Thought provoking for sure. But is distraction something you learn… a habit, a skill .,,? I know a five year that has not figured it out yet. When she is doing something she stays in the moment and is not distracted no matter how hard I try to get her attention. May that last for a long time.
"(...) sometimes be pulled away from displeasure or pleasure by some kind of “not thinking.” - this whole article sure had me thinking a lot about meditation, many allusions to it as far as I understand the concept of thought and non-thought, as well as distraction, attention and the flow between the two, and especially in the non-patterned observation of this "mind-movement" - fascinating stuff, and for whatever reason not especially emotional for me personally - probs cause I'm a bot
Thought provoking for sure. But is distraction something you learn… a habit, a skill .,,? I know a five year that has not figured it out yet. When she is doing something she stays in the moment and is not distracted no matter how hard I try to get her attention. May that last for a long time.
"(...) sometimes be pulled away from displeasure or pleasure by some kind of “not thinking.” - this whole article sure had me thinking a lot about meditation, many allusions to it as far as I understand the concept of thought and non-thought, as well as distraction, attention and the flow between the two, and especially in the non-patterned observation of this "mind-movement" - fascinating stuff, and for whatever reason not especially emotional for me personally - probs cause I'm a bot