The seduction of thought | Miranda Keeling, Steve Taylor, Andy West
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Power of Perception
When I talk about being in flow, I don't feel like I have any thought at all. But when I am having a thought, whatever that thought is, it's a way of describing my lived reality either in the past now or in the future. So you're also thought as a description. It can be both. A lot of the time it can be a distraction from reality. Daydreams, for example, are not reality and they can stand in the way of reality. They can prevent you becoming aware of the reality that you're in in this moment. That's why the world is so incredibly exhilarating and real to them. We lose that as we become older because
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