There is more than just one you. There is an I, me, and myself to you. The I is your consciousness, your awareness and thoughts. The Me is the action from the body in front of you; the live feed of your live action. The myself is the narrative ongoing’s star. Now, from this neurological explanation of the different senses of self, there is even more a person within the I. Because there are so many thoughts going on at once, which one is inherently correct to focus on? The idea that we do not chose is a fallacy. We chose and then get set in that sense of self, the habit of which thought to fall into is best fit defined permanently. However, some people do not stick with that. Many are called indecisive then some are called schizophrenic. Learning to manage these and see them not as decisions to dismiss or centralize as one self allows a person to have a more true adaptation into this world with their actual self instead of a ground down version.
Making these thoughts into visual spaces allows the mind best access to grasping them. Humans evolved to spatially remember where lions, food, angry tribes and that stuff is so we didn’t die. Giving them a vector, that being a direction and chosen speed and backing allows you to control one and not necessarily be completely engaged in it so that you can still do other things and come back to it. Allowing the thought more definition creates it as a fuller thought and lets you go grab other ones.
Once a fuller and more stable thought farm is a normal activity then one can move to the harder part. Controlling your feelings to fit what you do. There are many moods of a human being and certain ones are best for other activities. Noting back to the self, a person can be aware of many emotionally affecting topics but can only react to a few. While right now you, reader, are probably aware of AIDS, the Holocaust, the ice-capades and other extremely heart-wrenching events but you’re reacting to certain things. Images in one’s mind may linger and replay, seemingly because a person already feels that way but it reinforces it more strongly WHEN they see it again than the fact that they feel that way. So imagine something which inspire a feeling you want. Pick the feeling, figure out the stimulus that which thoughts incite, then get into that as much as you can. For example, I want to start a business and do something new in the world. Now, what emotion drives that the best? What occurs to me is to look at others who have done great and then stories which inspire me. So I imagine scenes from the TV show Halt and catch fire, parts of the movie stardust where captain Shakespeare sells lightning, and walk through a scene in my head where I was working with the guys who started napster and google. This inspires success and gives me the scene and pull that dedication and passion should exist and can succeed. The trick with this mind-setting, is to now do so for whichever set of ideas you want to focus on in this moment.
There are always many thoughts going through a person’s mind. It is within the control of each person to decide what they are and dismiss ones they don’t care for. Controlling one’s emotions to fit this causes greater symphony of a person rather than cognitive dissonance in expression. Not deciding which thoughts to allow room is insulting to yourself and the world which you decide you want to respect and listen to you. Every mind is a masterpiece waiting to be directed to the art it needs to bloom on the world.
