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This reminds me of Sam Harris's guided meditation app. One of the common questions raised in the guided meditations is whether or not you can observe the part o
by tvanantwerp 6y ago
This reminds me of Sam Harris's guided meditation app. One of the common questions raised in the guided meditations is whether or not you can observe the part of your mind that is generating your thoughts. His suggestion is that you can't--the thoughts come into consciousness on their own; you can observe the thoughts as they come and go, but you can't observe where thoughts come from. Like the sensation of breathing, of temperature, or of pressure, thoughts enter consciousness as if they were an external stimulus.
- rtx 6y agoIts like we don't have access to all the conscious regions of our brains. Who knows, what evolutionary pressure might have locked us out of there, who know
- suls 6y agoThe other side of the coin being we haven't developed access to it yet. Either way, an interesting perspective, thanks!
- Scarblac 6y agoI actually started using that meditation app because Nick Cave recommends it in one of the Red Hand Files too.