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In psychology, the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved.[1] The effect is named after Maria Ovsiankina, who conducted research on this behavior.
Maria Ovsiankina • Ovsiankina effect
Ovsiankina effect
cosmic tide — the idea that the whole life of the universe—from the big bang to the collapsing of the universe—is just one wave in an “ocean” that’s beyond space time. What if the comedy and tragedy and all possible beautiful and all potential forms of life within our plenum is just the crashing of a single wave? It is a loop, a wave, a heartbeat,
... See moreTo live oneself means: to be one’s own task. Never say that it is a pleasure to live oneself. It will be no joy but a long suffering, since you must become your own creator. If you want to create yourself, then you do not begin with the best and the highest, but with the worst and the deepest. Therefore say that you are reluctant to live yourself.
... See moreC. G. Jung • The Red Book
In a sense, the flow state translates to the complete alignment of our conscious and subconscious minds in service of our intention. In flow, we have a special kind of access to the deeper resources of our subconscious and can draw upon them more directly. We can also seek this kind of VIP access to the subconscious via the techniques of hypnosis,
... See moreJames Doty • Mind Magic
For hundreds of years, “Occam’s razor” has been a go-to in any critical thinker’s mental toolbox. Also known as the “principle of parsimony,” this heuristic (read: a mental shortcut) is often summarized as: “When you have two competing explanations for the same phenomenon, the simpler one is the better.”
Big Think • 3 Brilliant Critical Thinking Tools Used by Daniel Dennett
The Chinese symbol for crisis 危机 is composed of two elements: one signifies danger and the other opportunity.
liminal and dark night
The observed changes in the matter, brought about by various chemical operations, named in Latin (such as separatio, coniunctio, calcinatio, solutio, sublimatio, and coagulatio), were actually a reflection or projection of the inner workings of the human psyche.
Keiron Le Grice • The Lion Will Become Man: Alchemy and the Dark Spirit in Nature—A Personal Encounter
The gnomic (abbreviated GNO ), also called neutral , generic , or universal aspect , mood , or tense , is a grammatical feature (which may refer to aspect, mood, or tense) that expresses general truths or aphorisms.
Gnomic aspect
“Being wrong is the only way I feel sure I’ve learned anything.”