Avatar and my own nerve endings.

Avatar was an absolutely gorgeous film. I saw it on 3D with my family and was pleasantly surprised at the graphic content. The actual, deeper content of the film was far more appealing, however. Each alien creature (I have completely forgotten their race's name and their planet) has a long braid terminating with hundreds of nerve-like terminals that allow them to connect to multiple creatures, plants etc. and explore their interconnectedness to the planet (the planet being, essentially, a gigantic brain with more nerve connections than those existing between my own ears).
As I attempt to elevate my own consciousness into a more compassionate, questioning, rational and spiritual one, I cant help but think that I am also equipped with similar sensory tools to explore my world and feel connected. Obviously I have extremely sensitive nerve endings on my toes, fingers and body but they key here is to admit which part of the human body actually feels, and that would be our brains. Nerves only relay chemical information (afferent) and take them to the brain for interpretation. This is where the work is done, both consciously and otherwise.
These thoughts bring me to passages in a current book I am reading called "The Wisdom Of the Native Americans". This book is simply a collection of speeches by prominent, historical leaders of various indigenous tribes in response to white sprawl. It explains that silence and contemplation were essential to these ancient people. Speech never came without the silent arrangements of thoughts. I feel that this is something that is greatly lacking in our society today. I know way to many people that saturate their atmosphere with music, white noise etc. 24/7. I have learned to love silence. I work retail full-time and for 8 hours a day I deal with customers and a constant background of music arranged to be positive and put people in the mood to spend money they don't have. Because of this, when I drive home, my iPod stays in my pocket and I deflate.
I am also going to try to sit on the ground with my palms down when I meditate from now on. The Native Americans did this because they felt close to a great power, a power of all living things of the Earth. Sorry Avatar, you stole it from the Earthlings :-)