I have a lot of books. I’ve read a good variety of them and have some of them sitting around. When I’m not reading them, I’m listening to them. The ones I listen to are mostly in my head, but I also listen to them in my heart. I’m not sure what that means, but I like it. Maybe a little too much.
Im not sure what that means, but I like it. Maybe a little too much.
I have a bit of a hard time saying what Im listening to, but I like that idea. Listening to a book in my heart is much like reading a book in your heart. You get some of the words and you can feel them, but you don’t know if you’ve actually absorbed them. You can’t see the images as you read so you can’t really tell if they mean anything to you, but you always have a feeling of if you are actually listening.
That feeling is what makes books so great, as a reader you can feel the emotions, you can understand the words, but you dont know if youve actually absorbed them.
The fact is that the majority of our thoughts and actions are on autopilot. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. Our habits, routines, impulses, and reactions carry us through our lives so we don’t have to stop and think about it every time we wipe our ass or start a car.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we are on autopilot. Because when we are not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them. Whereas a person with self awareness is able to exercise a little meta-cognition and say, “Hmm… every time my sister calls me and asks for money, I end up drinking a lot of vodkas.
We don’t have to be aware of our habits, routines, impulses, and reactions because they are always around us, right in front of our face. When we’re not even aware of them, then we no longer control them. Whereas a person with self awareness is able to exercise a little meta-cognition and say, Hmm every time my sister calls me and asks for money, I end up drinking a lot of vodkas.
Now, this is a great example of how meta-cognition can be a problem, even for the person with the most advanced self-awareness. It’s easy to think you’re doing something meta or intelligent when you’re not. It seems that no matter how smart you think you are, there are still people out there who think you’re not so smart. It all depends on how much meta-cognition you have.
Most of us have a level of meta-cognition in our heads that we can only understand if we are paying explicit attention to what we’re doing. As people in our society become more aware of the many ways of being in the world, we often find ourselves thinking of things that aren’t even possible. When we’re on autopilot, it’s like thinking about “I’m not being as smart as I should be.
In my opinion, no one has ever been on autopilot for very long. Most people are generally aware of what they are doing, and they are also aware of what they are not doing. And when it comes to being on autopilot, we are on autopilot for a long time.
