Thinking
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Thinking
Spiritual Enlightenment, the Damnedest Thing: Book One of The Enlightenment Trilogy
Jed McKenna • 2 highlights
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We need more vocabulary around the experience of thinking, as in:
-thinking qua “directing my inner monologue along certain pathways”
- thinking qua “no words, just feeling the thought-shapes moving & finding how they want to fit together”
- thinking qua “staying with my feelings and noting the quasi-verbal expression that rises off them like s... See more
River Kennax.comit is probably a mistake, in the end, to ask software to improve our thinking. Even if you can rescue your attention from the acid bath of the internet; even if you can gather the most interesting data and observations into the app of your choosing; even if you revisit that data from time to time — this will not be enough. It might not even be wort... See more
research on intellectual humility has exploded in the past 10 years. Psychologists now have many different ways to assess intellectual humility. Social scientists know that possessing a high level of intellectual humility is associated with multiple positive outcomes, like having more empathy, more prosocial behavior, reduced susceptibility to misi... See more
Eranda Jayawickreme • Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. B... See more
Farnum Street • How to Think: The Skill You've Never Been Taught
Non-dual thinking:
Sometimes the answer isn't this OR that but this AND that.
Hard work AND rest
Stability AND change
Acceptance AND problem solving
Independence AND interdependence
Ruggedness AND Flexibility
Caring deeply AND non-attachment
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