Is it just me or does anyone else have a state of deep think where they trust their conclusions to be correct?
For instance I have come to recognize a personal state of deep deep calm and reflection where I can typically trust that my personal decisions will be correct and unduely influenced - to the best of my current ability or experience. If I find I still think the same when I reach that point then I have usually found the wisest decision possible. I also think this state has a continous level of depth depending on how calm I am through out the day. I personally find it easier to do that which I know I should do (or act like an adult) when I am the most calm and reflective. A state of deep deep thinking.
(i know, i hate to clarify so much too, but sometimes some people just dont get what I am talking about....)
Does anyone else understand what I'm talking about? Or should I question myself more of why do I believe that I have to reach a certain state to trust my decisions?
Which, that question is really what started this, why do I need to continuously slow down to think. Makes me wonder if I have a habit of acting like a child and just don't realize it.
Anyone have any suggestions for more quickly getting to that calm to make critical decisions, say after the end of a long/stressful work day? Any suggestions for staying at it throughout the day?
Just looking for ideas to contemplate. Thanx.
Questions on a state of deep thinking and or reflection.
Re: Questions on a state of deep thinking and or reflection.
A good way for me staying calm that I have found helps out a lot is understanding the other persons motives, behaviors, and actions. If you can understand where they come from and how they acted which might bring you out of your comfort zone, then you can learn and accept how they're actions are seen through yourself. If you can work on this then it can help you get along with others and even give rise to possible friendships.
If originally you were talking about just calming yourself because for some reason that you aren't aware of that you might be hyper or have too much energy, just find some sort of exercise to help even if it seems quite minimum at first. For example, ever since I had my first poker playing experience at a casino I've been doing a day to day jog around my block just to release some of that pent up energy that isn't let out during the course of my school hours.
If originally you were talking about just calming yourself because for some reason that you aren't aware of that you might be hyper or have too much energy, just find some sort of exercise to help even if it seems quite minimum at first. For example, ever since I had my first poker playing experience at a casino I've been doing a day to day jog around my block just to release some of that pent up energy that isn't let out during the course of my school hours.
Re: Questions on a state of deep thinking and or reflection.
Anthony,
Have these conclusions proven to be consistently accurate? Would you mind sharing a few examples?Is it just me or does anyone else have a state of deep think where they trust their conclusions to be correct?
Sometimes the more you clarify, the better. Eventually you'll start to notice that people do understand what you mean.sometimes some people just don't get what I am talking about....
This isn't coming from experience, because I haven't had the patience for it, but I've heard meditation helps. So, if you wanna give it a go, I'd like to suggest that you google: "meditation techniques" and experiment with a few, find the one that appeals to you the most, stick with it and practice, practice, practice. Eventually, you'll find that you'll gain more control over your mind/body.Anyone have any suggestions for more quickly getting to that calm to make critical decisions, say after the end of a long/stressful work day?
Sure, no problem. If it works, make a post and and share your experience and progress, if you'd like.Just looking for ideas to contemplate. Thanx.
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I make my living by writing software, and it rather startled me when I noticed early-on that when evaluating my own code, I never actually "read" it, but rather I was evaluating it on a visual basis; the form conveyed the meaning. This implied, of course, that I had a deep understanding of my own coding style to the point that I could interpret it without actually verbalizing the controling statements.
The result of this is that if someone writes code with a differing style (and Everyone writes code with an idiosyncratic style), I then have to do a deep line-by-line analysis to understand what they're trying to do. As a result, I became a contractor, and don't to maintainence on the code of others. I mean, I like this stuff, but come on: life is too short.
My point is that once I noticed how much I rely on visual thought to accomplish what is really a literal task, further examples of an odd sense of "seeing" the results of analysis became more readily apparent. In fact, I have been in meetings where I would deduce the correct solution to a problem, but would be totaly unable to put
it into words, simply because (I believe) I didn't use language to come to the conclusion. It's more like a visualization of a process rather then a description of it.
I believe that there are many differing tacks we use instinctively when reaching a conclusion, and that some of them at least, are not very well understood by science as yet. See for instance todays release on recent studies of visual optical illusions, they make a reasonable claim that many such illusions are due to the brain predicting Future Behaviour of an object as compensatory for the time-lag from perception to muscle movement. Like hitting a fastball pitch.
So, does medatatively silencing the mind aid decision making? Well, it sure can't hurt. A profitable study course for you right now would be on the various explanations of "intuitiveness." As the Beatles said, "It's a long and winding road." But since you've noticed this in yourself, look into it while you're still curious.
The result of this is that if someone writes code with a differing style (and Everyone writes code with an idiosyncratic style), I then have to do a deep line-by-line analysis to understand what they're trying to do. As a result, I became a contractor, and don't to maintainence on the code of others. I mean, I like this stuff, but come on: life is too short.
My point is that once I noticed how much I rely on visual thought to accomplish what is really a literal task, further examples of an odd sense of "seeing" the results of analysis became more readily apparent. In fact, I have been in meetings where I would deduce the correct solution to a problem, but would be totaly unable to put
it into words, simply because (I believe) I didn't use language to come to the conclusion. It's more like a visualization of a process rather then a description of it.
I believe that there are many differing tacks we use instinctively when reaching a conclusion, and that some of them at least, are not very well understood by science as yet. See for instance todays release on recent studies of visual optical illusions, they make a reasonable claim that many such illusions are due to the brain predicting Future Behaviour of an object as compensatory for the time-lag from perception to muscle movement. Like hitting a fastball pitch.
So, does medatatively silencing the mind aid decision making? Well, it sure can't hurt. A profitable study course for you right now would be on the various explanations of "intuitiveness." As the Beatles said, "It's a long and winding road." But since you've noticed this in yourself, look into it while you're still curious.