parallel said:
These days I'm observing and embodying my thoughts a lot more consciously, but still don't completely trust my thinking. Programs flitting by in the adaptive consciousness would probably be the interface where an entity can manipulate?
A loophole here could be the feeling of being overall colinear but in reality perhaps just mentally tagging along. Dreaming that ones thinking is up to par with the most astute of you, while in reality might just be the adaptive mind modifying and transferring on the fly an image of thinking identity.
very interesting comments.
obyvatel said:
Action-based thinking - which I understood as thoughts which translate to some physical action - does not keep out emotional thinking. Have you had the opportunity to read the thread
Adaptive Unconscious yet? You may also want to go through some of the other recent threads in the psychology and cognitive science section - like
Rational? Logical? Objective? Maybe not...
Do you know when you are lying to yourself?
No. What i meant by action based-thinking, could best be defined by the person who says "what can i do about my problem" instead of "what will i do about my problem".
Action-based thinking occurs on all levels (incl. physical), like if you are still getting emotional about your parents, rather than get all worked up, you could instead take 'right'-action to address the problem mentally, by changing your perspectives, or putting yourself in the parents shoes, or reaching out to others who have similar issues. It could just be journaling.
But on the other hand, emotional thinking is,"why did this happen to me" "poor me" "how will ever go on" - in other words its self-indulgent rubbish that lets the emotion invade your thinking centre to run amok, because
'I' am not there to feel it in this body and recognise it as the invader in this body.
Second, you bring up the subject of what keeps out emotional thinking, and the answer from my opinion and experience is 'feeling' where the emotion is in this body with your consciousness, and not 'emotionally-thinking' about it with your turgid rational mind.
for eg. when ever i feel the stirring of emotion usually in the guts (where all the s**t is - how appropriate), trying to rise up into my brain, i will say things to myself like ' I know that 'you' are there as 'I' can feel you, but 'I' will not think about you, just feel 'you' in this body'. For 'I' am here, and 'I' am not 'you'.
'I' - the still consciousness
'you' - the emotion
In other words, logical thinking destroys irrational emotional thinking, while holding the emotion in the guts / or shoulders etc. (and out of the brain!). What do you think about what i said? I had an exchange with you once before and i appreciate your perspective.
