Sublime

Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.

conscious and unconscious memory systems: implicit, “sensitive memories” that were responsible for emotional responses; and explicit, “habit-based memories” that took care of physical movements.

We are not cognitive computers, we are feeling machines.

we recognize that this mental event was not the totality of who we are, we gain the reflective distance and the freedom to take responsibility for our actions and feelings.

Emotions are not reactions to the world. You are not a passive receiver of sensory input but an active constructor of your emotions.

feelings and emotions, mind and body,

When it comes to embodied self-awareness, practice is crucial in expanding it and giving us opportunities to make choices for our own benefit.

As we verbally process trauma, we have to name and label our emotions: and this practice, in turn, is known to improve life satisfaction. It’s known as the A-to-D emotion theory, in which ‘analogue’ emotions (non-verbal, woolly, hard to organise, imprecise) are turned into ‘digital’ (verbal, cognitive, easy-to-organise) chunks. ‘Your writing goes f

brain; it is always I who am thinking.