A few more thoughts about syncing

A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON THINKING

as I walked outside yesterday there was a whirlwind of Pollen  floating  in the yuh air and landing all over.   The weather report said the air quality was “moderate.”   That could be and then again the North Pole might be moderately cool on most days.  Well this  “air” started the lyric machine in my head and all of the sudden I was “calling up the instigators because there’s something in the air and we have got to get it together...”.  Do you wonder if “the revolution’s near?”  Well... in some ways I hope so—-remember. Hope?—-(hard work optimism, persistence, and experimenting)?  

In order to really hope  there can be peace and joy rolling forward in this  new social awakening is to experiment with some new. Ways of thinking.   Before we can change the way we think we have to understand a little about how the brain  works.   We think in  concepts and senses/images.    We use language to express  the concepts and in order to do so we attach meaning to words.  Let’s try a little experiment  to demonstrate how we link concepts to words.   Red, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink.   read that list again... got it?    Okay now  let’s try this  list—-Grape, cherry, blueberry, orange, banana.   Orange?—did you cre3ate the same image each time you read the word?   Why not?   Well ... because your brain attached different meanings to  the word.  So what if I said.... fill in the  blank... Horse_______Nascar_______bicycle_______Space______ Okay what does race mean?   

What I’m trying to  offer is the notion that people are saying we need to  change and we need to  hear from everyone.  The suggestion I offer is  for each of us to really take a  long and soulful look at our thoughts and how they are connected to language we might encounter.   

Maybe we can start to think differently by making a list of five words to think about and to really. Understand how our thinking works around  these words.   Here are some words I might suggest

Hope

Race

Sex—you can think about gender if you want...I don’t mind  if you think about gender and sex this is an adult exercise. 

Normal

Future

Caring

Different

Growth

Resistance 

Acceptance

Surrender

Okay while you are doing. Your thinking try to come up with a synonym  for each and  to conjure up a memory  of an event that reminds you of each of the five words you have chosen.   

If you do all that....you have thought enough for. Today.  Tomorrow we will  explore thinking and listening...

Peace....