Hi Marsha, I think if you pay attention you will notice that we do not think in words. The only time we do is when we are formulating a communication or thinking within the social level. Thinking is much deeper than that, and words are just the tip of the iceberg (as it were). Most of our thinking goes unnoticed by that focussed part. You may be speaking of is the difference between psychological "attention" and consciousness. This is poorly informed Western psychology that presents such a dichotomy.
Have you ever heard of "thinking without thinking"? This is popular terminology within Zen for the process of mindfulness, and it is just that. Strange I know for those who live in a world of words. Attention, in its Western form, has been relegated to a function required for survival (you know, all those Darwin worshipers). Certainly, a focal point of attention helps us perform tasks, but what do you think the rest of the brain is doing during this time, standing idly by? That just would not make sense. Ever have a thought suddenly appear in focus out of nowhere. Don't you think that there was something going on to produce that thought? It does not take much of the brain to be in attention, and the rest of the brain is not asleep during this time. Because of Western psychology, many believe that they are their focussed thoughts. This is really a shame since it is so untrue. What a waste that would be if the sum total of ourselves where just what we were focussing on at the time. This occupies about 1% of our total thinking. If you let your thoughts go free, do not concentrate on them, but just observe them as something that is happening to you, you will find that there is much more going on in there. Certainly do not take my word for it, but don't waste your life surrounded by static quality. Good luck, Mark On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:20 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > On May 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, 118 wrote: > >> Mark: >> What you say below is incorrect. You are speaking of the Social >> Level. We think outside of language and only use it for >> communication. > > Marsha: > I am speaking about thinking, not consciousness. I am sure human > beings are conscious of many experiences outside of language: smell, > taste, hearing, touch and sight to name the most obvious. > > >> Mark: >> Many things are true to the individual; things are >> only agreed on at the Social level. > > Marsha: > I understand thinking to go on at both the Social and Intellectual > Levels. > > > > > >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:51 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hello Arlo, >>> >>> Been thinking that we can think and characterize reality only subject to >>> language, which is conventional (sq) and says nothing ultimately true. Do >>> you accept your last statement (Assimilating language...) as true? >>> >>> >>> Marsha >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 10, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Arlo Bensinger wrote: >>> >>>> [Marsha] >>>> Is this about an autonomous individual? >>>> >>>> [Arlo] >>>> No. In this paragraph the author is stating the extremes, or poles, of >>>> "structure" (determinism?) and "agency" (free will?). There have been >>>> other terms for these, but within structuration theories (such as Giddens, >>>> Archer, Parker and Bourdieu), these are recast not as antagonist forces, >>>> but mutually enabling and mutually supportive. Agency is always enacted >>>> within structure, and structure is always influenced by agency. Greater >>>> structure brings greater agency, simplistically, rather than being >>>> inversely related. The incredibly rapidity of world travel, and the >>>> ensuing "freedom" to move around the globe, rests on a very complex >>>> structure of mechanics, navigation, flight theory, schedules, airports, >>>> etc etc etc. If you remove the structure, the agency of the individual to >>>> move around is severely diminished. Moreso, Boudieu also considers the >>>> same duality regarding "words" which Mark seems to suggest is a form of >>>> imprisonment. Assimilating language provides us with far gre > at >>> er capacity to act than a feral human would have, albeit it at the same >>> time (like roadways) channeling our thoughts in certain ways. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >>> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
