Post 1457, Day 177 of 2015
- 1,638 days since I started this blog -
- 1,638 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I have maintained for some time that conscious thought wasn't responsible in the main for our decisions, beliefs and positions. There's a new theory that says that consciousness is just a tool for transforming unconscious 'commands' into actions.
That explains a lot.
I did get a laugh because the article on the new theory (thanks, Andy) keeps using the words intuitive and counterintuitive to explain why the theory is difficult to grasp. (Think about it).
I think intuition, if it exists, is a perception of unconscious data that isn't getting translated to a thought or idea.
I have felt and expressed this in these Daily Comments.
Joan says we all write scripts in our head to explain what we're perceiving and that sounds right, too.
The implications for the concepts governing free-will are mind-boggling. "Who's in charge here?", you might ask yourself.
Have a great weekend.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 212.6 lbs
Today's Weight: 212.6 lbs
Previous Weight (6/25): 208.6 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: + 4.0 lbs
Diet Comment
Oh, boy. That's disappointing. A crappy cheeseburger and a lot of Quest bars at the end of the day, a little sleep deprivation, and we have one of the bigger one-day gains in years. It was very rare that when I had a cheat day, and eat my face off with carbs and other stuff, that I would see this kind of reaction the day after, and my only off-plan food of the day was a hamburger bun. OK, a big hamburger bun, but I only ate three quarters of it.Diet Comment
A Quest bar.
Lunch
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| Omelet with peppers, onions, baby kale greens, capicola, cheese and tomato oil. |
Quest bars.
Dinner
Hummus and lentil chips with kale.
Coffee: 24oz.; 2 Espressos; Water: 98+ oz.
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The thing about Psychology (the science) is that it can't account for stuff like consciousness, intuition, insight, understanding, creativity, things that can't be measured, things that can't be specifically defined. It doesn't address the whole of our experience on all the levels of our existence including and beyond the physical, material, social realm, and thus can only represent a partial view of Reality. Contrary to popular belief, we (I) am not conscious all the time. As a matter of self observation, I have "moments of consciousness which I have difficulty retaining over time, surrounded by extended periods of automatic, sleeping consciousness. During those times, I sense that true consciousness is a possibility for me. i've not experienced that reality, except when I've been able to be in the here and now, attentive and receptive. not trying to control or even put my experience into concepts and words.
ReplyDeletemy motto in life is - Breathe consciously, pay attention without judgment. Be Here Now.
Living by that motto allows Everything Else to just fall into Place and time.
- LightLoveCompassion -
I, too, have (admittedly, very rare) moments of consciousness surrounded by extended periods of automatic, sleeping consciousness. I don't seem to experience the universal experience that you too seem to be aware of.
ReplyDeleteWe are the universal experience. It is not a matter of having the experience. Understanding grows with purely attending to the experience. Understanding is not a product of thought, or conceptualizing, but is known only when those mental activities are not drowning it out. The mind is a slippery thing. When it falls into sleeping consciousness, we notice (assuming that we are checking out our mental state whenever we remember to pay attention). At that instant, we are being truly conscious and all divisions that are the creations of thought lose significance, fade away, becoming just noise (distracting only when we forget to pay attention). Understanding is direct apprehension, existing and growing in proportion with the quality of attention. The more that we are aware of,, the greater the understanding. The more we understand, the greater our consciousness. We need to appreciate that it is a qualitative thing, not quantitative. We know "universality" through the understanding found in being attentively in the here/now. There is no magic.
DeleteFirst there is a mountain,
then there is no mountain,
then there is.
- LightLoveCompassion -
Actually, the research I did in graduate school was to show that the things we believe are the result of conscious choice are actually just an inference based on obvious cues.
ReplyDeleteWe experience the same thing, Joan. That you are aware of this at all shows that, and the only difference is in the quantity of these experiences. I have a thing I do (playing and meditating) that makes these experiences seem to occur more frequently than yours. Means nothing. I agree with your research, except that I also believe the obvious cues are a) misleading and b) often, the opposite of obvious.
ReplyDeleteThinking defining, grasping.
ReplyDelete- LightLoveCompassion -
Glad you can post again, Andy!
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