Metaphors for the mind

Thoughts¶

Mind is a Blue Sky
Headspace video
thoughts are like clouds
Mind is like a road
thoughts are the cars that go by
Headspace video
When you realize that you're chasing a car, settle back to your chair
Mind is the ocean
Thoughts are the waves
Every wave is unique
leaves an impression and a memory
But it always fades back into the ocean
Mind is a pond of water
Thoughts are like little pebbles, rippling through the water
things rise up
Headspace Video
Random synapses firing randomly
Our Thoughts, Ourselves (Invisibilia Season 1 Episode 1, Min ~24)
https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/375928124/dark-thoughts
Observing your mind is like watching a movie screen
respond to your thoughts as if they were playing on a
It doesn't make sense to try to stop the images
- or to react to characters or things happening on the screen
YouTube ad
you're focusing on the breath (watching your video)
when suddenly an ad appears (an evolutionarily powerful thought)
just click skip and move back to the breath
Google search
sometimes the first thought is like an ad, irrelevant
If it were enough to switch from negative to positive thoughts, you would've done it already
Thinking is how you got here
Transformation happens outside of thinking

Last update: 2023-04-24