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>All five also showed a preference for their own inner world, yet each had his own peculiarities or talents. The way I understand it, this 'inner world' is rea
by winchling 8y ago
>All five also showed a preference for their own inner world, yet each had his own peculiarities or talents.
The way I understand it, this 'inner world' is really the outer world. Strictly speaking, it's one's representation of the world. It's the only direct access one has to reality.
What is really meant by the 'outer world' is of course social relationships. Yet they constitute only a sliver of reality.
- derefr 8y agoNot at all. The "inner world" is exactly the thing one seeks to annihilate when meditating or practicing "mindfulness." It is the world of reflective thoughts, trains of thought, tangents, and intrusive thoughts. The "outer world" is a representation as well, yes, but it is the representation (and instantaneous interpretation) of directly-available sensory information. One might call this representation an analogue of one's embodied reality. A preference to live in one's "own inner world" is a preference—while doing some act "A" out in the world—to think about some other "not-A" thing (usually a continuous, long-standing "not-A" context that stays with you regardless of what "A" you're currently experiencing.) People on the autistic spectrum tend to have exactly this preference.
- winchling 8y agoThis is very good, thanks. Two thoughts: (1) the 'outer world' of one who reflects upon it deeply is going to be richer than the average 'outer world', especially outside the social parts (2) whether and under what conditions the reflective thoughts are either free or 'intrusive'