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Speaking as a meditation guy. When you spend a lot of time concentrating your attention (as we do when solving our engineering puzzles) you tend to stay concen
by swayvil 5y ago
Speaking as a meditation guy.
When you spend a lot of time concentrating your attention (as we do when solving our engineering puzzles) you tend to stay concentrated. It becomes a lifestyle.
And when you spend a lot of time concentrating on ideas, you tend to stay concentrated on ideas. Ideas are your world.
But ideas are not the world. The world is infinitely larger.
And concentration is brother to blindness. Which is to say, concentrating on X leads to ignoring Y, Z and Q.
Pardon me if this is vague.
- fvv 5y agodon't worry it's not vague I think both types of thinking are needed, creativity can be suppressed by too much concentration or fatigue, but it certainly becomes more effective if nourished by the knowledge that concentration helps to obtain
- mekkkkkk 5y ago> Ideas are your world. Wow, I feel that this describes me perfectly. I've never considered it before, but I tend to think in hypotheticals, generalized broad solutions or abstract concepts. I rarely spend brain power thinking of practical or tangible things. Maybe this is a consequence of (or reinforced by) programming since an early age. It has certainly taken it's toll. I'm always the one that forgets social occasions, leaves a mess and have sub-par social skills. My mind is always "in the clouds" so to speak.
- myfavoritedog 5y agoMeditation is an amazing thing. Its impact on your mind and your understanding of your mind can be profound. Sadly, many of the people who could most use the practice find the whole concept to be laughable.