you since you were born. Maybe God will give you a clue with this statement : ~If you want an answer, what should you do to get that?~ . . The trap is you don't understand and 'world' can't even explain. Indirlvie. – View on Path.

[indirlvie]

Thought via Path

“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everybody was, especially me. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and than make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is. And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn't do or what they didn't know. I don't know. I guess there could always be someone to blame. It's just different. Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Because it's okay to feel things. I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel INFINITE. I feel INFINITE.” - Charlie (The Perks of Being A Wallflower) – Read on Path.

[indirlvie]

Smell and Memory

A smell can bring on a flood of memories, influence people's moods and even affect their work performance. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain's limbic system, an area so closely associated with memory and feeling it's sometimes called the "emotional brain," smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has intimate access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is responsible for associative learning. Despite the tight wiring, however, smells would not trigger memories if it weren't for conditioned responses. When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment. Your brain forges a link between the smell and a memory -- associating the smell of chlorine with summers at the pool or lilies with a funeral. When you encounter the smell again, the link is already there, ready to elicit a memory or a mood. Chlorine might call up a specific pool-related memory or simply make you feel content. Lilies might agitate you without your knowing why. This is part of the reason why not everyone likes the same smells. Because we encounter most new odors in our youth, smells often call up childhood memories. But we actually begin making associations between smell and emotion before we're even born. :) . . . True story. Whenever I smelled a smell after rain, My memory go through my peace of state. So warm and Sincere. It's kinda hear second waltz and dance with the wind. :)

[indirlvie]

Bagaimana kita mengetahui apa yang kita lakukan telah berada pada jalur yang benar? Someone told me : "Kamu tahu dirimu berada pada takdirmu (jalur yang benar) ketika kamu tidak pernah lagi berminat untuk menengok kebelakang dan terus melangkah". 😃 Yes! Teruslah melihat ke depan, karena kenangan (masa lalu) adalah sesuatu yang tidak akan pernah kembali (jauh), sedangkan waktumu saat ini dan masa depan mu adalah hal yang harus kau jalani dengan persiapan matang. Sematang persiapan mu atas sebuah kepastian (kematian) 😇 #haveagoodrest – View on Path.

[indirlvie]

What kind of person do you let world knows about you? What kind of person do you want to be remembered? And What kind of person you really are?

[indirlvie]

Apa yang 'mereka' cari? Bertaburan memenuhi jalan? Berpeluh dr pagi hingga pagi? Harta?Jabatan? Kedudukan?Kebahagiaan? Atau sekedar cukup untuk Bertahan? ..Bertahan menjalani kehidupan dengan harapan. Harapan yang dipekikkan ke telinga mereka sebagai sebuah keindahan. Harapan yang membuat terus bekerja keras demi sebuah ketercapaian. ..Harapan yang menjadi oasis dalam kegusaran dan kekeringan. Harapan yang menjadikan mereka terus berpeluh dalam kegetiran menanti hari esok yg 'mungkin' cemerlang. ..Tapi ketika mentari tak lagi kunjung menampakkan keberadaannya di esok pagi. Baru disadari bahwa harapan yang menjadi generator penumpu mimpi atas imbalan yg mungkin akan diberi, tidak lebih dari sebuah.. . . ILUSI. ..Ilusi yang tanpa sadar dipercaya sebagai sebuah kenyataan. Kenyataan yang tidak lebih dari debu yang berterbangan dalam lautan ketiadaan. In this universe, U and I are not really special than a dust. #nothingness ^^ – View on Path.

[indirlvie]

"When you've gotten tired of this life. God's sake, just relying on Him. Hope everything gonna be okay, Although in the end you'll realize that It's all just a perfect reflection of yours, no one else. You're still alone and always be." Perfect reflection. Yes, you'll get this: "No, it's not about me, you just do the way you want to, and you've gotten the things you wanted to. you chose to be that way. Don't ever blame on anyone else." It's just a hallucination, you still hope something will come, although you'd known that those thing is never existed in its first place. Your mind is always playing around with you. Order and chaos. -expect the unexpected.

[indirlvie]

Hidup itu seperti berlayar, kau tidak pernah tau apa yang terjadi di depan, mungkin sebuah pulau, mungkin gunung es, mungkin bertemu perompak, mungkin bertemu topan, atau bahkan menemukan tempat persinggahan. Ada begitu banyak alasan untuk diam dan menikmati pemandangan, tapi alam tidak dirancang untuk tetap diam, mereka bergerak, menimbulkan banyak alasan bagi si pelaut untuk tidak boleh diam dan terus melanjutkan perjalanan. Tidak ada yg pernah menggaransi bahwa akan baik2 saja jika tetap berjalan, perjalanan itu sendiri membahayakan, tapi dengan diam dan tidak melakukan apapun jauh lebih berbahaya daripada menghadapinya secara langsung. Hidup juga begitu, kita tidak pernah tahu apa yang akan terjadi di depan, tapi satu hal yang pasti, kita harus suka cita melanjutkan perjalanan dan mengahadapi nya di garda terdepan. Selama kita mematangkan mental dan teguh dalam memperjuangkan nilai kehidupan, selama itu bagaimanapun rintangan yg datang, hanya akan dilewati dengan sebuah senyuman kepuasan, karena ternyata ada Allah yg lebih besar ,dari rintangan manapun, yg selalu memebersamai kehidupan ini. teruslah bergerak, karena 1000 langkah yg berada dipikiran yg diam tidak membawa mu kemanapun. Bergeraklah meski salah arah dan terjatuh setidaknya kau punya waktu untuk belajar memperbaiki dan mempercepat langkah menuju ketempat yg kau tuju. Kepada para penjelajah yg kehilangan arah dan terdiam untuk mempertanyakan apa yg akan dilakukan, percayalah bahwa diam itu mematikan, jadi jangan membuat terlalu banyak alasan yg membenarkan mengapa diam diperlukan, teruslah berjalan, teruslah bangkit lagi dan lagi hingga raga tak sanggup lagi bangkit dan terpaksa untuk diam dalam keheningan yg abadi. -sipenjelajahyangkehilanganarah

[indirlvie]

Choice is something about putting scarf around your neck and never complain how uncomfortable it is. - If I could go back in time, the first thing I wanted to change is my choice.- *as you know, it's impossible*💭

[indirlvie]

Kiss The Rain by Yiruma (lovely song) ^^

[indirlvie]

~how to talk about love from INTJ's point of view~

May, most of people say: " we are not fated to each other" but in fact, there're not enough effort to make the fate and the time meet in one spot together (called "everlastinglove").

You Know, INTJs are clumsy with people (especially when it's about LOVE). If you're not really flexible (and extrovert) and making more effort toward me, we will always get 2nd graphic, won't we?

[explore-blog]

If you read one thing today, make it Buddhist Economics – E.F. Schumacher’s wonderful 1973 meditation on how to stop prioritizing goods over people and consumption over creativity