Thoughts are what happen afterward. A human body moves from energy state to energy state. This comes first, and simultaneously you register it.
In plain language: anger, grief, or joy come first, and thinking about them comes second.
Thoughts are extremely important after things happen, because you need to reflect on them (consent, for instance). It is Mother Nature’s way of saying: act first, and then reflect later with thoughts.
If you are someone who moves quickly (for example, with ADHD), you will therefore have many thoughts when you slow down, because you have moved through energy states faster. The thoughts then follow one another more rapidly.
This also happens when you block an emotion within yourself: your thoughts accelerate over time because everything is multiplied by two.
The hard part to explain through text is the nuance. You might take this too rigidly, as if thoughts always come after the energy state in time, which is not the case. We move from energy state to energy state, but you can also think about things that haven’t happened yet (not necessarily the future).
Buddhism has traditionally struggled to understand the subtle differences between different kinds of thoughts. Intuition, for instance, can be seen as a reflection of all energy states merged into a single thought. Therefore, always be careful: learn from traditions like Buddhism, and then step away.
Animals move from state to state too, so they can go through horrendous pain without us knowing.
Light does not go from A to B and back. Light also passes through you simultaneously: it is everywhere at the same time.
So when you look at a star, are you seeing the past? Yes and no.
How can something be both the point and the wave?
A thought is what happens afterward and simultaneously. It’s like a train station, and a station as looked at from above. In a double-slit experiment, A doesn’t move to B in time; that happens at the same time. Since you are a part of this universe, everything moves through you too.
The only thing you can take away from someone is the belief they have in themselves.
Some of the people who are currently diagnosed with psychiatric conditions will not actually have a disorder. After all, we still don't fully understand how the brain works.
The consequence is that you take away everything someone still has: their belief in themselves.
A small thought experiment. Of all the people who currently have an ADD diagnosis, an X percent will be incorrect. Let’s say 5%.
Those 5% live under the assumption that they have something, while they do not. The result is that these people suffer an even harder blow: they mistakenly believe they cannot do things that they in fact can. What they can do is practice, for example. There are already a million ways to cope with ADD, including accepting that it can also be a brilliant, elegant way of thinking.
Why “quitting smoking” should never be your goal
A goal should be something enjoyable you can work toward. For example: I want to be muscular. That is a goal (regardless of what you think of it). The goal “I want to quit smoking” is not a goal — it’s something you’re not allowed to do. And it’s not enjoyable to wake up just to achieve that. So always choose the end result you really want.
I often have no hope left
In the past my emotions were magnificent, including my sorrow. Not anymore. I don’t understand why that’s gone. The world has become a dark place.