SIR WILLIAM WRITES
Never think or discuss "mind" without separating the conscious mind, tortoise, from the subconscious mind (hare on steroids). These two "minds" are so unlike on so many fronts of function and capacity that you will make unnecessary errors in sizing up social behavior - for yourself.
The worst is thinking conscious mind when your target is operating on the subconscious mind on autopilot. It's easy to determine when your audience is subconscious-driven, they respond instantly, reflexively.
Know that the subconscious gets first dibs on the limited glucose supply stream going to the cranium. When you are into deep cognition for an hour or so, your conscious mind runs out of glucose and you go blank. It takes two hours for the conscious mind to get enough fuel to pick up where it left off. Willpower has nothing to do with it.
Cheers
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Sir William,
Oh, my! Your correct assumptions here remind me of my studies in the biochemistry of osmotic glucose imbalances (hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia) in the bloodstream in undergraduate school, and then the study of blood chemistry of the brain in psychology in graduate school.
You are so right that we are, most of the time, mainly operating on automatic pilot. Occasionally, we have exceptions, which I call "thinking moments like an adult."
My granddaughter Rachel, whom I often wrote about in my missives to Ken Shelton's EXECUTIVE EXCELLENCE magazine when she was young and featured her in an episode in my book WHO PUT IN A CAGE, has continued to tap her subconscious successfully since she was seven years old. She is now an adult and a practicing physician's assistance (PA), which has many of the same privileges and responsibilities as MDs.
James Madison, whose biography I recently completed, showed this same ability to tap into his subconscious and act wisely. This was significant in the WAR of 1812, when Great Britain sacked the Nation's Capitol, burned down Washington, DC to the ground with several states threatening to leave the UNION in a state of panic.
Cowardice is only the actions of the frightened mind (or child's mind) in the body of the adult. It was a climate similar if not worse than that of Iraq and Afghanistan, indeed, of Vietnam.
Bravery, I have found, is instinctive, intuitive (it is the essence of THE FISHER PARADIGM). In high school football, if you flinch, that is, hesitate, when you're about to hit someone else, you are likely to get hurt as your conscious mind is cautious, your instinctive mind reacts to the circumstances without hesitation, and you are much less likely to get hurt. That was my experience in high school football, but also in life as well.
Thank you for sharing,
Jim
PS Madison never lost his cool, allowed the states threatening to leave the UNION to have their convention without interference, not only succeeding in the end but prevailing. The Treaty at Ghent, signed before fighting on the ground in the United States had ended, including the conclusive and overwhelming defeat of England at New Orleans, suggests the gods were looking on Madison favorably.
But more to the point, Madison's strategy to win control of the oceans succeeding and the outcome of the WAR of 1812 changed nothing but yet everything. The United States now had the respect of the world that has lasted until now. How Madison was able to manage this makes for stimulating reading.
I am a writer and can appreciate the soundness of my granddaughter and President James Madison to act responsibly in an extreme situation, and recognize the connection to the conscious and unconscious mind that you so aptly describe, knowing that something takes over that I have described only as an incredible calm when it happens.
My granddaughter Rachel, whom I often wrote about in my missives to Ken Shelton's EXECUTIVE EXCELLENCE magazine when she was young and featured her in an episode in my book WHO PUT IN A CAGE, has continued to tap her subconscious successfully since she was seven years old. She is now an adult and a practicing physician's assistance (PA), which has many of the same privileges and responsibilities as MDs.
James Madison, whose biography I recently completed, showed this same ability to tap into his subconscious and act wisely. This was significant in the WAR of 1812, when Great Britain sacked the Nation's Capitol, burned down Washington, DC to the ground with several states threatening to leave the UNION in a state of panic.
Cowardice is only the actions of the frightened mind (or child's mind) in the body of the adult. It was a climate similar if not worse than that of Iraq and Afghanistan, indeed, of Vietnam.
Bravery, I have found, is instinctive, intuitive (it is the essence of THE FISHER PARADIGM). In high school football, if you flinch, that is, hesitate, when you're about to hit someone else, you are likely to get hurt as your conscious mind is cautious, your instinctive mind reacts to the circumstances without hesitation, and you are much less likely to get hurt. That was my experience in high school football, but also in life as well.
Thank you for sharing,
Jim
PS Madison never lost his cool, allowed the states threatening to leave the UNION to have their convention without interference, not only succeeding in the end but prevailing. The Treaty at Ghent, signed before fighting on the ground in the United States had ended, including the conclusive and overwhelming defeat of England at New Orleans, suggests the gods were looking on Madison favorably.
But more to the point, Madison's strategy to win control of the oceans succeeding and the outcome of the WAR of 1812 changed nothing but yet everything. The United States now had the respect of the world that has lasted until now. How Madison was able to manage this makes for stimulating reading.
I am a writer and can appreciate the soundness of my granddaughter and President James Madison to act responsibly in an extreme situation, and recognize the connection to the conscious and unconscious mind that you so aptly describe, knowing that something takes over that I have described only as an incredible calm when it happens.
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